Tag: Durrells

25 MAR

The Durrells: A sunny winter holiday from the comfort of your home

ITV The Durrells’ story needs to go somewhere Not only that but research will soon show that ITV Sunday night viewers suffer fewer cases of seasonal affective disorder. They each also delight in the practice of redefining how little plot you can have in an episode of rather gentle drama that you would be happy […]

18 MAR

The Durrells: The family show returns tonight, but who were the real Durrells?

ITV Gerald Durrell’s best seller, My Family And Other Animals, was adapted by Simon Nye for the series “Jersey is considered the South Sea Island of the British Isles,” she tells me. “And yes, the sun is shining now.” American-born Lee married Gerald in 1979 after his divorce from first wife Jacquie. Now 68, she […]

17 MAR

Keeley Hawes reveals what to expect from the newest series of The Durrells

PR The Durrells look like they’re getting up to their usual adventures in the new series The quartet of precocious but under-disciplined Durrell youngsters are constantly getting into scrapes, ignoring their mother’s advice or, in the case of young Gerry (Milo Parker), filling up the ramshackle family home with exotic pets. Most mums would long […]

20 MAY

Why not take the ultimate Durrells holiday on the Greek island of Corfu

Visitors to the idyllic Greek destination can now take an escorted trip through the traditional village of Danilia where the show is filmed. Said to be a “unique replica” of a Corfu settlement the picturesque, but deserted setting is used for the market scenes in the ITV show starring Keeley Hawes. It was built in […]