The Durrells

About The Durrells

In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart.

The Durrells is a comedy series that ran on ITV1. Its 4 seasons and 26 episodes aired between April 2016 and May 2019.

The series is filed under island, 1930s, based on memoir or autobiography, and eccentric family. Keeley Hawes stars as Louisa Durrell, Josh O'Connor as Lawrence Durrell, Milo Parker as Gerald Durrell, and Daisy Waterstone as Margo Durrell.

Produced by Masterpiece. It streams on PBS, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, and Thirteen in the United States.

Brideshead Revisited, Mildred Pierce, and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God make useful companions to The Durrells, all filed under expatriate and friendship. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 127 votes and it carries a TV-PG rating.