Five Facts You Might Not Know About the Durrells

Fans of the popular PBS Masterpiece series The Durrells in Corfu are probably already aware that the source material for the show is a trilogy of memoirs written by famed naturalist Gerald Durrell. The wildly popular books, released from 1956 to 1978, chronicled the family’s adventures in their adopted home of Corfu in the mid to late 1930's.

If you’re like me, you might feel that you know Louisa Durrell and her brood of challenging children as you would your eccentric, but endearing next-door neighbors. But historian and authorof the 2017 biography, The Durrells of Corfu, Michael Haag reminds readers that Gerald's biographical account was written from his viewpoint as a young boy and omitted several pivotal details about his famiy's time on the Greek island.

Let's check out a handful of those lesser known facts about the Durrell family as highlighted by Haag in recent articles for the Radio Times and Daily Mail.