Award-winning actress Imelda Staunton stars in BBC’s warm and magical new adaptation by Simon Nye, of the famous autobiography by Gerald Durrell. The film is directed by Sheree Folkson and produced by Simon Lewis and shootings took place in Corfu, Greece, on September 2005.
Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to the sunnier climes of the Greek island of Corfu. The rag-tag family, headed by their warm sympathetic mother (Imelda Staunton) experience the joys of living a life of freedom and adventure.
