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The Durrells

The Durrells (known in North America as The Durrells in Corfu) is a British comedy-drama television series loosely based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books about his family's four years (1935–1939) on the Greek island of Corfu.[1] It aired on ITV from 3 April 2016 to 12 May 2019.[2] The series is written by Simon Nye, directed by Steve Barron and Roger Goldby, and produced by Christopher Hall.[3] Lee Durrell, Gerald Durrell's widow and director of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, acted as consultant.[4] The series was partly filmed on location in Corfu, as well as at Ealing Studios and Twickenham Studios in London.[5]

Premise

The series begins in 1935, when Louisa Durrell suddenly announces that she and her four children will move from Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu. Her husband died some years earlier and the family is experiencing financial problems. A struggle ensues as the family adapts to life on the island and a shortage of money. Despite a lack of electricity and of modern sewage systems, Corfu proves to be a cheap and earthly paradise.

Cast and characters

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

1935

  1. ^ 28-day data: 7,247,000 on ITV, 1,218,000 on ITV HD and 343,000 on ITV +1[7]
  2. ^ 28-day data: 6,076,000 on ITV, 1,241,000 on ITV HD and 372,000 on ITV +1[7]
  3. ^ 28-day data: 5,954,000 on ITV, 1,304,000 on ITV HD and 330,000 on ITV +1[7]
  4. ^ 28-day data: 5,438,000 on ITV, 1,370,000 on ITV HD and 326,000 on ITV +1[7]
  5. ^ 28-day data: 5,300,000 on ITV,[8] 1,261,000 on ITV HD and 364,000 on ITV +1[7]
  6. ^ 28-day data: 5,141,000 on ITV and 1,223,000 on ITV HD;[7] 7 day data: 213,000 on ITV +1[9]

Series 2 (2017)

1936

  1. ^ The episode's world premiere date was at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival on 8 April 2017.[10]

Series 3 (2018)

1937

A third series was confirmed to be in production by writer Simon Nye at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival on 8 April 2017. He described the third series as having "some exotic new animals",[10] and that production would begin in three weeks' time, upon Keeley Hawes's arrival in Corfu for filming. It is set in 1937.[11]

Series 4 (2019)

1939

Reception

Critical reception

Reception to the first episode was positive, with Gerard O'Donovan (The Telegraph) calling it "a series that's not only sun-drenched and liberating, but also catches its source material's high good humour without labouring it and weaves an authentic sense of the innocent exoticism of the original", before awarding it four stars.[18]

Viewership

The opening episode averaged just under 6.4 million people and was watched by 29% of the audience over the hour, including those watching on British television network ITV's +1 channel, and was the biggest drama launch of any channel so far in 2016[19] and the most-watched show of the day (including +1).[20] Following a seven-day catch-up period, the figure aggregated to just under 8.2 million people.[21] Citing the show as its "best rating new drama of the year and its highest rating new show since September 2014", ITV recommissioned the show for a second series on 15 April 2016.[22] Over the course of the first series, ratings averaged out at 6.9 million viewers.[23]

Awards and nominations

Broadcast

Internationally, the series was acquired in Australia by the Seven Network[27] and premiered on 24 August 2016.[28] In the United States, PBS began airing the show, retitled as The Durrells in Corfu, on 16 October 2016 at 8 pm.[29] The Durrells started screening in New Zealand on 26 October 2016 on Prime TV. In Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation began airing Series 1 on 13 September 2017.[30] In Spain, the series has been acquired by the streaming platform Filmin.[31] It was broadcast in France from 16 July 2017 on France 3 as La Folle Aventure des Durrell. The Arte network later screened the series in French (as The Durrells : une famille anglaise à Corfou)[32] and German (as Die Durrells auf Korfu),[33] as well as in English with optional subtitles.

The third series of The Durrells was announced by writer Simon Nye at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival on 8 April 2017.[10] It began filming in May 2017 and aired on ITV in the Northern Hemisphere in the spring of 2018.[34]

A fourth series was announced by ITV on 22 June 2018, with filming scheduled for later in the year.[35] It was transmitted between 8 April and 12 May 2019. This has been confirmed as the final series.[36]

Keely Hawes presented an accompanying documentary for PBS Masterpiece series called 'The Durrells in Corfu - What the Durrells Did Next', ran 47 mins long.[citation needed]

Home media

  1. ^ a b Blu-ray and DVD
  2. ^ a b DVD only

See also

References

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  2. ^ "ITV commissions new six-part drama The Durrells". ITV Press Centre. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. ^ "The Durrells (TV Series 2016–)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. ^ Huntman, Ruth (26 March 2016). "Gerald Durrell was my hero … I married him for his zoo". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ Travis, Ben (23 April 2017). "The Durrells, Series 2: cast, locations, and three other things to know as the Deeley Dawes drama returns". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Miles Jupp on guest-starring in The Durrells and why the news depresses him". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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  26. ^ a b "RTS Craft & Design Awards". Royal Television Society. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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  30. ^ "CBC ANNOUNCES FALL 2017 BROADCAST PREMIERE DATES FOR NEW AND RETURNING TELEVISION SERIES". CBC Media Centre.
  31. ^ "Los Durrell". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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  33. ^ Die Durrells auf Korfu, Arte, retrieved 6 August 2024.
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