What is The Durrells?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use British English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox television | genre = [[Comedy drama]] | based_on = [[Corfu trilogy]] by [[Gerald Durrell]] <!-- {{based on|work|author}} --> | writer = [[Simon Nye]] | producer = [[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher Hall]] | executive_producer = Lee Morris<br>Sally Woodward Gentle<br>Simon Nye | theme_music_composer = [[Ruth Barrett]] | language = English | country = United Kingdom | cinematography = Julian Court, James Aspinall | runtime = 47 minutes | company = Sid Gentle Films<br>Masterpiece<br>co-production | budget = | network = [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] | first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|2016|4|3}} | last_aired = {{End date|df=y|2019|5|12}} | num_series = 4 | num_episodes = 26 }} '''''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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Early life of Gerald Durrell comes to TV screens soon|url=http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2016/03/24/early-life-of-gerald-durrell-comes-to-tv-screens-soon/|access-date=1 April 2016|work=[[Jersey Evening Post]]|date=24 March 2016}}</ref> It won the [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] Award for best actress in 2017 for [[Keeley Hawes]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb title|title=The Durrells}} * {{epguides|Durrells|The Durrells}} {{television-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Durrells, The}} [[Category:British television series]] [[Category:Corfu]]