Gerald Durrell(1925-1995)

Gerald Durrell was born on 7 January 1925 in Jamshedpur, India. He was a writer and director, known for La Folle Aventure des Durrell (2016), Tarka the Otter (1979) and BBC2 Playhouse (1973). He was married to Lee Durrell and Jacqueline Sonia Rasen. He died on 30 January 1995 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.

8.2

TV Series

6.7

6.8

TV Series

7.9

TV Mini Series

La Folle Aventure des Durrell
8.2
TV Series
- based on "The Corfu Trilogy" by
- 2016–2019
Jours tranquilles à Corfou
7.3
TV Movie
- book
- 2005
Long Ago and Far Away
8.5
TV Series
- based on a book by
- 1989–1993
My Family and Other Animals
7.9
TV Mini Series
- book
- 1987
BBC2 Playhouse
6.8
TV Series
- original story
- 1982
Ark on the Move
TV Mini Series
- Writer
- 1982
Tarka the Otter
6.7
- screenplay
- 1979
The Talking Parcel
7.9
TV Movie
- novel
- 1978
The Stationary Ark
TV Mini Series
- Writer
- 1975
Jackanory
7.2
TV Series
- story
- 1975

Quotes
[in 1979, on writing books] I try to get it over with as quickly as possible. Larry [his brother, Lawrence Durrell] writes for posterity, but I write for money--it provides me with the wherewithal to do the things I really like doing, which is rushing off to Mexico to catch volcano rabbits.