Gerald Durrell(1925-1995)

Writer
Director

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

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Keeley Hawes, Yorgos Karamihos, Anna Savva, Alexis Georgoulis, Josh O'Connor, Constantin Symsiris, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone, and Callum Woodhouse in The Durrells (2016)

The Durrells

8.2

TV Series

Writer

Tarka the Otter

6.7

Writer

1979

BBC2 Playhouse

6.8

TV Series

Writer

My Family and Other Animals

7.9

TV Mini Series

Writer

Credits

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Writer

The Durrells
- based on "The Corfu Trilogy" by
- TV Series
- 2016–2019
My Family and Other Animals
- book
- TV Movie
- 2005
Long Ago and Far Away
- based on a book by
- TV Series
- 1989
My Family and Other Animals
- book
- TV Mini Series
- 1987
BBC2 Playhouse
- original story
- TV Series
- 1982
Ark on the Move
- Writer
- TV Mini Series
- 1982
Tarka the Otter
- screenplay
- 1979
The Talking Parcel
- novel
- TV Movie
- 1978
The Stationary Ark
- Writer
- TV Mini Series
- 1975
Jackanory
- story
- TV Series
- 1975

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Personal details

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Official site
- Official Site
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- January 7, 1925
- Jamshedpur, India
Died
- January 30, 1995
- Jersey, Channel Islands, UK(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
Book: "The Billion Dollar Brain"
Publicity listings
- 2 Biographical Movies
- 1 Print Biography

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Trivia
Named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1982.

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.