Hosted by Keeley Hawes, star of the popular television series The Durrells, this documentary reveals the adventures of the eccentric Durrell family once they left Corfu, Greece.
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The people behind it
Keeley Hawes
Herself - Host
Tracy Breeze
Herself (Margo Durrell's Granddaughter)
Eirini Chalikiopoulou
Herself (Spiros Halikiopoulos' Great-Granddaughter)
Jacquie Durrell
Herself (Gerald Durrell's First Wife)
Lee Durrell
Herself (Gerald Durrell's Widow)
Milo Parker
Himself
Anne, Princess Royal
Herself
Gerald Durrell
Himself (archive footage)
Lawrence Durrell
Margo Durrell
Herself (archive footage)
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