Masterpiece Theater-CORFU
Years ago I met Gerald Durrell at a benefit at our Franklin Park zoo. At the time he owned a zoo on the Island of Jersey. As an animal lover who read all of his books, I couldn't have been more thrill edhad I met my favorite fim star. At that time his brother, Lawrence wrote the magnificent, "Alexandria Quartet."
Tomorrow at 9 pm PBS, the book, "My family and other animals," is brought to the screen, it covers his childhood in Corfu. |
I did not realize Lawrence was his brother! Looking forward to watching PBS tomorrow night.
Thanks for the reminder. |
"My Family and Other Animals" and "Birds, Beasts, and Relatives" were my favorite books when I was little. I had them in a combined edition and I used to read that book over and over... When I moved to Italy I bought it in Italian, and I later got it in Modern Greek as well. I am so disappointed that this is not playing in my area (southern New England) -- I just checked the schedules but it's not on there. Will you who watch it post back and let us know if it was really good? I'd buy a copy from them if it was really well done.
By the way, those of you who may not know -- you can visit their house in Corfu :-) |
'There's a review in today's Boston Globe.
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Thanks very much for the heads-up! I loved those books too. I'd still like to spend the whole summer on Corfu!
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A belated thanks for mentioning this. We usually watch Masteriece theater but was glad I was aware of this. I thought it was sooooo well done. A real delight.
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I now they would make George Shaller's, "The year of the Gorilla."
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Heres another Gerry Durrell fan. I loved the series of his books chronicling his family's hilarious adventures in Corfu (in addition to the ones mentioned, the were others such as "Fillets of Plaice") I must have read those books at least 10 times during my early teens ! I'm disappointed to have missed the PBS special; I don't think we got it here in Toronto, though I could be wrong. However, can anyone tell me if this special featured Brian Blessed as Spiro ? or was it a new version ? If it was the former, then I don't feel so bad as I have it on Video that I bought years ago. I also loved Laurence Durrell's 'White Eagles over Serbia" |
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Thanks for the link. It is a new version and I hope we get to see it soon. |
They, maybe, will put it out on DVD
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Thanks, Cigale. Just from looking at the cover of the DVD, the characters look much more like what I imagined them to be, than they do in the version I have. However, I always imagined 'mother' to be a short, plump woman with dark hair and thick black rimmed glasses. The episode with the scorpion at the lunch table has got to be one of the funniest ever written. |
Mathieu, I think your video was a tv series that I wish I could see. The least expensive copy I found on line was from the Uk at 44 pounds! and another for 69 pounds !!!!!
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I don't know about the rest of the country but this delightful show is scheduled to repeat in Seattle on KCTS Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 1:00 AM.
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