My Family and Other Animals | |
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Based on | My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell |
Written by | Gerald Durrell |
Screenplay by | Charles Wood |
Directed by | Peter Barber-Fleming |
Starring | Darren Redmayne Hannah Gordon Brian Blessed Anthony Calf Guy Scantlebury Sarah-Jane Holm Christopher Godwin |
Theme music composer | Daryl Runswick |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Producer | Joe Waters |
Running time | 5 hours |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Release | 17 October 19 December 1987 | –
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My Family and Other Animals is a 1987 British TV mini-series produced by the BBC and directed by Peter Barber-Fleming.[1][2] It is based on Gerald Durrell's autobiographical book by the same name, My Family and Other Animals, which tells about the time his family spent on the Greek Island of Corfu in 1935–1939.[2] The series consists of 10 episodes and was aired for the first time between 17 October and 19 December 1987.[1]