Louisa Durrell raises her four children single-handedly after her husband's death. Following a financial crisis, the family moves to the Greek island of Corfu and tries to adapt to life there.

In 1935, Englishwoman Louisa Durrell's life has fallen apart. Her husband died some years earlier and she has financial problems and troubled children. She suddenly announces that the five of them will move from Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu. A Homeric battle ensues as the family adapts to life on the island, especially when they discover that Corfu doesn't even have electricity yet. But it is inexpensive, an earthly paradise, and the Durrell family makes the big step that will change their lives.—Vidas

Series based on the autobiographical novel by Gerald Durrell, the naturalist, explorer, writer, and conservationist, which tells the story of his family settling on Corfu in 1933 after his father's untimely death and living there until 1939. His mother was rather eccentric and allowed They lived there until 1939. His mother was rather eccentric and allowed the 8-to-14-year-old Gerald to keep wildlife as pets. He also made friends among the local humans.