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.