My Family and Other Animals

Dec 27, 2005

1h 30m

★ 6.3

Overview

Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to the sunnier climes of the Greek island of Corfu.

Genres

TV Movie

Comedy

Drama

Family

Production Companies

BBC

GBH

My Family and Other Animals Trailers

Cast

Gerald Durrell

Eugene Simon

Mother

Imelda Staunton

Larry Durrell

Matthew Goode

Leslie Durrell

Russell Tovey

Margot Durrell

Tamzin Merchant

Spiro

Omid Djalili

Theodore Stephanides

Chris Langham

Porter / Waiter

Mihalis Giannatos

Rose-Beetle Man

Dimitris Kamberidis

Yani

Antonis Antoniou

Turkish Boyfriend

George Couyas

Henry Miller

Mark Caven

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5.9

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7.3

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7.5

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6.7

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7.0

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7.1

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6.5

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6.8

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5.8

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5.4

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6.2

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3.8

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6.1

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7.9

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7.0

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7.4

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