My Animals and Other Family is a 2013 autobiography by which TV and Radio presenter?
"February 2007 at Rouge Bouillon School in St Helier. Several works have referenced the title of Durrell's book, including Simon Doonan's memoir ""Nasty: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints"", Kirin Narayan's memoir ""My Family and Other Saints"", and Josephine Feeney's novel ""My Family and Other Natural Disasters"". In ""Nanny Ogg's Cookbook"" by Terry Pratchett, there is reference to a fictional book titled ""My Family and Other Werewolves"". Clare Balding's 2014 autobiography is titled ""My Animals and Other Family"". My Family and Other Animals My Family is Animal (1956) is an autobiographical work by British naturalist Leslie Durrell. It tells of"
"My Family and Other Animals (film) My Family and Other Animals is a 2005 television film written by Simon Nye and directed by Sheree Folkson. The film is based on the autobiographical book of the same title written by Gerald Durrell, in which he describes a series of anecdotes relating to his family's stay on Corfu from 1935–39, when he was aged 10–14. ""My Family and Other Animals"" tells the story of the Durrell family, Lawrence Durrell, Leslie Durrell, Margaret Durrell and Gerald Durrell, as well as their mother Louisa Durrell, as they spend five years (1935–1939) on the Greek"
"Patricia McConnell Patricia Bean McConnell (born November 16, 1948) is an Adjunct Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and expert in animal behavior. She has written several books, including ""The Other End of the Leash"" and ""For the Love of a Dog,"" and produced a number of pet training DVDs. In both her academic and popular writing she has focused on issues of interspecies communication. She also runs her own publishing company, McConnell Publishing. From 1994 to 2008, McConnell was the co-host of the weekly one-hour radio show ""Calling All Pets"" produced by Wisconsin Public Radio, during which"
"My Family and Other Animals My Family is Animal (1956) is an autobiographical work by British naturalist Leslie Durrell. It tells of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. It describes the life of the Durrell family in a humorous manner, and explores the fauna of the island. It is the first and most well-known of Durrell's 'Corfu trilogy,' together with ""Birds, Beasts, and Relatives"" (1969) and ""The Garden of the Gods"" (1978). Durrell had already written several successful books about his trips"
"the house listening in to conversations of their elders and betters"". The book was first published by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd in 1956 and in paperback by Penguin Books in 1959 and has remained in print ever since. ""My Family and Other Animals"" was made into a ten-part BBC television series in 1987 written by Charles Wood and directed by Peter Barber-Fleming. It starred Hannah Gordon as Louisa Durrell and Brian Blessed as Spiro Amerikanos, with Darren Redmayne playing the young Gerry. Nigel Marven of the Natural History Unit, Bristol was responsible for the animals side of the production; Denis McKeown,"
"has contributed to PEOPLE Pets, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and USA Today, among other publications, and is the bestselling author of the book ""Dog Talk"". Harrison Forbes Harrison Forbes (born May 6, 1969) is an animal behaviorist who is billed as a ""celebrity pet expert"". With a career spanning a quarter of a century, Harrison has hosted radio shows, television events, and authored a book all about animal care. Harrison began his career as a dog trainer and eventually began hosting Pet Talk Radio Show on WNWS-FM in Jackson, Tennessee. Forbes career would eventually elevate"
"euthanised by local municipal shelters. Stilwell and her husband then gave the dogs a home while rehabilitating them and eventually finding suitable homes for the animals. She has explained that, until recently, owning a dog would have been irresponsible and not fair to the dog, considering how much the whole family travels. The couple has re-homed over 50 dogs and cats. Victoria Stilwell Victoria Stilwell (born 20 July 1969) is an English dog trainer, author and television presenter. Stilwell served as a judge on the CBS show ""Greatest American Dog"" and presented the Animal Planet dog training TV show ""It's"
"Harrison Forbes Harrison Forbes (born May 6, 1969) is an animal behaviorist who is billed as a ""celebrity pet expert"". With a career spanning a quarter of a century, Harrison has hosted radio shows, television events, and authored a book all about animal care. Harrison began his career as a dog trainer and eventually began hosting Pet Talk Radio Show on WNWS-FM in Jackson, Tennessee. Forbes career would eventually elevate him to national syndication and high profile clientele. He has appeared on Larry King Live, Fox News Network, CNN, CBS Morning Show, The Today Show, The View, and more. He"
"Gerald Durrell Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959. He wrote a number of books based on his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being ""My Family and Other Animals"". He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell. Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India on 7 January 1925. He was the fifth and final child (an elder sister died in infancy) of"
"and in a March 2017 book, ""Hidden Nature: A Voyage Of Discovery"". Alys Fowler Alys Fowler is a British horticulturist and journalist. She was a presenter on the long-running BBC television programme ""Gardeners' World"". Fowler was born in Silchester, Hampshire, and had a rural childhood. Her father was a doctor, and her mother ran various businesses – she had 200 chickens and sold their eggs, trained gun dogs, and would dog-sit for Londoners. She was influenced by her mother's gardening talents and the degree of self-sufficiency it afforded the family. After leaving Bedales School in 1996, she studied at the"
"collecting animals in the wild for zoos when he published ""My Family and Other Animals"" in 1956. Its comic exaggeration of the foibles of his family – especially his eldest brother Lawrence Durrell, who became a celebrated novelist and poet– and his heartfelt appreciation of the natural world made it very successful. Durrell was able to found the Jersey Zoological Park (now known as the Durrell Wildlife Park) in the Channel Islands. He also became known as a novel-writer and television personality. His books helped stimulate the development of tourism in Corfu. The book is an autobiographical account of five"
"Gordon Buchanan Gordon Buchanan (born 10 April 1972) is a Scottish wildlife filmmaker and presenter best known for Tribes, Predators & Me, Elephant Family & Me, Gorilla Family and Me, The Snow Wolf Family and Me, The Polar Bear Family & Me, Life in the Snow, Polar Bear Town and the 2018 documentary Animals with Cameras. Buchanan was born in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on 10 April 1972 and brought up on the Isle of Mull. As a child, Buchanan was a fan of David Attenborough's television programmes and ""Survival"", a nature programme. Buchanan's career in wildlife photography has yielded"
"such a magical world.</poem> Gerald Durrell Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959. He wrote a number of books based on his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being ""My Family and Other Animals"". He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell. Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India on 7 January 1925. He was the fifth and final child (an elder sister"
"Patrice Newell Patrice Lesley Newell (born 2 September 1956) is an Australian former model, TV presenter, turned author, alternative lifestyle advocate and biodynamic farmer. In 1986 she gave up a high-profile career with the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and Nine Network where she co-hosted ""Today"", to live on the land and run a 10,000 acre (40 km²) beef cattle property, known as Elmswood, in the Hunter Region, New South Wales. Newell has a passion for biodynamic agriculture and healthy foods, which she talks about in her books ""The Olive Grove"" and ""Ten Thousand Acres - A Love Story"". She is"
"2014 in Brazil, the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Tour de France 2015 and the 2015 Vuelta a Espana. He was married to the British actress Lynsey Pow (born 1979) until her death in 2013. This was his second marriage. Ashley House (TV presenter) Ashley House is a former school teacher of Economics, Business Studies & Italian at Cheltenham College, who quit his job to pursue a career in sports journalism & broadcasting. Since then he has pursued his broadcasting career on many levels, presenting shows on the BBC, Sky Sports, ITN, Channel 5, Televisión Española, and others. House is the moderator"
"Sonya Fitzpatrick Sonya Fitzpatrick is a British television and radio personality and a pet psychic. She hosted the now-defunct television show, Animal Planet's ""The Pet Psychic"". Her weekly animal advice and call-in talk show, ""Animal Intuition"", is now on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 102. A former model, she worked in all the major fashion capitals in Europe, appeared frequently on television and modeled for many noted designers. In 1991 she moved from London to the United States. She resides in the Conroe Woods subdivision in the Conroe, Texas area, outside Houston. Fitzpatrick, who divorced her second husband in 2005, remains"
"In 2013, she married her husband Kevin, in a private ceremony in SC. A self-proclaimed ""crazy cat lady"" and animal lover, she and her family own many cats and dogs. Max Sweeten is the show's director, but he is often heard in the background and frequently comes to the microphone. He, too, spent some formative years in the Philadelphia area, then in Washington, D.C. He began his radio career in Virginia at age 16. Max, who does a great deal of voice-over work apart from this show, has won three Addy Awards, for his work in radio and TV commercials."
"James. They live in the Cotswolds and keep rare breeds of cattle, as well as sheep, pigs, chickens, and guinea fowl. Ayres is a keen gardener and beekeeper. She is a patron of the British Hen Welfare Trust, Cheltenham Animal Shelter and Oak and Furrows Wildlife Rescue Centre. Ayres was the guest on BBC Radio 4's ""Desert Island Discs"" in 1979 and again in 2018. In 2004, she was appointed MBE for services to literature and entertainment. Audio CDs DVDs Biography Pam Ayres Pam Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is an English poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio"
"Travis McElroy Travis Patrick McElroy (born November 8, 1983) is an American podcaster. He is known for his work on podcasts such as ""My Brother, My Brother and Me"", ""The Adventure Zone"", and ""Can I Pet Your Dog?"". Travis McElroy was born in 1983 to Clint McElroy, former co-host of WTCR-FM's morning radio show in Huntington, West Virginia, and his wife Leslie. Travis McElroy is an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma. He married Teresa McElroy in 2013. They have one child, a daughter, born in 2016. Travis McElroy worked as technical director at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company from 2009"
"titled “I’m Coming Home,” which has since served as a voice for the experience of military families around the country. He also stars in a series of commercials for Bosley Hair Restoration.[3] On October 16, 2015, Rogers appeared as the new host of Discovery Channel's ""Gold Rush - The Dirt. On January 13, 2017, Rogers was a guest on ""The Ellen Show"" with his daughter, Samantha, to advocate for cystic fibrosis research. Matthew Rogers Matthew Wyatt ""Matt"" Rogers (born September 16, 1978) is an American television host and country singer. He was also one of the finalists on the third"
"2001. In late 2006, ""Goodbye My Friend: Celebrating the Memory of a Pet"", a gift book/CD for pet loss with text by O'Day and music by Kim McLean was released. She continues to write books on animal subjects, magazine articles, and ghost projects for recording artists in the country and pop fields upon request. Her sister is the Los Angeles-based TV/film actress/cook-book author Faith Ford, and her brother-in-law is Campion Murphy. Devon O'Day Devon O'Day (born January 18, 1962, Alexandria, Louisiana) is an American radio personality, former plus-size model for Ford Models, songwriter, and an author. Raised in Pineville, she"
"single. Sonya Fitzpatrick claims to have had, since childhood, telepathic abilities to communicate with reptiles, birds and animals of all kinds ""so that she could help to solve behavioral problems and to help with their physical ailments."" She has also helped many individuals reunite with lost pets. This includes bridging the gap between living owners and their pets who have died. She was featured in the HBO documentary, ""To Love or Kill: Man Versus Animal,"" exploring the relationship between humans and animals. Sonya Fitzpatrick Sonya Fitzpatrick is a British television and radio personality and a pet psychic. She hosted the"
"Garret. He also has 3 dogs: a yellow Labrador named Rocky, a mixed breed named Yoshi, and a Siberian Husky named Sparky. David Kaplan (radio) David Kaplan is an American columnist, radio and television personality who currently hosts ""Kap and Co."" on ESPN 1000. He also co-hosts ""Sports Talk Live"", a daily sports roundtable discussion show on NBC Sports Chicago. Kaplan grew up in Skokie, Illinois and is a graduate of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. He was an assistant on head coach John McDougal's staff at Northern Illinois University from"
"and received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts for his career achievements and fundraising & volunteer work with the Make a Wish Foundation that helps children with life-threatening illnesses. Matt Gallant Matt Gallant (born June 25, 1964) is an American television host. He was the host of ""The Planet's Funniest Animals"" on Animal Planet, as well as shows on MTV, ESPN2, G4, NFL Network, Fine Living, ABC and DirecTV. Gallant hosted Simon Cowell's ""American Inventor"" in 2007, and currently co-hosts ""The List"" on the Scripps Network. TheListtv.com Born on 25 June 1964 in Syracuse, New York, and raised in Westport, Connecticut."
"alpacas and a llama. After his death, his wife, his son, Dr. Barclay Caras, and daughter, Pamela Caras, requested that people wishing to honor his memory donate memorial contributions to the ASPCA in his name. Roger A. Caras Roger Andrew Caras (May 24, 1928 – February 18, 2001) was an American wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist and television personality. Known as the host of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Caras was the author of more than 70 books, a veteran of network television programs including ""Nightline"", ""ABC World News Tonight"" and ""20/20"" before devoting himself to work as"
"had adopted another dog, Gracie; she died in early 2012 from a complication of Lyme disease. Grogan continues to write full-time. Memoirs Children’s Books John Grogan (journalist) John Joseph Grogan ( ; born March 20, 1957) is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. His memoir ""Marley & Me"" (2005) was a best selling book about his family's dog Marley. Grogan was born to a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent in Detroit, Michigan on March 20, 1957, the youngest of four siblings. His father, Richard, was an engineer for General Motors, while his mother, Ruth Marie, was a stay-at-home mom."
"Merv Griffin Show"". Conn also appeared on ""Tomorrow"" and ""The Phil Donahue Show"". She later discontinued her media appearances and founded a small business. Canary Conn Canary Conn (born 1949) is an American entertainer and author. Her memoir ""Canary"" was one of the early notable memoirs of a transgender woman, and she made numerous talk show appearances to discuss her transition in the 1970s. Conn grew up in San Antonio, Texas and was married with a baby by 18. In 1968, Conn was the entrant sponsored by KONO-FM in a national talent show hosted by Ed Ames and Aretha Franklin"
"has established specialized schools for children with ADHD, such as The Hunter School in Rumney, New Hampshire, which he co-founded with his wife Louise. He also operated the ""ADD Forum"" and ""DeskTop Publishing Forum"", along with several others, on CompuServe. Thom Hartmann Thomas Carl Hartmann (born May 7, 1951) is an American radio personality, author, former psychotherapist, businessman, and progressive political commentator. Hartmann has hosted a nationally syndicated radio show, ""The Thom Hartmann Program"", since 2003 and a nightly television show, ""The Big Picture"", between 2010 and September 2017. After being a DJ at Lansing, Michigan country music station WITL-FM"
"next year, at University of Maryland, College Park, she took graduate courses in human development and childhood studies. Jean Worthley Jean Reese Worthley (February 23, 1925 – April 9, 2017) was an American naturalist. She hosted Maryland Public Broadcasting's children's television series ""Hodgepodge Lodge"", and was co-host of ""On Nature's Trail"". She also wrote ""The Complete Family Nature Guide"", which was published in 1976. Worthley graduated from Franklin High School in 1940. At the age of 15, she enrolled at Goucher College where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in biology in 1944. She later attended University of Massachusetts Amherst,"
"Philippa Forrester Philippa Forrester (born 20 September 1968 in Winchester, Hampshire) is a British television and radio presenter, producer and author. She has presented shows such as ""Tomorrow's World"", ""The Heaven and Earth Show"" and ""Robot Wars"". She has also made wildlife programmes with her husband, Charlie Hamilton James. In recent years she starred on a number of Lloyds Pharmacy adverts and then took a break to spend time with her children. In September 2013, she made her TV comeback co-presenting farming show ""Harvest"" on the BBC. Forrester was educated at Westgate School, a co-educational comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire,"
"""Challenge to Wildlife Specials for Public Broadcasting"". She has raised awareness of animals and wildlife conservation through her books, tours, projects, and appearances on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"", ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"", ""Good Morning America"", ""CBS This Morning"", ""Live with Regis and Kathie Lee"", ""Entertainment Tonight"", ""ALF"", ""The Phil Donahue Show"", ""Newhart"", ""Hollywood Squares"", ""Win, Lose or Draw"", ""The Larry Sanders Show"", ""Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"", ""Xuxa"", ""Leeza"", ""Kidsongs"" and ""PM Magazine"". In addition to being an environmental advocate, Embery is a skilled horsewoman who has won many awards. Embery studied zoology and telecommunications at San Diego"
"with his wife, Jan. They have four children and four grandchildren. Al Gross (broadcaster) Al Gross is an American broadcaster, and host of National Countdown Show. He is President of Signature Media Group, Inc, which syndicates the show. He is also a voice actor, and radio broadcast consultant. Gross was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in Ventura, California. He studied Pastoral Theology at Liberty University (then Lynchburg Baptist College) in 1973 – 74. As a broadcaster he worked mostly in Southern California in radio including KWIZ AM & FM in Santa Ana, CA, KEZY in Anaheim, CA, and"
"of breeds and how to care for and live with them. Fogle has also been Veterinary Consultant to ""Microsoft Encarta"", and Veterinary Advisor to the ""Encyclopædia Britannica"". For many years Fogle appeared regularly on Jimmy Young's BBC Radio 2 show. He continues the same role on Jeremy Vine's radio show. Fogle is married to the actress Julia Foster, and they have three children: Emily, Tamara and Ben. Bruce Fogle Bruce Fogle, (born 17 February 1944) is a veterinarian and prolific author of pet care books and travel narratives. Canadian by birth, he has lived and worked in London for over"