故事发生在上世纪的三十年代，路易斯（凯莉·霍威 Keeley Hawes 饰）的丈夫意外去世，留下了四个孩子格兰特（米罗·帕克 Milo Parker 饰）、劳伦斯（乔什·奥康纳 Josh O'Connor 饰）、莱斯利（卡伦·伍德豪斯 Callum Woodhouse 饰）、玛格（黛西·沃特斯通 Daisy Waterstone 饰），以及一笔遗产。如今，这笔遗产已经被花的差不多了，孩子们亦在渐渐长大，问题日益凸显，使路易斯感到力不从心。 在巨大的压力之下，路易斯决定带领一家人远赴生活成本较小的希腊科孚岛定居，希望在那里开始新的生活。然而她的决定显然没有受到孩子们的欢迎和赞成，更何况何科孚岛甚至都没有通电。路易斯这个本想修复家庭关系的决定，却反而让兄弟姐妹们之间火药味十足。Set in 1935 when the Englishwoman Louisa Durrell, whose life had fallen apart, decided to move from Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu. Her husband had died some years earlier and she has financial problems, when she suddenly announces that she and her four children will move to the island and a Homeric battle ensues as the family adapt to life on the island, especially when they discover that Corfu does not even have electricity at that time. But it is cheap, an earthly paradise and the Durrell family make the big step that will change their lives.
