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"The Darling Buds of May" (1991) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1991-1993

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
The life of the Larkin family, farmers in Kent.
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
The first two episodes are a fantastic love story based on the first book. more

Cast

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David Jason ... Pop Larkin (20 episodes, 1991-1993)
Pam Ferris ... Ma Larkin (20 episodes, 1991-1993)
Stephanie Ralph ... Victoria (20 episodes, 1991-1993)
Philip Franks ... Charley (18 episodes, 1991-1993)

Catherine Zeta-Jones ... Mariette (18 episodes, 1991-1993)
Christina Giles ... Petunia (18 episodes, 1991-1993)
Katherine Giles ... Zinnia (18 episodes, 1991-1993)
Rachel Bell ... Edith Pilchester (16 episodes, 1991-1993)
Ross Marriott ... Oscar (14 episodes, 1991-1993)
Ian Tucker ... Montgomery (13 episodes, 1991-1992)
Abigail Rokison ... Primrose (12 episodes, 1991-1993)
Moray Watson ... Brigadier (11 episodes, 1991-1993)
Daisy-May Bates ... John Blenheim (11 episodes, 1992-1993)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
51 min (20 episodes) | UK:100 min (9 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:PG | Australia:G (some episodes) | New Zealand:PG (DVD)
Filming Locations:
Brittany, France more
Company:
Excelsior more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
H.E. Bates took the title from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin: This calls for a cocktail!
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Movie Connections:
Version of The Mating Game (1959) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
The first two episodes are a fantastic love story based on the first book., 31 December 2008
Author: robertduncanmartin from United Kingdom

This is a reply to Annoymous-007 who considered the film better than the TV Series. Does this person know that the the film relocated the original setting from Kent to the United States of America. The TV Series was based on the actual books and filmed where they were set. Annonymous-007 has missed the point - the theme of novels is the rejection of control and the concept of Romanticism and the free individual. That is why HE Bates alluded to the idea of Marriette being pregnant at the start of the first story (which she is not). There is a great connection to Jane Austen and the Brontes in the opening episodes, based on the first book: this is indeed a love story worthy of mention alongside Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre.

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