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The Darling Buds of May (TV series)

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The Darling Buds of May
Video cover
StarringDavid Jason,
Pam Ferris,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Philip Franks
Production
ProducerYorkshire Television
Running time60 minutes (including adverts)
Original release
NetworkITV
Release1991 –
1993

The Darling Buds of May was a British television series which was first broadcast between 1991 and 1993 produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV Network. It is set in an idyllic rural 1950s Kent, among a large, boisterous family. The three series were based on the novels by H. E. Bates. Originally categorised by Yorkshire TV as a drama, some regards it as a comedy, and it does have some humour but it is not played for laughs, what it does have is a wonderful feel good factor.

The key characters were Pop Larkin (David Jason), Ma Larkin (Pam Ferris), their eldest daughter Mariette (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and tax-collector Charley (Philip Franks). Charley arrives at the beginning of the first episode to get Pop Larkin to fill in his tax forms, is seduced by the country life, and never leaves.

The show was very popular, and launched the acting career of Catherine Zeta-Jones.

"The darling buds of May" is a quotation from Shakespeare's sonnet XVIII.

The programme was filmed in the village of Pluckley, Kent and several nearby villages.

The show is currently being aired on ITV1 every weekday at 4pm.

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