The Darling Buds of May

David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones bring the Larkins to life

Drama

David Jason & a young Catherine Zeta-Jones star in this comedy drama adapted from H.E. Bates' books. Ma & Pa Larkin & their six children lead an almost 'perfick' life in 50s Kent.

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A tax inspector's visit inadvertently initiates an extraordinary chain of events.

Part One

The story opens with the arrival of Mr Charlton, the mild-mannered tax inspector who, instead of checking Pop's non-existent accounts, falls in love with his daughter.

Charley decides to play truant from his office and go strawberry picking.

Part Two

Things don't quite go 'perfick' when Charley decides to play truant from his office at the Inland Revenue and go strawberry picking with Mariette & the rest of the Larkin family.

Comedy-drama series. Ma starts making plans for Mariette and Charley's lavish wedding.

When the Green Woods Laugh - Part One

Now that Mariette is going to marry Charley the tax inspector, Ma starts making plans for a lavish wedding. But has Pop overreached himself with his offer for a stately home?

Comedy-drama series. Pop Larkin is about to wish that he had never met Corinne Perigo...

When the Green Woods Laugh - Part Two

Pop Larkin is about to join the large number of villagers who wish with all their hearts that they had never met Corinne Perigo.

Comedy-drama series. The wet English summer has dampened the Larkins' spirits.

A Breath of French Air - Part One

The wet English summer has dampened the Larkins' spirits, and Charley and Mariette have failed to produce offspring. Perhaps a holiday is required...

Comedy-drama series. Pop and Ma are really enjoying their French holiday.

A Breath of French Air - Part Two

Pop and Ma are really enjoying their French holiday - which is more than can be said for Charley and Mariette. Meanwhile Primrose has problems with Marc-Antoine.

Young Primrose goes courting, and Mariette gives Pop and Ma a 'perfick' gift.

Oh! To Be In England - Part One

The irrepressible Larkins return larger than life and larger in numbers. Young Primrose goes courting as Mariette gives Pop and Ma a 'perfick' gift.

Reverend Candy learns that paying tax isn't the only thing that Pop and Ma have neglected.

Oh! To Be In England - Part Two

Primrose continues her pursuit of Reverend Candy, who discovers that paying tax is not the only thing that Pop and Ma have neglected to do...

Charley is jealous of a young blonde stranger.

Stranger at the Gates - Part One

Charley is jealous of a young blonde stranger, and the sparks fly when it turns out that Pieter is not exactly what he says he is...

Drama series. Mariette and Charley find the missing Pieter and try to get him to stay.

Stranger at the Gates - Part Two

Mariette & Charley find the missing Pieter, but can they persuade him to stay, despite village prejudice? Meanwhile, Primrose seems to have found the way to Rev Candy's heart.

It seems like Pop's lucky day when he helps an ex-RAF pilot, but trouble is looming...

A Season of Heavenly Gifts - Part One

Life seems just perfick for Charley and Pop - Charley's latest scheme even has Mariette's approval - until an unscrupulous property developer called Marcus Cope appears.

Marcus Cope is determined to find the mystery horde of cash and thwart Charley's plans.

A Season of Heavenly Gifts - Part Two

Marcus Cope is determined to find the mystery horde of cash and thwart Charley's plans to buy the hop garden, and there's a challenge to Pop from the Brigadier.

The disruptive twins face the threat of being sent to boarding school.

The Happiest Day of Your Life - Part One

Pop and Ma Larkin are advised to send their disruptive twins, Zinnia and Petunia, to boarding school. Meanwhile, Primrose takes a shine to a builder.

The twins are found safe and sound after running away.

The Happiest Day of Your Life - Part Two

The twins are found safe and sound after running away from boarding school. Pop becomes involved with the renovation of the school - much to the delight of the headmistress. 

Pop Larkin buys 200 pigs while thinking that he's on to a good deal, but he might not be.

Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine - Part One

Thinking he's on to a good deal, Pop buys two hundred pigs. But before he knows what's what, he's up to his neck in it.

When Primrose's new love Roger returns to Liverpool, she is hot on his trail.

Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine: Part 2

When Primrose's new love Roger returns to Liverpool, she is hot on his trail, but when Pop and Ma discover that she is safe, they agree to let her stay.

Classic drama series. Pop stands for a vacated seat on the Rural District Council.

Climb the Greasy Pole - Part One

Classic drama series based on the books of HE Bates. A seat becomes vacant on the Rural District Council and Pop decides to stand for election - meanwhile, Charley finds himself being pursued by Primrose's teacher.

Mariette believes Charley is having an affair.

Climb the Greasy Pole - Part Two

Pop is the target of a dirty tricks campaign, and Mariette seeks consolation from Tom Sargent as she becomes convinced Charley is having an affair.

Charley & Mariette hold the fort when Ma and Pop win a surprise trip 

The Darling Buds of May: Le Grand Weekend

Charley and Mariette are left holding the fort when Ma and Pop win a surprise trip to Paris. Things don't go as planned and it turns into quite a weekend.

As the Larkins prepare for Christmas, outside lurks a man on the run

The Darling Buds of May: Christmas is Coming

The Larkin family busily prepare for the festive season, but outside lurks an exhausted man on the run. David Jason and Pam Ferris star.

The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

Series 1

1. Part One

1. Part One

2. Part Two

2. Part Two

3. When the Green Woods Laugh - Part One

3. When the Green Woods Laugh - Part One

4. When the Green Woods Laugh - Part Two

4. When the Green Woods Laugh - Part Two

5. A Breath of French Air - Part One

5. A Breath of French Air - Part One

6. A Breath of French Air - Part Two

6. A Breath of French Air - Part Two