The Darling Buds of May
The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

1991 3 Seasons 20 Episodes ⭐ 7.9 Comedy Drama

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Darling Buds of May (1)

Earnest young tax inspector Cedric Charlton visits the sizeable Larkin family at Home Farm in the countryside. They have

EP 2

The Darling Buds of May (2)

Having woken with a hangover but determined to stay at Home Farm, 'Charley' as the family call him ,decides to accompany

EP 3

When the Green Woods Laugh (1)

Pop decides to buy the west wing of the country seat of impoverished aristocrats, the Bluff-Gores, initially for scrap,

EP 4

When the Green Woods Laugh (2)

Pop duly appears in court charged with sexual harassment but Mrs. Perigo is discredited when Pop's brother Uncle Perce,

EP 5

A Breath of French Air (1)

The whole family go on holiday to France, a holiday which gets off to a bad start. However, when the family car is seen

EP 6

A Breath of French Air (2)

A jealous Charley gets drunk when Mariette refuses to go on the local miniature railway, preferring to stay on the beach

EP 7

Christmas Is Coming

The Larkin family plan the quintessential English Christmas, with food, drink and presents galore.

EP 1

Oh! To Be in England (1)

Mariette gives birth to a boy, John Blenheim, and, when the vicar, Reverend Candy, comes to see about the christening, h

EP 2

Oh! To Be in England (2)

Pop comes across a fun-fair owned by his friend Fruity Pears, though it is losing money. Fruity tells off two teddy boys

EP 3

Stranger at the Gates (1)

Whilst Pop buys the adjacent quarry to stock as a trout farm and Charley considers buying a hop farm to supply the local

EP 4

Stranger at the Gates (2)

Whilst the Larkins and John Candy shame some of the villagers into accepting Pieter for himself Charley and Mariette tra

EP 5

A Season of Heavenly Gifts (1)

When ex-fighter pilot 'Honey' Honeyman crash lands in a field near Home Farm he asks Pop to deliver some boxes to his dr

EP 6

A Season of Heavenly Gifts (2)

Pop and Ma go to an open day at their son Monty's Naval Training College, where Pop publicly humiliates a bullying instr

EP 7

Le Grand Weekend

Ma decides she and Pop should have a second honeymoon after she wins a competition prize of a weekend away in Paris.

EP 1

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1)

Ma and Pop have a serious think about sending two of the kids, Zinnia and Petunia, to boarding school, but the girls th

EP 2

The Happiest Days of Your Life (2)

Charley and Mariette decide to buy the brewery; the whole family repairs the twins' boarding school.

EP 3

Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine (1)

Pop gets a swimming-pool built and gets into pig-breeding, while Primrose has a new love interest.

EP 4

Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine (2)

Pop prepares a trick against George Harran whilst Primrose discovers Liverpool.

EP 5

Climb the Greasy Pole (1)

Pop runs for rural councillor while Charley and Mariette struggle at the brewery and have issues in their relationship.

EP 6

Climb the Greasy Pole (2)

Gypsies get involved in Pop's campaign for rural councillor. Charley and Mariette have to work on their marriage, and fi

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