In 2016, having filmed a cinema adaptation of another classic TV series, Dad's Army, Zeta-Jones responded positively to suggestions that The Darling Buds of May might also be similarly remade, stating "I'd be playing Ma Larkin, but I'm up for it". [10] However, by 2020, any plans for a film were put on hold, with the Radio Times reporting that ITV was to remake the series, with Simon Nye writing the scripts and with Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan in the cast. [11] The series, with the title The Larkins, first aired in October 2021 starring Walsh and Scanlan, with Sabrina Bartlett and Peter Davison also amongst the cast. [12] Themes [ edit ]

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Pop and Ma's proposed weekend in Paris is disrupted by a storm, and they spend the time in a country house. Daisy-May Bates, as John Marlborough Churchill Blenheim Charlton, the only son of Charlie and Mariette (11 episodes) Includes Short Stories by: H. E. Bates; Richard Clapperton; Edith Pargeter; Michael Gilbert; Walter Clemons; Ken Gentry Each one-hour episode took two weeks to film, followed by two months in post production. [1] Filming locations [ edit ] Farmhouse of Buss Farm, seen in 2007The first novel in the series was originally adapted to the screen in 1959 as The Mating Game, starring Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall as Mariette and Charley.

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Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Includes Short Stories by: H. E. Bates; Dorothy L. Sayers; Michael Gilbert; E. L. Malpass, Brian Cleeve ITV commissions a new adaptation of H.E. Bates' novel, The Darling Buds of May, entitled The Larkins". ITV . Retrieved 6 October 2021. The first episode was transmitted on the ITV channel at 8pm on a Sunday night. [1] Home media [ edit ] Locally produced food and drink intentionally played a core role in the series. [1] Due to not being ripe at the right time, the strawberries used in the series were imported from Holland. [3] One of the most iconic scenes features Pop and Ma eating a meal together whilst having a bath. [3] With several scenes featuring eating, the fact Ferris was a vegetarian had to be worked around by the production staff. [3] Both Ferris and Jason gained weight due to the amount of food they had to consume, often doing multiple takes for several scenes at one time, to make the scenes look realistic. [2]

Little filming was done inside the farmhouse, the interiors having been shot in a studio at Yorkshire Television. Scenes shot in the former Wennington School near Wetherby in Yorkshire, which stood in for Bluff Hall, were included. Other filming locations in Yorkshire include the Hotel Metropole in Leeds, which stood in for the 'Marble Arch Hotel'. Featuring a total of 20 episodes, it was broadcast as three series of six double-episode story lines in the spring of 1991, 1992 and 1993, plus two single-episode Christmas specials aired in 1991 and 1992. a b c d "Darling Buds of May – Garden of England Trail – Behind the Scenes". Kent Film Office. 5 July 2011 . Retrieved 29 May 2016. a b c d e f Hildred, Stafford; Ewbank, Tim (3 September 2012). Sir David Jason – A Life of Laughter. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781782190721. The Darling Buds Of May The Complete Collection Collectors Edition on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au . Retrieved 15 January 2015.