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The Darling Buds of May (UK)

TV Series (1991 - 1993)

Pop and Ma Larkin lead idyllic lives in the apple blossomed Kent countryside. They own 22 acres of land and somehow manage to live off it in considerable splendour despite never paying their bills. The Larkins have immense appetites and even eat while sharing a bath. One day they are visited by a tax inspector He soon falls for the considerable charms of Mariette.

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03x06 Climb the Greasy Pole (2) Aired: Apr. 04, 1993

Gypsies get involved in Pop's campaign for rural councillor. Charley and Mariette have to work on their marriage, and finalize the deal to buy … [continue reading]

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The Darling Buds of May (UK) is Canceled/Ended

The show had 3 seasons and 20 episodes air between 1991 and 1993.

Series Info

Type:

Scripted

Premiered:

Apr. 1991

Status:

Canceled/Ended

Runtime:

60 min.

Aired:

1991 - 1993

To-Date:

3 Seasons
20 Episodes

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Genre

- comedy

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Series Fun Facts

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In the books upon which the TV-series is based, Ma and Pa Larkin had another child after Oscar; a girl called Phyllida.
H.E. Bates took the title from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,…
[show]H.E. Bates took the title from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date".
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John Blenheim's full name: John Marlborough Churchill Blenheim Charlton.