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The Darling Buds of May

  • TV Series
  • 1991–1993
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
2.3K
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Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pam Ferris, Christina Giles, Katherine Giles, David Jason, Stephanie Ralph, and Julie Stichbury in The Darling Buds of May (1991)
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The life of the Larkins, a farm family in Kent.The life of the Larkins, a farm family in Kent.The life of the Larkins, a farm family in Kent.

  • Stars
    • David Jason
    • Pam Ferris
    • Stephanie Ralph
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    • Stars
      • David Jason
      • Pam Ferris
      • Stephanie Ralph
    • 26User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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      • 1 win

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    David Jason
    David Jason
    • Pop Larkin
    Pam Ferris
    Pam Ferris
    • Ma Larkin
    Stephanie Ralph
    • Victoria
    Philip Franks
    • Charley…
    Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Catherine Zeta-Jones
    • Mariette
    Christina Giles
    • Petunia
    Katherine Giles
    • Zinnia
    Rachel Bell
    Rachel Bell
    • Edith Pilchester
    Ross Marriott
    • Oscar
    Ian Tucker
    • Montgomery
    Abigail Rokison
    • Primrose
    Moray Watson
    Moray Watson
    • Brigadier
    Daisy-May Bates
    • John Blenheim
    Kika Mirylees
    Kika Mirylees
    • Angela Snow
    Martyn Read
    • Sgt. Wilson…
    Julie Stichbury
    • Primrose
    Tyler Butterworth
    Tyler Butterworth
    • Reverend Candy
    Michael Jayston
    Michael Jayston
    • Ernest Bristow
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    • Trivia
      In 2011, Catherine Zeta-Jones invited David Jason to a rented house in Richmond to have Sunday lunch with her and her husband Michael Douglas. It was the first time Jason had seen Jones since she had wed Douglas; they had rented a magnificent property, and Douglas was in the pool playing with their sons. Jason considered him a great Hollywood star but Douglas was very relaxed as he came out the pool, dripping wet in Bermuda shorts and shook Jason's hand. Douglas thanked Jason for being generous with Jones and looking after her on the show. Jason was pleased he thought so.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin: Sounds perfick.

    • Connections
      Featured in Motormouth: Episode #4.17 (1991)

    User reviews26

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    A timeless idyll
    I just caught some re-runs of the on ABC iviews of this and I'm struck by how completely watchable it still is. Though I have lived for many years in Australia, I'm English country born and bred and the evocation of the countryside is just wonderful ( yes, I know it's not really like DBOM all the time )

    Casting is, as others have said, utterly spot on and the ludicrous anonymous 007 who preferred an American film version - which, incredibly , relocated this quintessentially English scene TO America, is simply to be ignored. As, I would think, should be the film . I wonder what HE Bates would have thought.

    If you can get the books, get any and all, HE Bates was a great writer poetic, funny and profound. Not unlike Thomas Hardy only with a lighter touch.
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    • Release date
      • April 7, 1991 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Majs ljuva knoppar
    • Filming locations
      • Buss Farm, Bethersden, Kent, England, UK(the Larkins' farm)
    • Production companies
      • Excelsior
      • Yorkshire Television (YTV)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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