Box set: Darling Buds Of May The Complete Series

The Darling Buds Of May: Series 3

 (1991)

Comedy, Drama
 /   / Color / 200 mins
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Plot show more ↓

The programme itself can be described as being an hour-long commercial for living off the fat of the land. The Larkins live in a sunny garden of Eden where food and drink is generously served-up by Ma and Pop. Here, Pop Larkin has achieved ... the kind of success as a farmer/entrepreneur that always eluded Del Boy. Although problems do raise their ugly heads (often in the guise of Teddy Boys or Ton-Up Boys on noisy motorbikes) they always overcome them. The programmes are set in the 1950s when we "never had it so good". Though in reality the 1950s for many people was a rather bleak and ration-riddled period. Today, the recession has certainly made the prospects for many bleaker than a weekend in Mablethorpe. So it is nice to see a period when life was (apparently) full of simple pleasures. Darling Buds shows we don t need to own a Porsche, Filofax or cellular phone to be happy, and it shows the virtues of communal action rather than aggressive competition. Though it does not entirely support the idea of a Welfare State. For example, Pop manages to avoid paying his income taxes. Instead we are given the picture of a self-reliant village community that looks after its own. Nasty people are usually outsiders and any nasty villagers have to be convinced that they should behave differently for the sake of the community.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones Mariette
Pam Ferris Ma Larkin
David Jason Pop Larkin
Rachel Bell Edith Pilchester
Stephanie Ralph Victoria
Abigail Rokison Primrose
Ross Marriott Oscar
Steven Brand Tom Sargent
Michael Jayston Ernest Bristow
Philip Franks Charley
Katherine Giles Zinnia
Christina Giles Petunia
Daisy-May Bates John Blenheim
Martin Read Sgt Wilson
Julian Glover George Harran

Episodes

Disc 01

1
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1)
60 mins  28/02/1993
Ma and Pop have a serious think about sending two of the kids, Zinnia and Petunia, to boarding school, but the girls themselves of course are none too keen.
2
The Happiest Days of Your Life (2)
60 mins  07/03/1993
Charley and Mariette decide to buy the brewery; the whole family repairs the twins' boarding school.
3
Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine (1)
60 mins  14/03/1993
Pop gets a swimming-pool built and gets into pig-breeding, while Primrose has a new love interest.
4
Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine (2)
60 mins  21/03/1993
Pop prepares a trick against George Harran whilst Primrose discovers Liverpool.
5
Climb the Greasy Pole (1)
60 mins  28/03/1993
Pop runs for rural councillor while Charley and Mariette struggle at the brewery and have issues in their relationship.
6
Climb the Greasy Pole (2)
60 mins  04/04/1993
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 Bristow's brewery.

Edition Details

Series The Darling Buds Of May
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

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