![]() ![]() None of these stories were very interesting, but nobody ever came to The Darling Buds of May for the drama. Mariette’s yearning for a new life in Paris is one of the plot lines here, along with a lovestruck young Larkin having her heart broken by a funfair attendant and Pop playing tricks on both a snooty local and a couple trying to buy a second home. Pop and Ma’s desperation to keep her at home seems weird. Plus, Bartlett is 30 – too old to be playing a girl still living with her parents. Sabrina Bartlett looks good in a pair of jodhpurs but any actress trying to follow CZJ is on a hiding to nothing. The show relies heavily on Walsh’s appeal, but he’s laying it on too thick Joanna Scanlan is better as Ma. First, there’s Bradley Walsh in the David Jason role as Pop Larkin. It looks lovely but falls short in many ways. ![]() ![]() Why? Probably because All Creatures Great and Small has been a hit for Channel 5, and this is their closest equivalent. ITV has decided to resurrect it as The Larkins. It is one of those shows that exists in a nostalgic haze, doubly so because the series itself was a glorious evocation of 1950s England. Can it really be 30 years since The Darling Buds of May introduced Catherine Zeta-Jones to a grateful nation? Even now, some of you will break out in a hot sweat at the memory. ![]()
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