The Darling Buds of May

About The Darling Buds of May

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.

ITV1's The Darling Buds of May is a comedy series. The series is filed under 1950s, countryside, rural area, and farm life.

It ran for 3 seasons and 20 episodes between April 1991 and April 1993. Seasons run to about 7 episodes.

David Jason leads the cast as Pop Larkin, Pam Ferris as Ma Larkin, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Mariette, and Philip Franks as Charley.

It streams on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel in the United States. Lark Rise to Candleford, Little House on the Prairie, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel make useful companions to The Darling Buds of May, all filed under period drama.