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  • The Darling Buds of May - S02 E04 - A Se... (1992)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: Robert Tronson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Pop Larkin finds himself caught up in a smuggling racket after helping a crash-landed ex-RAF pilot and finds a bag of money in their car after a visit to the Ace of Clubs drinking den. Charley is trying to raise money to buy a hop garden and gets caught up with ruthless property developer Marcus Cope.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 39 members
  • The Darling Buds of May - S02 E01 - Oh t... (1992)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Mariette gives birth to a boy, John. Sister Primrose takes a shine to the young parson organising the christening. Pop buys junk from Mrs Meredith and is accused of swindling her by her nephew. When Pop discovers it's the nephew he makes him pay over the odds for a vase, giving his aunt the takings.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 38 members
  • The Darling Buds of May - S02 E02 - Stra... (1992)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: Steve Goldie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A stranger arrives - Pieter from Denmark. He works for the Larkins and Charley is green with envy as all the women, including Mariette, think he's the bee's knees. But the villages turn hostile when Charley discovers he's German having hidden his identity because of post-war anti-German feeling.
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 36 members
  • The Darling Buds of May - S02 E03 - Stra... (1992)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: Steve Goldie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Larkins and the vicar shame the villagers into accepting Pieter and find he can stay if he marries and English girl. He's fallen for Eileen but she's tied to a selfish mother. She's persuaded to come to Home Farm to marry Pieter, now a hero having rescued the local bully from falling into a quarry.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 33 members
  • The Darling Buds of May - S01 E04 - Chri... (1991)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    It's Christmas time and Ma is baking mince pies while Mariette is pregnant. When Pop is out delivering Christmas trees, he bumps into an escaped convict. The Larkins help him see his family provided he goes back to prison afterwards. And he's Santa Claus for the party at the village hall!
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 67 members
  • The Darling Buds of May - S01 E03 - A Br... (1991)
    Starring: David Jason,  Pam Ferris,  Philip Franks
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Larkins go to Brittany for a holiday, but the food is awful and the weather bad. Things improve when the pension owner sees the crest on Pop's car and assume they're nobility giving them the royal treatment. Charley and Mariette fight when she cavorts on the beach and he gets drunk on the railway.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 47 members
  • Bleak House (4 discs) on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Denholm Elliott,  Philip Franks,  Diana Rigg
    Director: Ross Devenish
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel brings to life a host of famous characters. It is at the Court of Chancery, London, where the Jarndyce versus Jarndyce case has dragged on for many years. As new evidence is brought out in court, a long line of innocent victims are ground down ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 185 members
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