The Darling Buds of May (TV series) series ended, Ferris wished to film more episodes. Having performed it for radio in 1996, she theorised in 2008 that the reason the fifth book was never adapted for television was because the storyline featured Pop recovering from a heart attack, something the producers likely thought the audience would not want to see. In 2016, having filmed a cinema adaptation of another classic TV series, "Dad's Army", Zeta-Jones responded positively to suggestions that "The Darling Buds of May" might also be similarly remade, stating "I'd be playing Ma Larkin, but I'm up for it". Locally produced food and drink intentionally
Wiley H. Bates High School 1937, and second-floor classrooms were added in 1945. Additional teaching facilities were added in 1950, in a simplified International or Modern style. The site is now known as Wiley H. Bates Heritage Park. The building has been repurposed into 71 senior housing units, a senior center, a boys and girls club, and a museum dedicated to Annapolis merchant and civic leader Wiley H. Bates. Wiley H. Bates High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Prior to desegregation, Bates was the only public school in the county that African-American students could attend for a secondary