Paul Roberts (musician) studio CDs. Soulsec was in existence as a side-project for some of the later years Paul was still with The Stranglers. Paul played the role of Pop Larkin in the world premiere of "The Darling Buds of May-Perfick". This was a musical based on H. E. Bates' novel "The Darling Buds of May", written by David Burton, formerly a member of the cast of "Only Fools & Horses". The show ran for a week in April 2008 at The Kings Theatre, Southsea as a trial to see whether the company could raise enough interest to finance a West End production.
The Darling Buds of May (TV series) weeks to film, followed by two months in post production. Much of the series was filmed in and around the village of Pluckley in Kent; Executive Producer Richard Bates lived just a few miles away. The location for "Home Farm", the Larkin residence, was Buss Farm a few miles south of Pluckley, owned by the Holmes family. All four main buildings of the Grade II listed farm were utilised, the farmhouse itself, a square oast house (depicted in the title sequence), a Tudor barn and cart lodge. After being put up for sale by the family in 2012, it was