The Darling Buds of May (TV series) The Darling Buds of May (TV series) The Darling Buds of May is an English comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network, first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 April 1993. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name, and its sequels, by H. E. Bates. Set in rural 1950s Kent, it follows the life of the Larkin family. It starred David Jason as "Pop" Larkin alongside Pam Ferris as "Ma" Larkin, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing their eldest daughter Mariette, who marries tax inspector Cedric "Charlie" Charlton, played by Philip
E. H. Thompson E. H. Thompson Mrs. E. H. Thompson was an American author and educator who wrote "From the Thames to the Trossachs", published by New York company Hunt and Eaton in 1890. She was an active writer in the 1870s through to the early 1900s at least. Much of her work was published by the "Zion's Herald" (later to be known as The Progressive Christian), a Methodist weekly magazine. Her contributions to the "Herald" had a moral and religious focus, recommending school activities and prayers for school children, and warning of the dangers of excessive drinking. "From the Thames to the