Plot Introduction
The key characters in the show, based on the first novel, are Sidney Charles "Pop" Larkin (David Jason), Florence "Ma" Larkin (Pam Ferris), who are unmarried, their eldest daughter Mariette (Catherine Zeta-Jones), and tax collector Cedric Charlton (Philip Franks), who is renamed Charley by the Larkins. Charley arrives at the beginning of the first episode to get Pop Larkin to fill in his tax forms. He is distracted when he falls in love with Mariette Larkin at first sight, and the Larkins distract him further by attempting to teach him to play crib and getting him drunk. In spite of a hangover the next day, he becomes captivated by the idyllic country life led by the Larkins, and ends up a member of the family.
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