Production
H. E. Bates wrote five books involving the Larkin family, the titles of the first four of which were used as episode titles for the TV series:
- The Darling Buds of May (1958)
- A Breath of French Air (1959)
- When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
- Oh! To Be in England (1963)
- A Little of What You Fancy (1970)
The first novel in the series was originally adapted to the screen in 1959 as The Mating Game, starring Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall as Mariette and Charley.
The Yorkshire TV series was filmed at Pluckley, Kent and nearby locations. Scenes in the former Wennington School, Yorkshire, were also in the programme. The farm used in the series is open to the public once a year for the Darling Buds Classic Car Show. No filming was done inside the farmhouse, the interiors having been shot in a studio. "The darling buds of May" is from Shakespeare's sonnet 18: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May | And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Read more about this topic: The Darling Buds Of May
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)