DARLING BUDS OF MAY GETTING A REMAKE IN ITV'S THE LARKINS FAMILY SERIES WITH BRADLEY WALSH, JOANNA SCANLAN! DISNEY + DEVELOPING SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON ADVENTURE SERIES

  LARKINS 

set in the late 1950’s, is the warm story of a working class family led by the golden hearted wheeler dealer Pop Larkin and his wife Ma, together with their six children, including the beautiful Mariette (who was played by Catherine Zeta Jones in the original series). Fiercely loyal to each other and their community, each Larkin family member has a strong work ethic, alongside a disinterest in authority. In the idyllic and beautiful Kent countryside, known as the Garden of England, The Larkins have a achieved a small patch of paradise where nothing is wasted and they enjoy life to the full. There’s an overwhelming sense of plenty in their lives and a lot of joy and raucous laughter, as Ma Larkin provides a seemingly endless supply of delicious, hearty meals. Alongside their weekly battles with authority and snobbish villagers, The Larkins will follow the love story between Mariette and

Joanna Scanlan and Bradley Walsh will play the parents

village newcomer Cedric ‘Charley’ Charlton who arrives in the village as an unworldly and officious accountant from the city, there to investigate the Larkins’ tax affairs. He is soon distracted by the beautiful Mariette, with whom he falls head over heels in love. However, he quickly discovers that he has a romantic rival in the form of the handsome and mysterious Tom Fisher. Mariette, on the other hand, may have plans of her own, which don’t involve men.