When life is shit, there's nothing like a good dose of the Larkins to cheer things up. David Jason is the irrepressible Pop but Pam Ferris steals most scenes as 'Flo Daisy Parker', to give her her full name. Catherine Zeta Jones is the fiery Mariette and Philip Franks 'Charlie' (the scene in which he deals with the advances of sister-in-law Abigail Rokison is very sweet).
You don't normally get such a lot of good bird sounds, in feature-length episodes.
Scene in which Pop and Ma recover from terrible dinner in freezing house by enjoying a full English in the bath is one of our favourite scenes (it's in 'When the Green Woods Laugh').
With Moray Watson (the 'General'), Kika Mirylees ('my old firework') and occasional people like Anna Massey.
Many writers have adapted the H.E. Bates stories, including Bob Larbey.
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