Quote: beaky @ 20th March 2023, 9:57 AMBut the same name, Larkin? That must have been deliberate.
I was wondering that.
"Darling Buds of May" was published in 1958, funnily enough.
So I guess it must have been coincidence, because the literary version of The Larkin family would not have gained a reputation by then.
H E Bates must have been a bit pissed off, because there was a whole series of Larkins books featuring 'his' Larkins.
Quote: beaky @ 20th March 2023, 9:57 AMBut the same name, Larkin?
Not quite! Larkins, not Larkin.
Quote: Lazzard @ 20th March 2023, 10:06 AMI was wondering that.
"Darling Buds of May" was published in 1958, funnily enough.
So I guess it must have been coincidence, because the literary version of The Larkin family would not have gained a reputation by then.
H E Bates must have been a bit pissed off, because there was a whole series of Larkins books featuring 'his' Larkins.
zooo got into this very same confusion last night and I managed to find some specific dates: this TV sitcom began in September 1958, whilst The Darling Buds Of May was initially serialised in a newspaper, beginning in January 1958.
And to add to the confusion, the 2021 remake of The Darling Buds of May starring Bradley Walsh, is called The Larkins
Quote: Aaron @ 20th March 2023, 10:18 AMthis TV sitcom began in September 1958, whilst The Darling Buds Of May was initially serialised in a newspaper, beginning in January 1958.
Hard to believe that wasn't some sort of unconscious link.
Quote: Aaron @ 20th March 2023, 10:18 AMNot quite! Larkins, not Larkin.
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I'd like to have seen the Larkin one - not sure it would have got past the censors, though...
"They f**k you up, your mum and dad..."
Quote: Lazzard @ 20th March 2023, 11:37 AMHard to believe that wasn't some sort of unconscious link.
I've just been doing a little researching further, and it turns out that the sitcom's writer, Fred Robinson, had been writing comedy plays about his Larkins family since about 1948.
So either Bates is a guilty chap, or - as the plays seem to have been more am-dram than popular productions - we're back to pure odd coincidence.
I blame H E Bates.
I had to study Fair Stood The Wind For France for O-Level.
Never forgiven him.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 20th March 2023, 10:29 AMAnd to add to the confusion, the 2021 remake of The Darling Buds of May starring Bradley Walsh, is called The Larkins
So it seems even those "in the know" are confused - I noticed that the thumbnail picture on my Virgin digi-box for the current repeat run of the B&W The Larkins, is of the Darling Buds of May/The Larkins. What a fiasco - I hope the knob end at ITV got the push for the suggestion of using "The Larkins" title for the DBoM remake.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 17th February 2022, 11:54 PMJust started watching the box set that was bought for me for Christmas. Into the rotation it goes.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 30th March 2022, 12:17 AMInto the second series, which is getting funnier. "Haul For One" about a football pools win was hysterical. ?
And in "Gift Horse Power", another very funny one - ITMA Sam Kydd (!) in a small part
Quote: Aaron @ 19th March 2023, 6:34 PMA lovely sitcom. I hope people take to it.
Oh dear. It was hilarious, until they moved out of 66 Sycamore Street, where they were for the first four series, and then it went rapidly downhill when they opened a café/B&B for series 5 & 6, which barely raised a titter.
Shame, as I was really enjoying it up till then.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 11th December 2023, 10:38 AMOh dear. It was hilarious, until they moved out of 66 Sycamore Street, where they were for the first four series, and then it went rapidly downhill when they opened a café/B&B for series 5 & 6, which barely raised a titter.
Shame, as I was really enjoying it up till then.
First ever example of "Jumping the Shark" maybe?
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 11th December 2023, 10:38 AMOh dear. It was hilarious, until they moved out of 66 Sycamore Street, where they were for the first four series, and then it went rapidly downhill when they opened a café/B&B for series 5 & 6, which barely raised a titter.
Shame, as I was really enjoying it up till then.
I actually really enjoyed both variants. The show changes a lot, it's essentially a sequel rather than the same thing, but still very funny and enjoyable IMO.
