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Format:VHS Tape
I lived in Kent during my childhood and this wonderful programme with my favourite actor - David Jason is simply a series to lose yourself in and takes me back to fruit picking days. A must for anyone who appreciates simple, family humour.
Format:DVD
I bought this Canadian release (despite the high price) because I would not put up with incorrectly-sequenced episodes I'd read about on some cheaper UK releases.
The episodes seem to be in the correct sequence but there are a couple of things I want to make you aware of:
* Maybe my memory is playing tricks but the quality of the video seems quite grainy, even with a couple of little glitches that suggest the transfer to digital wasn't done with first-generation sources
* Each episode has two 'breaks' in it, where the programme title appears briefly and disappears at the point where there would originally have been an ad break. UK TV viewers will also remember the little 'flicker' in the top right-hand corner of the screen that indicated a break was coming (and you could go and put the kettle on...). Well, you see some of those too.
If those things won't bother you, I think you should enjoy this trip down memory lane. I just can't quite shake the idea that, for the money, someone could/should have done the transfer to digital a little better.
The episodes seem to be in the correct sequence but there are a couple of things I want to make you aware of:
* Maybe my memory is playing tricks but the quality of the video seems quite grainy, even with a couple of little glitches that suggest the transfer to digital wasn't done with first-generation sources
* Each episode has two 'breaks' in it, where the programme title appears briefly and disappears at the point where there would originally have been an ad break. UK TV viewers will also remember the little 'flicker' in the top right-hand corner of the screen that indicated a break was coming (and you could go and put the kettle on...). Well, you see some of those too.
If those things won't bother you, I think you should enjoy this trip down memory lane. I just can't quite shake the idea that, for the money, someone could/should have done the transfer to digital a little better.
Format:DVD
"And summer's lease hath all too short a date." from Shakespeare's sonnet XVIII
The "Darling Buds of May" is a 1991 TV series about a quite unconventional and flamboyant family in rural England in the 1950s.
While each episode is unique and fun to watch and actually picked up the series to see the early works of Catherine Zeta-Jones playing the part of Mariette the voluptuous daughter in the family. Little did I know that I would fall in love with all the characters.
I came to this series originally after watching "The Mating Game" starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, and Fred Clark, which is more of a PG comedy based on the same characters based on first book of "The Darling buds of May" written by H.E. BATES; which was written and set in 1958.
Series 1
1. "The Darling Buds of May" (7 & 14 April 1991)
2. "When the Green Woods Laugh" (21 & 28 April 1991)
3." A Breath of French Air" (5 & 12 May 1991)
4."Christmas Is Coming" (22 December 1991)
Series 2
1. "Oh, To Be In England!" (26 January & 2 February 1992)5. Stranger at the Gates
2."Stranger At the Gates" (9 & 16 February 1992)
3."A Season of Heavenly Gifts" (23 February & 1 March 1992)
4."Le Grand Weekend" (26 December 1992)
Series 3
1."The Happiest Days of Your Life" (28 February & 7 March 1993)
2."Cast Not Your Pearls before Swine" (14 & 21 March 1993)
3."Climb the Greasy Pole" (28 March & 4 April 1993)
Mating Game ~ Debbie Reynolds
The "Darling Buds of May" is a 1991 TV series about a quite unconventional and flamboyant family in rural England in the 1950s.
While each episode is unique and fun to watch and actually picked up the series to see the early works of Catherine Zeta-Jones playing the part of Mariette the voluptuous daughter in the family. Little did I know that I would fall in love with all the characters.
I came to this series originally after watching "The Mating Game" starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, and Fred Clark, which is more of a PG comedy based on the same characters based on first book of "The Darling buds of May" written by H.E. BATES; which was written and set in 1958.
Series 1
1. "The Darling Buds of May" (7 & 14 April 1991)
2. "When the Green Woods Laugh" (21 & 28 April 1991)
3." A Breath of French Air" (5 & 12 May 1991)
4."Christmas Is Coming" (22 December 1991)
Series 2
1. "Oh, To Be In England!" (26 January & 2 February 1992)5. Stranger at the Gates
2."Stranger At the Gates" (9 & 16 February 1992)
3."A Season of Heavenly Gifts" (23 February & 1 March 1992)
4."Le Grand Weekend" (26 December 1992)
Series 3
1."The Happiest Days of Your Life" (28 February & 7 March 1993)
2."Cast Not Your Pearls before Swine" (14 & 21 March 1993)
3."Climb the Greasy Pole" (28 March & 4 April 1993)
Mating Game ~ Debbie Reynolds
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I can really lose myself in this series. I wish Id had that type of childhood, all those siblings, what a hoot.
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