It's the 1950's and Sidney "Pop" Larkin has managed to avoid paying taxes for practically his entire working life. He embarks on a number of ill-fated entrepreneurial ventures and his daughter causes more than one head to turn with her flirtatious ways. But the flamboyant Larkins are thoroughly devoted to each other in good times and bad.

In the picturesque Kent countryside, the Larkins are looking forward to a fun-filled summer of 1959. After Pop sells the crumbling mansion next door for more than its worth, he celebrates with plans to build a swimming pool. But the new neighbors soon plot their revenge, catching Pop in their snare. Can Ma and the rest of the Larkin famiy manage to keep him out of prison? Meanwhile, daughter Primrose longs for love when handsome Reverend Candy arrives...

When Cedric Charlton, an unsuspecting tax inspector, arrives at the door of the Pop Larkin farm, he soon forgets the purpose of his visit: the fun-loving Ma and Pop Larkin distract him at every turn with strawberries, cream, alcohol, and their attractive young daughter, Mariette. Well known by the popular TV series starring David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones, The Darling Buds of May is the quintessential feel-good, country romp. It will have you...