Darling Buds Of May 1, The: When The Green Woods Laugh (1991) Rating: Starring: David Jason, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks Director: Rodney Bennett, Robert Tronson Category: Drama, Television Studio: BFS Subtitles: [None] Length: 203 mins     Dreaming big runs in the family. This enormously popular British comedy/drama series made a star of Catherine Zeta-Jones (Traffic) who, in her first TV series, got more newspaper coverage than the Royal Family! Set during the ever-sunny 1950s, this is the story of the indestructible Larkin family, headed by Sidney "Pop" Larkin (David Jason), a dreamer and schemer who has managed to avoid paying taxes throughout his working life. The clan leads an idyllic (if flamboyant) life in the English countryside, coloured by the flirtatious ways of beautiful daughter Mariette (Zeta-Jones), Pop Larkin's never-ending supply of ill-fated entrepreneurial adventures and the fierce devotion of each family member to one another through good times and bad. Based on the popular books by H.E. Bates and filmed in gorgeous locales around Kent, this series is a touching and often hilarious tribute to family life. The Darling Buds Of May "Perfick" - The Larkins have arrived and into their idyllic lives steps Charlie Charlton, the mild-mannered tax inspector who has come to check on Pop Larkin's non-existent accounts.However, he is distracted from that task by the beautiful and flirtatious Mariette Larkin.After a weekend with the Larkin family, Charlie must remind himself of his investigative duties. When The Green Woods Laugh - Mariette prepares for her marriage to Charlie, the reformed Tax Inspector.Meanwhile, Pop turns his hand to property developing when he finds out he might be able to get his hands on Bluff Court, the dilapidated stately home of Lord and Lady Bluff-Gore and sell it for scrap, an idea fiercely opposed by the aristocratic, but cash-strapped, Lord Bluff-Gore.