ITV'S WARM FAMILY SERIES THE LARKINS GETS NEW CAST MEMBERS FOR THE SECOND SEASON INCLUDING MAXIM AYS AS A HOT NEW REVEREND!

 THE LARKINS SEASON TWO 

ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS

ITV has not only given a second season to their warm, family series THE LARKINS, which will be back later this year, but has also announced new cast: while Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan return as the much loved Pop and Ma Larkin, Sabrina Bartlett who has been kicked out of the show

Maxim Ays and newcomer Joelle Rae are new faces in the cast

will be replaced by Joelle Rae as their oldest daughter Mariette. Tok Stephen will be back as her love interest Cedric “Charley” Charlton. The fictional village of Littlechurch will also get a handsome new Reverend Candy to be portrayed by Sanditon's Maxim Ays who will immediately set hearts aflutter, especially Primrose Larkin's! The new six part season will also feature

Sabrina Bartlett has been kicked out of the show as the oldest daughter

a new family, the Jerebohms. The mother, Pinkie, played by Morgana Robinson, takes an instant dislike to the Larkins. As does the rest of the family, and they are soon at war. Hector Bateman Harden will play her son Gilbert while Lucy Allix will play daughter Blanche. As you know, The Larkins are a remake of classic series Darling Buds of May. It airs in Acorn in USA.

CHRISTMAS 2021 ON BRITISH TV: FESTIVE EPISODES OF ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL AND THE LARKINS AT CHANNEL 5 AND ITV, PLUS THE AMAZING MISTER BLUNDEN AT SKY

 CHRISTMAS ON BRITISH TV 

ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL

If you were wondering what will air on UK TV these holidays other than Around the World in 80 Days and The Tourist over at BBC, we're here to inform you: Channel 5 will traditionally air festive episode of ALL

Channel 5 is bringing us festive All Creatures episode

CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL on Christmas Eve December 24th! In the Christmas special, it’s Christmas in Darrowby, and Helen and James (Nicholas Ralph) realise they haven’t agreed on where they’re spending

Tristan and Siegfried will be donning some fine looking costumes

Christmas Day. Mrs Hall (Anna Medeley) is expecting them at Skeldale and Jenny is expecting them at Heston Grange, and the pair are reluctant to disappoint either of them. When a beloved local pet is taken seriously ill,

Season two has aired on Channel 5 earlier this Autumn

Siegfried (Samuel West) has to bring it into the practice for emergency treatment. In the face of such an emergency, Helen ends up feeling like a spare part at the Skeldale Christmas party! Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) learns

Will Thorp might be Mrs Hall's new love interest

that it might be time to take himself more seriously and reveals some important news, while a card from James’s father asking him to phone them on Christmas Day leaves James on tenterhooks about whether he can make amends with his family.

 

HOLIDAYS WITH THE LARKINS

BBC's biggest rival ITV has decided to take us to the idyllic Kent countryside village on Christmas, December 25th, where THE LARKINS family live in the 1950s, and this will be a holiday special episode of the series that just ended its first season run on ITV. In the holiday special, Mariette and

ITV will season their Christmas with some Larkins' fun

Charley take their love to the next level and Pop (Bradley Walsh) and Ma (Joanna Scanlan) are overjoyed to have the pair back for Christmas, but when Charley’s parents arrive to meet the Larkin clan, and the entire village is left without lighting and heating following a power cut, chaos descends on the Larkins farm.

THE AMAZING MISTER BLUNDEN

Sky will, meanwhile, regal us on Christmas Eve with their TV movie THE AMAZING MR BLUNDEN in which the Christmas adventure arrives for London teenagers Jamie and Lucy Allen in the form of a mysterious old man,

We are waiting for Amazing Mr Blunden trailer from Sky

Mr Blunden, who offers their mum the opportunity to become the caretaker of a ruined country house – one that’s said to be haunted. Within its neglected, overgrown grounds, Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. Simon Callow, Mark Gatiss, Tamsin Greig star.

ITV CASTS HANNAH WADDINGHAM AND OTHERS IN TOM JONES EPIC TV SERIES AND UNVEILS AIRING DATE AND TRAILER FOR LARKINS FAMILY TV SERIES BASED ON DARLING BUDS OF MAY

   TOM JONES TV SERIES 

ADS HANNAH WADDINGHAM

Hannah Waddingham has joined the cast

Even though rival BBC has announced earlier this afternoon that Canal+' Marie Antoinette new period set television series (that I already announced to you earlier this summer) will air on their BBC 2 channel next year for the audience in United Kingdom, it is still ITV day here today, beginning with news from their new period set adaptation of TOM JONES classic novel by Henry Fielding. Beside Solly McLeod as the hero Tom, Sophie Wilde as the heroine Sophia Western and Pearl Mackie as Sophia’s trusted maid, Honour, they've now announced fresh Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham in the role of the seductive and vengeful Lady Bellaston! The series that will air on Masterpiece in USA, will also star James Fleet, Alun Armstrong, Shirley Henderson, Tamzin Merchant, Julian Rhind Tutt, Susannah Fielding, Daniel Rigby, James Wilbraham, Felicity Montagu, Janine Duvitski, Dean Lennox Kelly and Lucy Fallon. The raunchy novel follows often very scandalous and bawdy sexual exploits and merry adventures of the young and

Daniel Rigby, Solly McLeod, James Wilbraham take the male roles

good hearted 18th century foundling Tom Jones in a story full of twists and surprises. The shooting will start this Autumn around Belfast.

 THE LARKINS TV SERIES 
TRAILER & AIR DATE REVEALED

Tok Stephen and Sabrina Bartlett

ITV has published a trailer for their remake of Darling Buds of May classic series THE LARKINS which will start Sunday October 10th with six episodes and plus a festive one for Christmas. Set in the late 1950’s, it follows the golden hearted wheeler dealer Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh) and his wife Ma (Joanna Scanlan), together with their six children, including the beautiful Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett), as they bask in their idyllic and beautiful patch of paradise in Kent. Fiercely loyal to each other and their community, there’s an overwhelming sense of plenty in their lives and a lot of joy and raucous laughter. With an

The series will have six episode plus a festive one

endless supply of delicious, hearty meals alongside the odd cocktail or two, the Larkins are always happy to share what they have with others, despite the fact

Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan are Pop and Ma

that what they have is sometimes obtained by unusual means! Sadly their good heartedness is not always shared by certain members of the local

The series is a remake of Darling Buds of May

community and village gossip about Pop and his family is often rife. From government officials and snobbish second homeowners to aggressive urban

Joanna Scanlan is Ma Larkin who loves cooking best

developers, the Larkins never take threats to their idyllic way of life lying down but when Cedric ‘Charley’ Charlton (Tok Stephen) arrives to inspect their

Bradley Walsh is the head of the Larkin family

taxes things are looking bleak for The Larkins. Soon distracted by the beautiful Mariette, Charley quickly discovers that he has a romantic rival in the form of the handsome and mysterious Tom Fisher (Stephen Hagan).

TOM WESTON JONES, BEN LLOYD HUGHES, ALEXANDER VLAHOS JOIN SANDITON PERIOD SET SERIES SEASON TWO! 1ST THE LARKINS ITV SERIES PHOTO WITH BRADLEY WALSH, JOANNA SCANLAN

  SANDITON SEASON TWO ADS  

TOM WESTON JONES, BEN LLOYD HUGHES, ALEXANDER VLAHOS

Well, it won't have fan favourite Theo James from the first season but SANDITON period set series has cast a trio of our favourite boys - our dearest Tom Weston Jones alongside Alexander Vlahos and Ben Lloyd

Tom Weston Jones will be the new male lead

Hughes. In the second season, which will air on BritBox and PBS Masterpiece, Tom Weston Jones (whom we enjoy currently in Warrior and Shadow and Bone shows) will portray Colonel Francis Lennox, who will be vying for Charlotte’s (Rose Williams) affections, facing competition from Ben Lloyd Hughes as a mysterious new resident with a complex family history. Alexander Vlahos will play flamboyant artist Charles Lockhart, who arrives to paint portraits of Sanditon‘s wealthy elites, while Frank Blake joins the cast as courageous Captain Declan Fraser. Rosie Graham will play Alison Heywood, the younger sister to Charlotte, who quickly becomes acquainted

Ben Lloyd Hughes, Frank Blake and Alexander Vlahos

with the charming Captain William Carter, played by young Maxim Ays.The story of the second season picks up nine months after the events of the first series, with Sanditon growing in popularity, but the secrets of the

Rosie Graham and Maxim Ays will play a young couple in love

dysfunctional Denham family continue to be a threat to its future. The Army arrives to make Sanditon their new base and with them bring potential new romances, friendships and challenges for the residents.

   THE LARKINS ITV SERIES  

FIRST PHOTO WITH MA AND PA

Although  they gave up on Sanditon, ITV has a whole slate of new projects, among them THE LARKINS which just got the first photo released showing Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan as the leads in the reboot of

Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan as new Ma and Pa

classic series Darling Buds of May. The heartwarming series, set in the idyllic countryside follows the charming farming couple and their family, including daughter Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett) and her lover Charley (Tok Stephen). Their house is always filled with love, laughter, mischief and good hearty food! The series will premiere this Autumn.

VIGGO MORTENSEN, COLIN FARRELL, TOM BATEMAN, JOEL EDGERTON CAST IN THAI CAVE RESCUE FILM THIRTEEN LIVES! ITV'S DARLING BUDS OF MAY TV SERIES REMAKE THE LARKINS CASTS DAUGHTER OF THE FAMILY AND BLACKWASHES HER LOVE INTEREST

THIRTEEN LIVES RESCUE PIC

GETS A STELLAR CAST

And there are quite a lot of famous names in it: as Deadline reports, Thai cave rescue film THIRTEEN LIVES has just cast Viggo Mortensen (as expert in rescues), Colin Farrell (as veteran cave diver), Tom Bateman (as British diving officer), Joel Edgerton (as a cave diver) who will play the heroic rescuers who took part in a dangerous operation that cost one rescue diver his life while all of the boys, and the coach, were saved before

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Tom Bateman will star in the movie

floodwaters completely filled the caves. The rest of the cast will consist of Asian actors. Ron Howard is directing the true story of the rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach from a flooded, impenetrable cave system in Thailand in 2018. Thai families, the government, and a community of farmers and neighbors came together alongside volunteers from around the world to get them out of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in Chiang Rai Province.

 

  THE LARKINS TV SERIES  

FINDS THE DAUGHTER OF THE BELOVED LARKIN FAMILY

Earlier this winter I announced that ITV is preparing a new TV series adaptation of beloved classic Darling Buds of May titled THE LARKINS and

Sabrina Bartlett will be the oldest daughter

now they've cast the daughter of the family - Knightfall, Victoria and Poldark actress Sabrina Bartlett will play Mariette, the oldest child of the Larkin family led by Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan who live more of less carefree on their idyllic farm in England where they indulge in laughs, family love and food, tons of food . But since everything these days has to be woke, her love interest has been blackwashed (but with a very cute actor) in the series and Tok Stephen will play Cedric Charlton, an accountant from the city, who arrives in sunny 1950s Kent to investigate the family's perhaps

Tok Stephen will be the blackwashed accountant in love

slightly dodgy tax affairs, and slowly finds himself drawn to both the country lifestyle, and Mariette herself. The series is based on H.E. Bates' novels, with the creators of The Durrells working on this six part adaptation.

DARLING BUDS OF MAY GETTING A REMAKE IN ITV'S THE LARKINS FAMILY SERIES WITH BRADLEY WALSH, JOANNA SCANLAN! DISNEY + DEVELOPING SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON ADVENTURE SERIES

  THE LARKINS SERIES  

DARLING BUDS OF MAY REMAKE

If you loved Durrells and All Creatures Great and Small, you will be happy to hear that ITV is remaking beloved classic series The Darling Buds of May into the six episode THE LARKINS drama based on H.E. Bates'popular novels. Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan will lead as

ITV will turn the book into six episode drama

the iconic fictional characters, Pop Larkin and his wife Ma.

  LARKINS 

set in the late 1950’s, is the warm story of a working class family led by the golden hearted wheeler dealer Pop Larkin and his wife Ma, together with their six children, including the beautiful Mariette (who was played by Catherine Zeta Jones in the original series). Fiercely loyal to each other and their community, each Larkin family member has a strong work ethic, alongside a disinterest in authority. In the idyllic and beautiful Kent countryside, known as the Garden of England, The Larkins have a achieved a small patch of paradise where nothing is wasted and they enjoy life to the full. There’s an overwhelming sense of plenty in their lives and a lot of joy and raucous laughter, as Ma Larkin provides a seemingly endless supply of delicious, hearty meals. Alongside their weekly battles with authority and snobbish villagers, The Larkins will follow the love story between Mariette and

Joanna Scanlan and Bradley Walsh will play the parents

village newcomer Cedric ‘Charley’ Charlton who arrives in the village as an unworldly and officious accountant from the city, there to investigate the Larkins’ tax affairs. He is soon distracted by the beautiful Mariette, with whom he falls head over heels in love. However, he quickly discovers that he has a romantic rival in the form of the handsome and mysterious Tom Fisher. Mariette, on the other hand, may have plans of her own, which don’t involve men.

  SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON  

GETTING A REMAKE AT DISNEY +

Speaking of family series remakes, Disney + has announced that  Ron Moore and Jon M. Chu are creating a TV series remake of famous SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann Wyss. The story follows a family from

The Swiss Family Robinson will become Disney + series

Switzerland who escape the Napoleonic Wars to relocate to a colony in New Guinea and their ship is attacked by pirates after which they end up on an uninhabited island. The shipwrecked family then builds a home on the deserted island!