The Larkins new Sunday nights.

The jury is out here. I’m not sure about Bradley Walsh, Mr C thought he was OK. I suspect for me it will be one of those programmes where I check email etc while it’s on.

Very weak but a nice cosy setting and just right for early Sunday evening viewing. Then watched Angela Black which was very tense and a bit scary . ?

Loved it !

Prefer the original. What is it with ITV they use the same presenters for everything don't think Bradley Walsh suits the part one bit should stick to presenting.

For those who loved the original series it is being rerun on ITV3 at 6pm weekdays.

I found the new interpretation easy to watch after a busy Sunday.

I loved the original version & just didn’t fancy this one at all so didn’t switch the TV on. I started reading ‘Hamnet’’ instead.

I like Bradley Walsh but think he’s a better game show host (being himself) than an actor. I agree with others though, he’s on our screens an awful lot.

Never keen on the original so didn’t bother with this one
Bradley Walsh gets him and his appendage son everywhere I prefer child / teen actors to strive out in their own and not sit on their parents coat tails I like BRadley Walsh but he is in overkill the other night he was in two sides at the same time !!!

Didn't like it. I kept expecting Bradley to say 'the chase is on'.

preferring the original so far.

Loved the original
Did not enjoy so stopped watching after 15mins might be because I'm not a fan of Bradley Walsh I think he is on our telly far to much

I don't know if I want to watch it to be honest as I loved the Darling buds of May

Agree we had Londoners instead of the Kentish folk who were so familiar to me in the fifties and sixties as my mother’s family came from a Kent village. I missed the accents I heard my grandmother and her family had and couldn’t believe in these false characters who were as unreal as the plastic pies on the table. Pity as I like Bradley Walsh but I don’t think this has done him any favours. Loved David Jason.

Yes it was okay, quite a nice programme for early Sunday evening. I did think the actress who played Ma Larkin was a dead ringer for Pam Ferris. I enjoyed the first series, maybe a bit more than this one. I remember the food more than anything, delicious looking made me feel hungry!

Not keen on remakes so did not watch it. When I saw that Bradley's son, Barney was in it the word nepotism sprang to mind. There are plenty of other young actors that need work.

I so wanted to like this, but sadly found it a bit wooden.
Compared to the wonderful David Jason and Catherine Zeta Jones in the original I just couldn't help finding it all a bit stilted.

Wasn’t keen on the original and even less on the remake. Only stuck with it for 15 minutes and won’t bother again.
Agree about Bradley Walsh - I know he has to earn a living but he’s everywhere these days. I expect him to pop on the screen for life insurance or one of those leg circulation gadgets next!

Very easy Sunday night viewing, loved it.

B. Walsh said in an interview before the programme went out that it was still set in 1958 but updated for modern viewers. Is that why there was casual swearing all through it, pre-watershed?

I've only watched until the first ad break, but for what it's worth, I think the difference between the original series and this one is that David Jason, Pam Ferris and Catherine Zeta Jones were the Larkins, the current Pop and Mariette are acting as the Larkins. Joanna Scanlan is convincing though.

Think I'll persevere and watch a bit more . . .

Millie22

Didn't like it. I kept expecting Bradley to say 'the chase is on'.

Did he say "Potatoes"?

(Why does he say that after The Chase has gone off the screen?)

It's one of those programmes which I may watch with one eye, the other on a knitting pattern!

I did see that an older Tristan Farnon was playing the vicar ?

The other Darling Buds of May with David Jason was better than last nights viewing. I like Bradley Walsh but the cast in
this one did not have the same feel to things.
I kept comparing it to the old version so in the end stopped watching bring back the old Ma and Pa they were just so cosy together.

Just remembered, did anyone else think that the gammon that Ma put in the oven came out as a goose ?

ginny
Just remembered, did anyone else think that the gammon that Ma put in the oven came out as a goose ?

I thought that at the time and convinced myself I’d imagined it!

Not quite as 'perfick' as the original and a bit too larger than life for me. It was nice to see Barney though.

ginny

Just remembered, did anyone else think that the gammon that Ma put in the oven came out as a goose ?

??? Yes, I had to look twice.