Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 1991
The Darling Buds of May
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.
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An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.
Cast
David JasonPop Larkin
Pam FerrisMa Larkin
Catherine Zeta-JonesMariette
Philip FranksCharley
Stephanie RalphVictoria
Rachel BellEdith Pilchester
Christina GilesPetunia
Katherine GilesZinnia
Ian TuckerMontgomery
Ross MarriottOscar
Abigail RokisonPrimrose
Moray WatsonBrigadier
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Daisy-May BatesJohn Blenheim
Kika MiryleesAngela Snow
Julie StichburyPrimrose
Martyn ReadSergeant Wilson · Sgt. Wilson · Martyn Read · Sgt Wilson
Tyler ButterworthReverend Candy
Carol MacReadyMrs. Daws
Sheila BurrellMrs. Kinthley
Michael JaystonErnest Bristow
Steven BrandTom Sargent
Michael CulverSir George Bluff-Gore
Richenda CareyLady Bluff-Gore
Anna MasseyMlle. Antoinette Dupont
John CarlinReverend Spink · Rev. Spink
Rowland DaviesJack Woodley
Wendy WilliamsFreda O'Connor
Peter GaleMr. Shell
Shirley CainMrs. Hall
John GrilloMr. Jerebohm
Susie BlakeMrs. Jerebohm
Arthur WhiteUncle Perce
Celia ImrieCorinne Perigo
Jane DownsCountess Czernikov
Ian PriceBertie Fanshawe
Harry BeetyHotel Commissionaire
Charles KayMonsieur Eugène Mollet
Judy CliftonIris Snow
Geoffrey GreenhillGerard Brisson
Peter SymondsMonsieur Gammelin
Marilyn TaylersonMadame Gammelin
Phil RowlandsAuctioneer
Mitzi McKenzieCordelia
Laurent HennequinSebastian
Christopher HarringtonMarc-Antoine Gammelin
Benedict TaylorPieter
William SimonsTed Watson
P.J. NicholasJohn Watson
Nicolas ChagrinMarcus Cope
Denis LillInspector Jefferies
Jonathan CoyBarry Mulcrone
Wolf ChristianTilley
Nick HobbsP.O. Strickland
Stephanie SchonfieldDr. Carey
Oliver BeamishDetective Constable
Tim WyltonRon Waggit
Joseph BennettTony
Tara DeanPrincess Zaria
Joanna DavidMiss Jimson
Godfrey JamesVic
Stephen GressieuxTed
Gino MelvazziFred
Russell BoulterRoger McGarry
Julian GloverGeorge Harran
Roger Ashton-GriffithsMr. Ramsbottom
Mel MartinFreda Battersby
David HaigCaptain Robert Battersby
Rebecca LaceyMarion Winters
Colum ConveyAmbrose
Howard AttfieldFred
Isabelle AmyesDiana Parker
Michael SheardBuilding Society Manager
Lynsey BaxterJasmine Brown
Roger GraingerTV Vicar
Raymond MasonSalesman
Tricia ThornsMrs. Peele
Paul WilliamsonGeorge Carter
Joy SheltonMiss Borden
Anna SkyePauline Jackson
Arbel JonesPoll
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