Whitstable Pearl: Series 2 - DVD

With the son she raised alone headed to university, coastal town restaurateur Pearl Nolan (Kerry Godliman) had time on her hands-and she chose to fill it by running a private detective agency out of the kitchen. The odd investigations she tackles in her picturesque community, and the attendant head-butting with late-of-London DCI Mike McGuire (Howard Charles), fuel this effort based on the Julie Wassmer novels. Rohann Nedd, Frances Barber, Sophia Del Pizzo, Isobelle Molloy co-star.6 episodes on 2 discs. 6 hrs. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

When Rupert Davies stepped into the role of Georges Simenon's cerebral Parisian detective Commissaire Jules Maigret for this 1960-1963 BBC offering, the author himself deemed the casting InchperfectInch-and this long-unseen series has finally surfaced with the episodes newly remastered. Helen Shingler, Ewen Solon, Neville Jason, Victor Lucas also starred. 13 episodes on 3 discs. 12 hrs. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; featurette.

SYNOPSIS This new adaptation of the classic novel and TV show The Darling Buds of May follows the warmhearted, wheeler-dealer adventures of the Larkin family in the Kent countryside of the 1950s. Ma (Joanna Scanlan) and Pop Larkin (Bradley Walsh) often deal with threats to their idyllic way of life but never take things lying down. The Larkins look to be in real trouble, however, when a government accountant is sent to investigate their tax affairs, but Cedric ‘Charley’ Charlton (Tok Stephen) proves to be kind and immediately smitten with their daughter Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett). Mariette, meanwhile, has another suitor—the suave, sophisticated Tom (Stephen Hagan)—as well as plans for her life that would take her far from the family farm. DETAILS DVD GENRE Period Drama TV-14 RUNTIME 6x45 minutes LANGUAGE English DISC COUNT 2 NOTABLE TALENT Joanna Scanlan , known for Girl with a Pearl Earring, Gentleman Jack, and No Offence Bradley Walsh , known for Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Law and Order UK Tok Stephen , known for Silent Witness, Grantchester, and Hoand lby City Joelle Rae Lydia Page , known for The Worst Witch and Casualty THE LARKINS, SERIES 2