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Doctor Who star Bradley Walsh has unveiled a new look for his latest TV role as Pop Larkin in ITV's Darling Buds of May adaptation The Larkins.

The Larkins family, who live in a Kent farmhouse, are set to return to screens in a new series 30 years after ITV adapted HE Bates The Darling Buds Of May books for TV.

The Chase host, 60, appeared in a short teaser clip for the The Darling Buds of May remake where he sported a waistcoat and side burns and introduced the rest of his family.

Weekend magazine reporters rounded up 80 programmes to watch this autumn. The selection airing in the UK, includes Netflixs The Witcher and BBC1s The Cleaner starring Greg Davies.

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The Darling Buds Of May reboot has added another star to the cast.  Peter Davison - who is perhaps best known as the fifth incarnation of The Doctor in Doctor Who - will portray a gossipy vicar in The Larkins, set to air on ITV, according to The Sun. He joins Bridgerton star Sabrina Bartlett, 29, who is set to portray the character Mariette Larkin, a role made famous by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the 1990s comedy, opposite Bradley Walsh, 60, and Joanna Scanlan, 59.  Joining the cast: The Darli...

The Darling Buds of May by writer H.E. Bates. The new series will also see Bradley Walsh join as Pop Larkin, a role first made famous by Only Fools and Horses star David Jason, and Joanna Scanlan star as his wife Ma. Grantchesters Tok Stephen also joins the cast as Cedric Charley Charlton. Loading the player... The new series, written by The Durrells screenwriter Simon Nye, will follow the love story between Sabrina and Toks characters. The synopsis reads: "The Larkins is the story of a w...

Bridgerton star Sabrina Bartlett has been cast as the lead in the new ITV comedy-drama The Larkins alongside Tok Stephen.

The Larkins have found their new Mariette.