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Joe Brophy Updated: May 3 2021, 6:25 ET JED Mercurio is the man responsible for creating some of the BBC's biggest dramas from Bodyguard to Line of Duty. With season six of Line of Duty wrapped up, fans are turning to the writer for news of another installation. Here's everything you need to know about him... 2 Who is Jed Mercurio? Jed Mercurio, 55, was born in 1966 and was a former hospital doctor and Royal Air Force officer before becoming one of UK television's leading writers. He studied at the University of Birmingham Medical School and later utilised his experience working in hospitals...

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 Darling Buds Of May reboot has added another star to the cast - Peter Davison

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. Grantchester's Tok Stephen also joins the cast as Cedric 'Charley' Charlton. Loading the player... The new series, written by The Durrell's screenwriter Simon Nye, will follow the love story between Sabrina and Tok's characters. The synopsis reads: "The Larkins is the story of a working-class family led by the golden-hearted wheeler dealer Pop Larkin and his wife Ma, togeth...

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.