Little did we know when we set out to make a television series based on the wonderful books by H. E. Bates that The Darling Buds of May would win the hearts of the entire British nation! To capture the public's imagination to such an extent is rare indeed and we have reflected many times since on the possible reasons for this phenomenon. Of course, there are the evocative stories and the wonderful characters, but perhaps more than anything else it is due to the Englishness of it all.We were anxi...