The Darling Buds of May (TV Series)
The Happiest Days of Your Life: Part 1 (1993)
David Jason: Pop Larkin
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Quotes
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Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : Primrose, put that boy down and get in!
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Primrose : [at dinner table] I said, I don't want a birthday party.
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : Oh, come on, Primrose, you've got to have a knees-up on your sixteenth birthday. It's a big day in a young girl's life, isn't it, Ma?
[Ma nods]
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : I mean, you know, when you're sixteen, you can do all sorts of things.
[Ma gives him a look reminding him he's on dangerous territory]
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : Well, you know, you can, uh, you can, uh... you... you can... uhm...
[Ma raises her eyebrows]
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : well, you...
[clears throat]
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : You... you can get married if you want to, eh?
Victoria : [cheeky] Tony had better watch his step then.
Primrose : [snaps] Shut up, Victoria!
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : Come on, Primrose. You'll be a big girl.
Primrose : Fine.
[puts down her cutlery, rises from table]
Primrose : Then, as a so-called big girl, I can exercise my right not to have a stupid party.
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : [Primrose storms off] Wha-? Hey, Primrose! Now come...
[stammers]
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : What did I say now?
Ma Larkin : [wisely] Primrose don't wanna be a big girl, dear. She wants to be a young lady.
[Victoria scoffs]
Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin : [as Primrose's upstairs bedroom door slams, scoffs:] Women!