Eat, drink and be merry!
New THE LARKINS Christmas Day, 9pm ITV ★ There’s always plenty of food, drink and good cheer at the Larkins’ farm, from Pop’s cocktails to the gargantuan meals served up by Ma. So it’s not surprising that, come Christmas, they push the gravy boat out! ‘The dinner table is laden with every item of food you can imagine!’ says Bradley Walsh, who’s back as Pop for a feature-length episode of the heart-warming period drama. ‘Ma starts cooking three days before, and there’s goose, chicken, turkey, pigeon, sparrow… anything they can lay their hands on!’ Meanwhile, Pop and Ma (Joanna Scanlan) get the best possible Christmas present as Mariette (Sabrina Bartlett) and Charley (Tok Stephen) come home. ‘Mariette left to go live in France at the end of the first series,’ says Bradley. ‘She’s come back, so…
