<P> Locally produced food and drink intentionally played a core role in the series . Due to not being ripe at the right time, the strawberries used in the series were imported from Holland . One of the most iconic scenes featuring Pop and Ma eating a meal together while having a bath . With several scenes featuring eating, the fact Ferris was a vegetarian had to be worked around by the production staff . Both Ferris and Jason gained weight due to the amount of food they had to consume, often in multiple times and for multiple scenes at one time, to make the scenes look realistic . </P> <P> Another theme of the series was the Larkin family's habit of giving their children unusual or themed first and middle names . Mariette was created by combining' Marie' and' Antoinette' . Montgomery was named after wartime officer Field Marshall Montgomery . Victoria was named for being born during the plum season (Victoria plum). While Monty and Victoria have no middle names, the other children have multiple instances of them: Primrose Violet Anemone Iris Magnolia Narcissa, twins Petunia June Florence Nightingale and Zinnia June Florence Nightingale, and Oscar Columbus Septimus Dupont, the last one being in tribute to the French hotelleir Mademoiselle Dupont, who features in the series . In comparison, Mariette's wedding ceremony reveals her middle name is simply Jane . Mariette and Charlie continue the family tradition by naming their son John Marlborough Churchill Blenheim . </P> <P> The first episode was transmitted on the ITV channel at 8pm on a Sunday night . </P> <P> When the series was first released on video, it sold £ 1m worth of copies in the first four days . </P>

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