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Mulberry (1992)
Mulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team behind the programme included writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. Mulberry ran for two series: the first series of six episodes ran from 24 February to 30 March 1992 and the second series of seven episodes ran from 8 April to 25 May 1993. A third series was planned, but was cancelled before production began. As a result, Mulberry never arrived at its logical conclusion.
Writing:
- John Esmonde
- Bob Larbey
Release Date:
Mon, Feb 24, 1992
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 30
Season 2:
Miss Farnaby decides to enter a local floral competition and gives Bert the task of bringing one of her favorites flowers, one of her prized hyacinths, into bloom in time for the competition. In the meantime, Mulberry's father appears again and tells Mulberry that his time is up and he must ""take"" Miss Farnaby or else. Mulberry pleads for just another 24 hours. In the meantime, while checking on Miss Farnaby's hyacinth, Mulberry meets his mother, Springtime, urging the lowly flower into bloom in time for the competition. Mulberry asks her to intercede with his father and give him more time with Miss Farnaby. His mother agrees and promises him he will have more time with lady of the manor. When the flower blooms in all it's glory for the competition, no one is more suprised than Bert.
In Miss Farnaby's younger years, she had promised her cousin Arthur that she would fly a kite at his passing, fully expecting to be long gone before he was. When being told of her cousin Arthur's death, Miss Farnaby is determined to carry out her promise to her dead cousin and asks Mulberry to help her honor it. Unfortunately, during her attempt to fulfill this promise, a terrible accident occurs. Tragically, Mulberry is killed..........
Mulberry is back and you will have to watch episode 8 to find out how. Miss Farnaby, having taken a real liking to Mulberry decides to fix him up with her visiting niece Jocelyn. She asks Mulberry to take Jocelyn out to dinner, at which they really hit it off and something begins to happen. However, Mulberry knowing who he is and that nothing could ever come of the relationship, lets the opportunity pass, much to his, Jocelyn's and Miss Farnaby's dismay. Meanwhile Bert and Alice celebrate their anniversary by inviting Miss Farnaby to their quarters, a very bad mistake.
Mulberry, in one of his attempts at getting Miss Farnaby out of the manor and enjoying life, gets her to join the local village's art class. At which she promptly volunteers him to be a model which could lead Mulberry to much more exposure than he had anticipated. Seeing some of her work, he unknowingly submits it for an art contest. Upon hearing of this, she is quite upset with her personal companion and the sparks fly. Meanwhile, Alice is not too pleased with Bert's new part-time job.
Miss Farnaby catches Mulberry by complete surprise when she insists on driving herself to the library. She also tells Mulberry that she has met a gentleman and is going to have dinner with him at the manor, but refuses to tell him who it is. No matter how hard he tries, she will not reveal the man's name. Later, while Bert is supposed to be serving, Mulberry enters the room and finds his father is the man dining with Miss Farnaby. Knowing that once he enters a house, a death must occur, Mulberry is sure that his time with Miss Farnaby will soon be over.
Mulberry and Miss Farnaby grow increasingly suspicious of Alice's actions of late. They both agree that something is amiss and decide to follow her one day only to make a rather unusual and distressing discovery. Meanwhile, Miss Farnaby's planned musical evening at the manor seems destined to failure until the last minute discovery of a hidden talent in Bert.
Miss Farnaby is in dread. Her two sisters, Adele and Elizabeth, who have bested her her whole life, are coming for a visit. No matter how much Mulberry tries to calm Miss Farnaby, she knows that something terrible is coming to visit. Her fears are born out when after the required pleasantries and forced small talk, she forces them to tell her why they have really come. They want her to sell the manor.
