Set during the ever-sunny 1950s, this is the story, of the indestructible Larkin family, headed by Sidney "Pop" Larkin, a dreamer and schemer who has managed to avoid paying taxes throughout his working life. The clan leads an idyllic (if flamboyant) life in the English countryside, coloured by the flirtatious ways to beautiful daughter Mariette, Pop Larkins's never-ending supply of ill-fated entrepreneurial adventures and the fierce devotion of each family member to one another through good times and bad.