Bradley Walsh spotted for the first time since ITV axed drama series
Bradley Walsh has been seen for the first time since it was announced The Larkins was being axed by ITV.
The 62-year-old actor, who played Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May spin-off, put on a brave face as he went for a walk near his Essex home.
Usually sporting a sharp suit, Bradley cut a casual figure in grey joggers and wellies and wrapped up warm in a blue hooded jacket.
It comes days after it was announced The Larkins would not be returning to TV screens for a third season.
This is due to "disappointingly low" ratings and rumours of a feud amongst some cast members.
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Bradley Walsh is pictured for the first time since The Larkins was axed (Spartacus/SplashNews.com)
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Bradley, who still presents ITV quiz show The Chase, was reportedly upset by tensions on set as the series wrapped up its second season.
The departure of actress Sabrina Bartlett, who played Mariette Larkin in the first series of the show, is also said to have caused a "massive problem" for bosses.
Sabrina, who had previously starred in Bridgerton and Game of Thrones, decided not to reprise her role as Mariette after season one.
She has always stated this was down to scheduling clashes, but it is claimed there were tensions with her co-star Tok Stephen, who played her love interest Charley in the show.
"Sabrina’s issue with Tok and her decision to leave was a massive problem for the bosses. But there have also been other disagreements," a source told .
Bradley played Pop Larkin in the family drama sent in 1950s Kent (ITV)But a massive dip in ratings since The Larkins first aired in 2021 are also thought to be behind the axing.
Nearly 5 million viewers tuned in to see the first episode of the debut season, which follows the Larkins and their six children navigating family life in 1950s rural Kent.
By the time the second season aired this had dropped to 2.9 million leaving the possibility of another series looking increasingly unlikely
Newcomer Joelle Rae replaced Sabrina in the second series, but it wasn’t enough to get its popularity back up.
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The original The Darling Buds of May series starred veteran actors David Jason and Pam Ferris back in the 1990s.
The original Darling Buds of May gave Catherine Zeta-Jones her big break (ITV)It was also the show that gave Catherine Zeta-Jones her big break before she went on to have a Hollywood career starring in films such as The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment and Ocean’s Twelve.
She went on to marry actor Michael Douglas and the couple have two children, Dylan, 22, and 19-year-old Carys.
Although Catherine, 53, credits the show with launching her career, the press attention that followed was too much and she moved to LA where nobody at the time knew who she was.
“Literally with one hour of television my life completely changed. I couldn’t go anywhere,” she later said.
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