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Lark Rise to Candleford

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In this adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her childhood, Laura Timmins leaves the Oxfordshire hamlet of Lark Rise for a job in the market town of Candleford, where her mother's cousin, effervescent Dorcas Lane, is postmistress. Farm workers, craftsmen and gentry make up the community of families, rivals, friends and neighbours. Throughout the series, residents of both places interact at the best and the worst of times, including a measles epidemic that threatens the harvest and the arrival of new Post Office Inspector Mr. Rushton.
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Olivia Hallinan

Laura Timmins

Julia Sawalha

Dorcas Lane

Brendan Coyle

Robert Timmins

Claudie Blakley

Emma Timmins

Dawn French

Caroline Arless

John Dagleish

Alf Arless
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Synopsis In this adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her childhood, Laura Timmins leaves the Oxfordshire hamlet of Lark Rise for a job in the market town of Candleford, where her mother's cousin, effervescent Dorcas Lane, is postmistress. Farm workers, craftsmen and gentry make up the community of families, rivals, friends and neighbours. Throughout the series, residents of both places interact at the best and the worst of times, including a measles epidemic that threatens the harvest and the arrival of new Post Office Inspector Mr. Rushton.
Director
John Greening, Charles Palmer
Executive Producer
Bill Gallagher, Susan Hogg
Screenwriter
Flora Thompson, Bill Gallagher
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 20, 2008