"Lark Rise to Candleford" (2008) TV series

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel "Lark Rise To Candleford", set in 19 century Oxfordshire, in which a young girl moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress.

Plot Keywords:

Memory

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Claudie Blakley	...	Emma Timmins (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Brendan Coyle	...	Robert Timmins (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Fergus Drysdale	...	Frank Timmins (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Olivia Hallinan	...	Laura Timmins (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Mark Heap	...	Thomas Brown (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sarah Lancashire	...	Adult Laura (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Thomas Rhys Jones	...	Edmund Timmins (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Martha Murdoch	...	Ethel Timmins (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Julia Sawalha	...	Dorcas Lane (22 episodes, 2008-2009)
Linda Bassett	...	Queenie Turrill (21 episodes, 2008-2009)
John Dagleish	...	Alf Arless (21 episodes, 2008-2009)
Karl Johnson	...	Twister Turrill (21 episodes, 2008-2009)
Matilda Ziegler	...	Pearl Pratt (21 episodes, 2008-2009)
Victoria Hamilton	...	Ruby Pratt (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sophie Miles	...	Sally Arless / ... (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Harry Miles	...	Archie Arless / ... (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Hope Yeomans	...	Lizzie Arless (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sandy McDade	...	Margaret Ellison / ... (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ruby Bentall	...	Minnie (11 episodes, 2009)
Jason Merrells	...	James Dowland (11 episodes, 2009)
Stephen Marcus	...	Matthew Welby (10 episodes, 2008)
Ben Miles	...	Sir Timothy Midwinter (10 episodes, 2008)
Liz Smith	...	Zillah (10 episodes, 2008)
Olivia Grant	...	Lady Adelaide Midwinter (9 episodes, 2008)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Last TV acting role of Liz Smith.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Loose Women: (#13.156)" (2009)

Harmless fun

Harmless fun sums it up really, and nice to look at; ideal Sunday night untaxing stuff really. It bears little or no relationship to the books although if it gets people reading them that can only be a good thing. Dawn French lives down to all expectations; the Mrs Arless of the books was a slightly aloof and mysterious figure as I recall, from a different background to the other hamlet women, not a knockabout drunken clown. The accents are interesting too; the only one who has anything approximating to the correct accent for the area is Queenie's husband. I swear that in the first scene in which he appeared, Laura's father had a Scots accent. Pedant Alert: One thing, Lark Rise is based on Juniper Hill in North Oxfordshire near the Northamptonshire border. It is NOT in the Cotswolds. Candleford seems to have been based on a hybrid of nearby towns like Bicester and Banbury.