"Lark Rise to Candleford" (2008) TV series 2008-

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

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:

Victorian Era | Memory

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Olivia Hallinan	...	Laura Timmins (40 episodes, 2008-2011)
Sarah Lancashire	...	Adult Laura (40 episodes, 2008-2011)
Julia Sawalha	...	Dorcas Lane (40 episodes, 2008-2011)
Fergus Drysdale	...	Frank Timmins (39 episodes, 2008-2011)
Martha Murdoch	...	Ethel Timmins (39 episodes, 2008-2011)
Claudie Blakley	...	Emma Timmins (38 episodes, 2008-2011)
Thomas Rhys Jones	...	Edmund Timmins (38 episodes, 2008-2011)
John Dagleish	...	Alf Arless (37 episodes, 2008-2011)
Mark Heap	...	Thomas Brown (37 episodes, 2008-2011)
Karl Johnson	...	Twister Turrill (37 episodes, 2008-2011)
Linda Bassett	...	Queenie Turrill / ... (36 episodes, 2008-2011)
Matilda Ziegler	...	Pearl Pratt (36 episodes, 2008-2011)
Hope Yeomans	...	Lizzie Arless (35 episodes, 2008-2011)
Sophie Miles	...	Sally Arless / ... (34 episodes, 2008-2011)
Brendan Coyle	...	Robert Timmins (31 episodes, 2008-2010)
Victoria Hamilton	...	Ruby Pratt (31 episodes, 2008-2011)
Sandy McDade	...	Margaret Brown / ... (30 episodes, 2008-2011)
Ruby Bentall	...	Minnie Mude (29 episodes, 2009-2011)
Harry Miles	...	Archie Arless / ... (22 episodes, 2008-2010)

Series Directed by
Susan Tully		(9 episodes, 2009-2011)
Patrick Lau		(7 episodes, 2009-2011)
Alan Grint		(4 episodes, 2008-2009)
John Greening		(4 episodes, 2008)
Charlie Palmer		(4 episodes, 2008)
Moira Armstrong		(3 episodes, 2009-2010)
Marc Jobst		(2 episodes, 2008)
David Tucker		(2 episodes, 2009-2010)

Series Writing credits
Bill Gallagher		(40 episodes, 2008-2011)
Flora Thompson		(40 episodes, 2008-2011)
Gaby Chiappe		(6 episodes, 2008-2010)
Carolyn Bonnyman		(3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kate Gartside		(2 episodes, 2009)
Rachel Bennette		(2 episodes, 2010-2011)

Series Produced by
Bill Gallagher	....	executive producer (40 episodes, 2008-2011)
Margaret Conway	....	line producer (30 episodes, 2008-2011)
Ann Tricklebank	....	producer (30 episodes, 2008-2011)
Susan Hogg	....	executive producer (28 episodes, 2008-2010)
Sarah Brown	....	executive producer (18 episodes, 2010-2011)
Robbie Sandison	....	line producer (10 episodes, 2008)
Grainne Marmion	....	producer (9 episodes, 2008)
Paul Rutman	....	development producer (4 episodes, 2008)

Series Original Music by
Julian Nott		(37 episodes, 2008-2011)

Series Cinematography by
Mark Partridge		(29 episodes, 2008-2011)
Balazs Bolygo		(8 episodes, 2008)
David Schwartz		(2 episodes, 2008)

Series Film Editing by
Paul Brown		(14 episodes, 2009-2011)
Nick McPhee		(8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Alan Jones		(5 episodes, 2009-2010)
David Blackmore		(4 episodes, 2008)
Neil Thomson		(3 episodes, 2010)
Ian Farr		(2 episodes, 2008)
Kevin Lester		(2 episodes, 2011)

Series Casting by
Julia Crampsie		(10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Sarah Trevis		(10 episodes, 2008)

Series Production Design by
Martin Boddison		(10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Malcolm Thornton		(10 episodes, 2008)

Series Art Direction by
Mark Hudson		(10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Steve Carter		(6 episodes, 2008)
Leigh Walker		(5 episodes, 2008)

Series Costume Design by
Pam Downe		(10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Phoebe De Gaye		(10 episodes, 2008)

Series Makeup Department
Laura Blount	....	makeup artist / hair stylist (20 episodes, 2009-2010)
Lesley Faulkner	....	makeup designer / hair designer (18 episodes, 2010-2011)
Jacqueline Russon	....	hair daily / personal makeup artist (12 episodes, 2009-2010)
Bee Archer	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (10 episodes, 2008)
Pamela Haddock	....	hair designer / makeup designer (10 episodes, 2008)
Vicki Lang	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (10 episodes, 2008)
Amanda Warburton	....	hair supervisor / makeup supervisor (10 episodes, 2008)
Lisa Pickering	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kate Thompson	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (7 episodes, 2008-2009)
Christine Greenwood	....	hair stylist / makeup artist / ... (6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Caroline Greenough	....	makeup supervisor / hair supervisor (6 episodes, 2011)
Stella O'Farrell	....	hair designer / makeup designer (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Carol Cooper	....	hair stylist / makeup artist / ... (5 episodes, 2009)
Sarah Jane Marks	....	makeup artist: dailies / hair stylist: dailies (4 episodes, 2011)
Jane Logan	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (2 episodes, 2009)
Hannah Proverbs	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes, 2008)

Series Production Management
Liz Pearson	....	post-production supervisor (10 episodes, 2008)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Chalstrey	....	third assistant director (10 episodes, 2008-2009)
John Burrans	....	third assistant director (10 episodes, 2008)
Penny Davies	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 2008)
Trevor Gittings	....	first assistant director (10 episodes, 2008)
Nicki Ballantyne	....	first assistant director (8 episodes, 2010-2011)
Martin Krauka	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 2010-2011)
Michelle Hooper	....	third assistant director (6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sarah Lawrence	....	third assistant director (6 episodes, 2011)
Morven Hughes	....	assistant director / third assistant director (5 episodes, 2008)
Nick Troth	....	first assistant director / main first assistant director (5 episodes, 2008)
James Dehaviland	....	second assistant director (5 episodes, 2009)
Monica Heath	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2008-2009)
Mark Fenn	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2008)
Iain Atkinson	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 2009)
Marcia Gay	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2009)
Emily James	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 2008)
Lee Tailor	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Grantly Butters	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2008)
William Hartley	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2010)
Penny Davis	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes, 2008)

Series Art Department
Greyham Feehily	....	carpenter (18 episodes, 2008-2011)
Sarah Hauldren	....	graphic artist / graphics artist (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Malcolm Chilcott	....	stand-by painter (10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Mark Goodhall	....	stand-by carpenter (10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Bob Hutton	....	stand-by art director (10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Will Cann	....	stand-by props (10 episodes, 2008)
Danny Clements	....	stand-by props (10 episodes, 2008)
Chris Cutler	....	dressing props (10 episodes, 2008)
Jonathan Holbrook	....	stand-by painter / painter (10 episodes, 2008)
Elizabeth Marcussen	....	production buyer (10 episodes, 2008)
Catriona McKail	....	stand-by art director (10 episodes, 2008)
Nigel Salter	....	property master (10 episodes, 2008)
Roger Tarry	....	carpenter (10 episodes, 2008)
John Thorpe	....	construction manager (10 episodes, 2008)
James Allan	....	stand-by props (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Keith Amey	....	stand-by props (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Roger Hendry	....	dressing props (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Richard Hindson	....	property master (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Paul Tormey	....	production buyer (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Matthew Wood	....	dressing props (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sam Stokes	....	supervising art director / assistant art director (9 episodes, 2008)
Bob Charlton	....	location construction (6 episodes, 2008)
Mike Power	....	dressing props (6 episodes, 2008)
Colin Seers	....	stand-by rigger (6 episodes, 2008)
Nicola De Fresnes	....	production buyer (5 episodes, 2008)
Andy Armstrong	....	stand-by painter (4 episodes, 2008)
Bill Brown	....	dressing props (4 episodes, 2008)
Malcolm Gilbert	....	location construction (4 episodes, 2008)
Josh Jones	....	stand-by carpenter (4 episodes, 2008)
Dicken Warner	....	thatcher (unknown episodes, 2008)

Series Sound Department
Colin Martin	....	dubbing mixer (30 episodes, 2008-2011)
Ian Wilkinson	....	dialogue editor (30 episodes, 2008-2011)
Jason Devlin	....	boom operator (24 episodes, 2008-2010)
Roger Slater	....	sound recordist (24 episodes, 2008-2010)
Keith Partridge	....	foley engineer (21 episodes, 2009-2010)
Stuart Bagshaw	....	foley editor (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
Paul Kerr	....	boom operator (10 episodes, 2008)
Arran Mahoney	....	sound editor (10 episodes, 2008)
Bruce Wills	....	sound recordist (10 episodes, 2008)
Steve Wright	....	boom operator (10 episodes, 2008)
Emma Cogan	....	sound assistant (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Darren McQuade	....	dubbing editor (9 episodes, 2008)
Jon Newman	....	sound effects editor (9 episodes, 2009-2010)
Robert Edwards	....	adr mixer (9 episodes, 2010)
Stephen Green	....	sound effects editor (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Scott Jones	....	dubbing mixer (8 episodes, 2008)
Stefano Marchetti	....	assistant dubbing mixer (8 episodes, 2008)
Adam Armitage	....	sound effects editor (7 episodes, 2010)
Ben Brazier	....	foley mixer (6 episodes, 2011)
Rudi Buckle	....	sound recordist (6 episodes, 2011)
Pietro Dalmasso	....	fx editor / sound effects editor (6 episodes, 2011)
John Newman	....	sound effects editor (4 episodes, 2009)
Robert Brazier	....	foley mixer (3 episodes, 2008)
Rowena Wilkinson	....	foley artist (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Billy Mahoney	....	dubbing mixer (2 episodes, 2008)
Steve Hancock	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Special Effects by
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	snow effects supervisor (1 episode, 2008)

Series Stunts
Tom Lucy	....	stunt coordinator (8 episodes, 2008-2011)
Denise Ryan	....	stunt coordinator (5 episodes, 2008)
Dean Forster	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2009-2010)
Lucy Allen	....	stunt coordinator / stunt double (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kim McGarrity	....	stunt double (2 episodes, 2009-2011)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
James Scott	....	focus puller (20 episodes, 2008-2011)
Llewellyn Harrison	....	grip (18 episodes, 2010-2011)
James Leigh	....	camera operator (12 episodes, 2010)
Matt Grace	....	electrician (10 episodes, 2008-2009)
Alex Scott	....	gaffer (10 episodes, 2008-2009)
Stephen Andrews	....	clapper loader (10 episodes, 2008)
Nick Beeks-Sanders	....	camera operator (10 episodes, 2008)
Camilla Drennan	....	second assistant camera: dailies (10 episodes, 2008)
Steve Smith	....	focus puller (10 episodes, 2008)
Simon Ridge	....	clapper loader (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
John Robinson	....	grip (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lydia Hall	....	camera assistant (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Clive Johnson	....	gaffer / best boy / ... (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Antony Prendergast	....	electrician (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Martin Stephens	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Luis Santos	....	electrician / lighting technician (8 episodes, 2008)
Freddie Bonfanti	....	electrician (8 episodes, 2010)
Niall Crawford	....	electrician (8 episodes, 2010)
James Holloway	....	grip (7 episodes, 2008)
Richard Hosken	....	best boy (7 episodes, 2008)
Kenny Redford	....	best boy / gaffer (6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Robert Doe Wansey	....	electrician / best boy (6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Paul Benson	....	gaffer / electrician (6 episodes, 2008)
Matthew Waving	....	clapper loader dailies (6 episodes, 2008)
Gafin Riley	....	electrician (6 episodes, 2009)
Dieter Geller	....	electrician (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Gawain Nash	....	electrician (5 episodes, 2009)
Russell Greenhalgh	....	lighting technician (5 episodes, 2010)
Peter Alexander Scott	....	electrician (4 episodes, 2008-2009)
Alf Tramontin	....	steadicam operator (4 episodes, 2008)
Steve Hopkins	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Trevor Chaisty	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2008)
Tom Maslen	....	grip (3 episodes, 2008)
Robert Milton	....	best boy (3 episodes, 2008)
Andrew Taylor	....	gaffer (3 episodes, 2008)
Peter Butler	....	director of photography: second unit (3 episodes, 2010)
Simon Atherton	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2011)
Andy Loran	....	electrician (2 episodes, 2008)
Gareth Hughes	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2010)
Cameron Lovegrove	....	grip (2 episodes, 2011)
Zillah Bowes	....	additional camera operator (unknown episodes, 2008)
Geoff Holloway	....	electrician (unknown episodes, 2008)
Tom Unwin	....	assistant grip (unknown episodes, 2008)

Series Casting Department
Rachelle Warren	....	casting assistant (13 episodes, 2010-2011)
Kerrie Mailey	....	casting assistant (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Anna Collins	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes, 2008)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hannah Summers	....	costume standby / costume stand-by (20 episodes, 2009-2011)
Gini Lewis	....	daily costume assistant / costume stand-by (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
Charlotte Mitchell	....	costume supervisor (13 episodes, 2009-2011)
Lucy Denny	....	costume assistant (10 episodes, 2008)
Rosie Grant	....	assistant costume designer (10 episodes, 2008)
Kevin Pratten	....	costume assistant (10 episodes, 2008)
Vicky Salway	....	costume supervisor (10 episodes, 2008)
Tim Aslam	....	assistant costume designer (7 episodes, 2008-2009)
Katie Hill	....	costume supervisor (7 episodes, 2008-2009)
Christy Watson	....	costume stand-by (6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Beth Lewis	....	costume assistant (6 episodes, 2011)
Alma Barbieri	....	head cutter (5 episodes, 2009)
Kunza	....	corsetiere (4 episodes, 2008)
Katerina Hicken	....	costume stand-by (3 episodes, 2009-2011)
Sheara Abrahams	....	wardrobe mistress (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Saffron Webb	....	costume stand-by (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kathryn Blight	....	costume assistant (2 episodes, 2008)
Dan Summerville	....	costume stand-by (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Editorial Department
Vincent Narduzzo	....	colorist (27 episodes, 2008-2011)
David Chisholm	....	on-line editor (18 episodes, 2010-2011)
Al Morrow	....	assistant editor (12 episodes, 2010)
Katy Bishop	....	post-production coordinator / post production supervisor (10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Nick Anderson	....	on-line editor (10 episodes, 2008)
Deborah Kavanagh	....	assistant editor (10 episodes, 2008)
Tim Waller	....	colorist (10 episodes, 2008)
Rab Wilson	....	assistant editor (10 episodes, 2008)
Owen Mead	....	assistant editor (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Leon Wright	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 2011)
Steven Waltham	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 2010)
Jan Haworth	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Music Department
Steve Parr	....	music recording engineer (33 episodes, 2008-2010)
Barnaby Robson	....	musician: clarinet (2 episodes, 2010)

Series Transportation Department
Nick Kenyon	....	driver: cast (18 episodes, 2010-2011)
Nigel Venables	....	facilities driver (14 episodes, 2008-2011)
Dave Williams	....	facility vehicles (7 episodes, 2010)

Series Other crew
Carmel Maloney	....	production consultant (20 episodes, 2008-2011)
Pam Weaver	....	animal handler / animal wrangler (20 episodes, 2008-2011)
Peter Anderson	....	title designer (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Debbie Kaye	....	horses and carriages provided by / horse wrangler (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
David Packham	....	production secretary (18 episodes, 2010-2011)
Catherine Moulton	....	development producer / script editor (17 episodes, 2009-2010)
Bonnie Clissold	....	assistant accountant / assistant production accountant (13 episodes, 2010-2011)
Jacqueline Graham	....	assistant accountant / assistant production accountant (13 episodes, 2010-2011)
Sinead Gogarty	....	assistant production accountant / assistant accountant (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
Maria Hurley	....	production accountant (11 episodes, 2008-2011)
Rufus Andrews	....	location manager (10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Amanda Lean	....	script supervisor (10 episodes, 2008-2011)
Sue Bunyan	....	production coordinator (10 episodes, 2008)
Laragh Cresswell	....	assistant coordinator (10 episodes, 2008)
Ash Cross	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2008)
Elaine Matthews	....	script supervisor (10 episodes, 2008)
Katherine Palmer	....	assistant location manager / unit manager (10 episodes, 2008)
David Ruddock	....	assistant accountant (10 episodes, 2008)
Jake Sainsbury	....	location assistant (10 episodes, 2008)
Denis Wray	....	production accountant (10 episodes, 2008)
Joney Lyons	....	production secretary / production runner (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Samantha Waite	....	production coordinator (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Warren Demer	....	assistant production accountant (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Joe Donaldson	....	assistant script editor / script editor (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Simon Whitby	....	floor runner (8 episodes, 2009)
Ilana Epstein	....	post script services (7 episodes, 2008)
Kate Evans	....	development executive (6 episodes, 2009)
Marigold Joy	....	script editor (6 episodes, 2009)
Joanne Crowther	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 2011)
Fiona Francombe	....	location manager / assistant coordinator (5 episodes, 2008)
Esther Springer	....	script editor / script supervisor (5 episodes, 2008)
Sarah Barton	....	script editor (4 episodes, 2008)
Neil Ferris	....	floor runner (4 episodes, 2008)
Jill Alexandra	....	choreographer (4 episodes, 2009-2011)
Kathryn Deighan	....	additional runner (3 episodes, 2008)
Peter Watts	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2009)
Julia Chiavetta	....	trainee script supervisor (unknown episodes, 2008)
James Muirhead	....	location scout: pre-production (unknown episodes, 2008)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• BBC Video (2009-2011) (USA) (DVD) (complete season one)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2008) (UK) (TV) (BBC 1)
• Viasat3 (2012) (Hungary) (TV)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  Arriflex D-21 camera provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Goldcrest Post Production London  ADR Facility
• HireWorks  editing equipment
• Le Vestiaire  costume rental
• Mayflower Studios  ADR recording studio
• Mayflower Studios  adr facilities
• Palmbrokers  greenery (uncredited)
• Sands Films  costumier
• Visual Impact  edit facilities - series 2
• Visual Impact  edit facilities - series 3

Also Known As:

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The series is based on Flora Thompson's semi-autobiographical book "Lark Rise to Candleford", which was originally published as three separate books: "Lark Rise", "Over to Candleford" and "Candleford Green". The three books, which were published in 1939, '41, and '43 were literary recollections of some of the events which had occurred more than 50 years earlier, during the very end of the 19th century, when Flora [Timms] Thompson grew up in the tiny Oxfordshire hamlet of Juniper Hill ("Lark Rise"), and then at age 14 started work at a small post office in the village of Fringford ("Candleford Green"). Among others, the main character, who she modeled after herself, is referred to in the three books as "Laura Timmins," her father Albert Timms is re-named "Robert Timmins," and the postmistress she worked with, Kezia Whitton, became the jumping-off place for the character of the postmistress Dorcas Lane. Scholarly research indicates that these books were not completely autobiographical in nature, and that several of the stories found in the books had already been published independently before being re-worked by Thompson. In this TV series, Candleford and Candleford Green have been merged into one town. Flora Thompson also wrote a fourth book, "Heatherley", describing events later in her life when she ran her own post office in Grayshott, Surrey, but this book (which was published posthumously) does not feature in the TV series.

Goofs:

Continuity: In Series 1, the characters played by Sophie Miles and Harry Miles were called Tilda and Wally Arless, whereas in Series 2 and 3 they were called Sally and Archie Arless.

Quotes:

Twister Turrill:God must like a comely tune else we'd all be Germans.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey (2011) (TV)

My One Weakness

After Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and this winter's Cranford, I thought that the BBC couldn't do any better: that it had reached its peak. Boy, was I wrong. I was apprehensive about watching Lark Rise because of this, but those doubt were removed immediately as I fell in love with all the characters, especially Julia Sawalha, who surpasses herself, obviously moving away from her most famous role as Lydia Bennett in Pride and Prejudice, and she does so delightfully!

The hamlet of Lark Rise is so sleepy, and yet just as enthralling as the 'modern' town of Candleford. All the little stories within each episode, as well as those expanding throughout the entire series, make it a joy to watch, and an awesome way to pass the evening and forget all of one's woes. In producing two enchanting series so close to one another, the BBC has certainly surpassed itself.