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Lark Rise to Candleford

  • TV Series
  • 2008–20112008–2011
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 53m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
7.7K
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POPULARITY
1,860
18
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
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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 apprentice... Read allAn 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.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.
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
7.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,860
18
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    • Creator
      • Bill Gallagher
    • Stars
      • Olivia Hallinan
      • Sarah Lancashire
      • Julia Sawalha
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    • Creator
      • Bill Gallagher
    • Stars
      • Olivia Hallinan
      • Sarah Lancashire
      • Julia Sawalha
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    • 61User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations

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    Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
    Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle, and John Dagleish in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
    Victoria Hamilton and Matilda Ziegler in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
    Olivia Hallinan in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
    Ben Aldridge in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
    Victoria Hamilton and Matilda Ziegler in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
    Olivia Hallinan in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
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    Olivia Hallinan
    Olivia Hallinan
    • Laura Timmins
    40 episodes40 eps • 2008–2011
    Sarah Lancashire
    Sarah Lancashire
    • Adult Laura
    40 episodes40 eps • 2008–2011
    Julia Sawalha
    Julia Sawalha
    • Dorcas Lane
    40 episodes40 eps • 2008–2011
    Fergus Drysdale
    • Frank Timmins
    39 episodes39 eps • 2008–2011
    Martha Murdoch
    • Ethel Timmins
    39 episodes39 eps • 2008–2011
    Claudie Blakley
    Claudie Blakley
    • Emma Timmins
    38 episodes38 eps • 2008–2011
    John Dagleish
    John Dagleish
    • Alf Arless
    38 episodes38 eps • 2008–2011
    Thomas Rhys Jones
    • Edmund Timmins
    38 episodes38 eps • 2008–2011
    Mark Heap
    Mark Heap
    • Thomas Brown
    37 episodes37 eps • 2008–2011
    Karl Johnson
    Karl Johnson
    • Twister Turrill
    37 episodes37 eps • 2008–2011
    Linda Bassett
    Linda Bassett
    • Queenie Turrill…
    36 episodes36 eps • 2008–2011
    Matilda Ziegler
    Matilda Ziegler
    • Pearl Pratt
    36 episodes36 eps • 2008–2011
    Sophie Miles
    • Sally Arless…
    35 episodes35 eps • 2008–2011
    Hope Yeomans
    • Lizzie Arless
    35 episodes35 eps • 2008–2011
    Brendan Coyle
    Brendan Coyle
    • Robert Timmins
    31 episodes31 eps • 2008–2010
    Victoria Hamilton
    Victoria Hamilton
    • Ruby Pratt
    31 episodes31 eps • 2008–2011
    Sandy McDade
    Sandy McDade
    • Margaret Brown…
    30 episodes30 eps • 2008–2011
    Ruby Bentall
    Ruby Bentall
    • Minnie Mude
    29 episodes29 eps • 2009–2011
    • Creator
      • Bill Gallagher
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    • 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
      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.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of the Costume Drama: The Stars (2008)

    User reviews61

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    9/10
    performances excellent ~ beautiful sets shot carefully
    I have to disagree with the reviewer who says this was 'dreadful'. Film and television adaptations of ANY novel inevitably have to be stylised. I found the performances excellent, and have to pick our Julia Sawhala, unrecognisable from here Saffy days, and her presentation of the dialogue was a wonderful balance of sincerity, wit, warmth and pathos.

    I might agree that Dawn French was 'larger than life' but along with Liz Smith the presence of these 2 actors in the cast gave it instant familiarity.

    Now, 'dire dialogue'? I don't think so, we were ROARING at the sisters Pearl and Ruby, teary-eyed at the scenes of 'Twister', and watched EVERY moment of the 10 episodes.

    Visually, INCREDIBLE, beautiful sets shot carefully and I felt it WAS 1850! I REALLY hope the BBC are planning a second third, fourth and FIFTH series ! THAT is how GOOD it is.

    As the BBC replied to the critic 'What Lark Rise to Candleford does do very well is to draw in an audience who normally wouldn't watch this sort of programme.' It certainly drew me in ~ I will now read the books, so YES it's helping bring literature to a TV audience! My vote? 9 out of 10.
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    • "Can the original books be read online?"

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    • Release date
      • January 13, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Från Lark Rise till Candleford
    • Filming locations
      • Hatt Farm, Box, Corsham, Wiltshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      53 minutes
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