"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 | Victorian Era

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)

Light and enjoyable

If you like your drama extremely light and with almost consistent happy endings, you will love this. This show is very, very easy to watch and is about as deep as a puddle of water. Rather like 'Darling Buds of May' or 'House of Elliot'. Very strawberries-and-cream. It is fine evening television entertainment with a plot that even children could follow. I have never heard of the title before and did not realise it is based on a set of novels. From what other poster's have commented, it would appear this television version bares no resemblance to the novels, but that is of little consequence, as it clearly does not aim to be. I prefer my drama (period pieces or otherwise) to be more real and gritty than this, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it, for what it is.