Sunday 1 March
8.00-9.00pm BBC ONE
Robert Timmins, (Brendan Coyle, pictured) has a gift for Alf (John Dagleish)

Robert Timmins, (Brendan Coyle, pictured) has a gift for Alf (John Dagleish)

As the annual Harvest Festival returns to Candleford, PC Patterson’s wife, as per usual, takes to her bed with a mysterious illness. But this year is different: she gives him her express permission to seek a new wife when she passes away. Patterson has no intention of doing such a thing – until a damsel in distress sets his heart soaring. Meanwhile, an unlikely rival from Lark Rise threatens to scupper his continued success in the Harvest Festival’s produce competitions, when Alf Arless sets his eyes on the two-shilling prize.

Later, Robert Timmins has a gift for Alf that could change both his future and the path of his blossoming romance with Nan.

Jason Watkins plays PC Patterson, Michelle Fairley plays Mrs Patterson, John Dagleish plays Alf Arless, Brendan Coyle plays Robert Timmins and Rebecca Night plays Nan. Lark Rise To Candleford also stars Olivia Hallinan as Laura Timmins, Jason Merrells as James Dowland, Julia Sawalha as Dorcas Lane, Matilda Ziegler as Pearl Pratt, Victoria Hamilton as Ruby Pratt, Claudie Blakley as Emma Timmins and Ruby Bentall as Minnie.