Lark Rise To Candleford

Oh my! Lady Adelaide returns!!

i know i’m sooo excited

The previews for this episode look fantastic!! I’m just scared to find out why Sir Tim didn’t come home. Please don’t let him be dead!

i know if hes dead i will cry:(:(, however i think that when adelaide left with timothy, i bet she wasnt really pregnant and she said that to keep sir timothy at her side. and now they have argued in london and she left to come to candleford.if they have killed him the bbc will get one huge complaint letter!!! it looks incredible!! i hate Lady Adelaide though!!!!!!!

who do you think best suits dorcas?
1) Sir Timothy
2) Mr Delafield
3) James Dowland

My vote goes to sir timothy as dorcas cant deny she lost her heart to him form a young age and that wont just disappear if someone else comes along. im not saying that she couldnt like or love another man, it just your first love is always the one you remember:(!

I thought that, too, about Lady Adelaide, Charlotte–that she was pretending to be pregnant to keep Sir Timothy. I was just rewatching a few first series episodes and the first time she was mistaken in being pregnant she asks Sir Tim, “How long will you wait?” And Dorcas’ feelings for him were very evident throughout that series. Especially when Thomas accidently gives Sir Tim the love poem that Sir Tim thinks is from Dorcas. They were very much in love since their childhood which would be hard to put aside for someone else without constant comparison. But as long as he’s married to Lady A. I realize there’s no chance of them being together. They should have been, though. Dorcas can’t have the post office and be married at the same time, but my thoughts are that’s why they brought Sydney into the picture. Dorcas will train him and when he’s old enough she will turn over the post office to him and she will be free to fall in love again and marry without being torn about leaving the post office. Now it’s just a matter of whether they’ll give a go-ahead for a series 4! I’m nervous about that happening since the BBC was recently taken over by a young guy who wants to get away from costume dramas and just do modern shows. Ugh!!

I thought that when Lady A met Queenie in the woods, she told Lady A that she was pregnant, “MY days of getting what you’ve got are long over.” And then after that, Adelaide said she was pregnant….and also she did have morning sickness, because she thought the consume was really bad and she’d have to talk to Cook, but Timothy thought it was fine. And then she got ill, supposedly because of the consume.

Anyway, I really hope that Timothy is not dead. I can’t see anything happening between him and Dorcas, and I certainly wouldn’t wish her to pursue him since he is married. I so want him to love Adelaide – I feel soooo sorry for her, knowing that he loved Dorcas, and loving him herself.

Personally I don’t think Dorcas will ever marry. Do you think though that if Laura or Dorcas married it would be the last series?? I love Lark Rise to Candleford, and I don’t want it to end!!

I don’t think Dorcas will marry now, either. I think Sir Tim was her one true love and no one will ever compare to him. She’s moved on with her life and is comfortably independent and seems fulfilled now that she has Sydney to love as her own child. I don’t think the series would end if either she or Laura married–although at this point I’m just praying for a 4th series! I love the show so much and don’t want it to end, either!

i know i agree sherry i dont think she will marry. what do you think of episode 7? personally i hate lady adelaide. timothy left his one true love , life, status, work and everything else for her do they could make it work with their marriage and family!! so what does she do when dorcas is out the way, i will find a man i truly love myself to spite timothy and then tell him!! selfish cow really!!at least they didnt kill him , but still they could of made him return home where he belongs!!

also if that new young man who has taken over stops dramas i will personally complain myself, also i think the bbc would loose a lot of viewers!!

Charlotte, I was dying to get here and chat about Episode 7 but the site was down all day yesterday! Anyway, I don’t like Lady A. either, but I was glad Sir Tim wasn’t dead at least! But what really bothered me was the inconsistency of the writing as far as Dorcas’s feeling for Tim were concerned. I just rewatched most of series 1 and Dorcas was most certainly pining for Tim and vice verse–none of this “something was missing so I decided not to marry him” nonsense. She wanted him! Remember in the final episode when Tim asked her why she wouldn’t marry him and alluded to the fact that she said it was because she didn’t love him? Then she said it was because her father said that love couldn’t cross the class divide? He insults her father, she slaps him, then he pulls her into an embrace where she cries, “You don’t know how much I’ve longed for this moment!” before she hears Lady A’s step and walks away from him. Then later she tells him she had lied to him about not loving him and that she really did love him but believed if she married him it would be the ruin of him. Now in episode 7 she tells Lady A. that she didn’t marry him because she told herself it was because of what her father said but really it was because “something was missing”. Sorry, but I don’t believe that for a second after watching her emotions in series 1. I was like, “What???” when she was talking with Lady A. I would have rather they never revisited the whole Sir Tim thing and kept that lovely love story intact rather then completely make it as though there was really nothing there in the first place. Very maddening! Oh, another thing–Sir Tim didn’t leave for London for Lady A.’s sake or for his own–he did it for Dorcas’s sake as he was going to stay in Candleford until Laura told him that Dorcas was giving up the post office just so she wouldn’t have to see Tim, Lady A and the baby every day. It was tearing her apart. Now, if Dorcas didn’t love Sir Tim would she have signed away her beloved post office because of him?? I don’t think so! Grrrrr! Anyway, thanks for letting me vent! What did you think of that whole situation in episode 7??

Where is this show going ?
And where the hell is James Dowland ?
I know there is alot of Sir.Tim fans out there and he was sweet, but I really loved James Dowland ( Still do ) . Alot of season 2 was Dorcas & James will they , won’t they ? James was clearly in Love with Dorcas and willing to give up every thing for her , but as soon as she got her mit’s on Sydney it was all over .
James giving up on a relationship with Sydney made no sense . I remember when he was proudly telling the Pratt sisters of his son , he was so over joyed . Then those writer’s chucked him of his horse , he’s was still recovering making an effort to get to know Sydney , when good old Dorcas had to interfere because she clearly knew best ( totally Got on my wick ) . She did’nt give James & Sydney a chance .
Now please don’t hate me fellow fan’s I love Dorcas but I found this so frustrating . It did’nt make sense JD giving up on his son & love for Dorcas riding off into the sunset , to how his character was previously written .
I think Dorcas felt JD was making a fool of her but that was so not true remember when Dorcas was ill he was secretly helping Minnie look after her & got Queenie to help . Also when Queenie asked why was he wanting so much for Dorcas he said because he knew what it was like to wake up with the sun gone out of the world , how he felt about losing his mother he clearly could not bare the thought of losing Dorcas .
I also remember James sent Dorcas a letter but she never read it , placing it in a drawer . I bet he explained all about his life , his wild day’s and love of her .
All of this season I have been on the look out for JD’s return and nothing ! Totally suck’s .
I know in this episode Dorcas said with regard’s to Sydney that she had finally found the love she had been looking for & more or less that would be all she would ever need .
But I can’t help feeling she’s afraid of romantic Love . I think James stirred up romantic feeling in her , it was clear she had feeling for him but she has this need to be in control all the time .
I do think the Dorcas character was abit unfair to James regarding Sydney .
I’d love to see James come back to have a relationship with his son but also to sweep Dorcas off her feet . Dorcas & James had a wonderful chemistry with each other and they sparkled together .
It would be great to see James Dowland make miss Dorcas Lane hot & bothered under her collar , making her realise that she might actually want more than she pretend’s too .

I agree about the inconistency in the writing about Dorcas and Tim. Their relationship was the strongest element of any of the series so far and you could really believe in the emotion between them. It made up for some of the rather corny twists in the plot. I am now finding Dorcas and the storylines increasingly irritating and silly.

I do love Minnie, though. She’s the saving grace at the moment.

sherry- its good someone sees the situation as i do! i totally agree with you- dorcas had the full package with sir timothy right from the very begining and she knows it, hence why no other person can compare with him. exactly she has said it herself in series 1 that she longed to be with him and it hurts her everyday how shes not! i know she so told timothy what really happened and what she really feels. to be honest i think that she told lady A that so she wouldnt have a go at dorcas, but lady A got it right dorcas is still waiting for him and she knows it as well as dorcas, why did she always ask if timothy would be attending , and if timothy would be riding aswell?? exactly dorcas is kidding herself. the love triangle wont ever go and she knows it as well as Lady A. Lady A got one thing right though she will always be second best to dorcas and they both know it! if dorcas didnt love sir timothy she wouldnt of been prepared to give up everything for him or tell him how she feels , or be hurt when he has to choose Lady A over her in series!! i share your fustration sherry, the simple matter of it is is that dorcas loves tomothy and timothy loves dorcas and they are kidding themsevles as they both think about each other constantly. Also another point Lady A said that timothy was being distant and in his own world and she knew he was thinking of dorcas in candleford , hence why she came her in the first place!

Exactly, Charlotte! For the entire episode Dorcas was distracted and waiting for Sir Tim to appear at the post office. When she heard word that things weren’t going right between him and Lady A. she was all upset and couldn’t sleep. (I just loved Minnie and how she kept trying to pry information out of Dorcas about her relationship with Sir Tim! Sooo funny!) Any time someone mentioned his name Dorcas looked stricken. At first I thought Dorcas might lie to Lady A. just to make Lady A. feel better and stop hurting her husband by having an affair. But in watching Dorcas tell Lady A. that she’s found real love with her adopted son and that “something was missing” with Sir Tim she looked sincere and not like she was making it up at all, and that just didn’t make sense to me. I’ll have to check the credits and see if there’s a new writer or something! But at least you’re right about Sir Tim who’s been, according to Lady A., going distant at times when she knows his thoughts and heart are still in Candleford—at least Sir Tim is still very much in love with his Dorcas and hasn’t “moved on” like Dorcas has. Poor guy–Minnie was indeed right that he “married the wrong wife.” And if to Dorcas the truest love is found in loving a child, well she could have had children with Timothy! Oh, I’m sure Timothy would have been the one to return to Candleford first but he was again trying to do the right thing by Dorcas and not make her heartsick again with his presence. Just so *I* don’t go insane with this whole inconsistency thing I’m going to join you in thinking that Dorcas was indeed kidding herself by telling Lady A. what she did–doing it to placate Lady A. while trying to soothe her own heartbreak. I know, I know, it’s just a TV show!! How I love it, though!

In further thinking, I can only surmise two things that we were supposed to get out of this episode. One, the writer(s), perhaps tired of fans asking when Sir Timothy is coming back, decided to provide closure to the fans by making it clear that Dorcas found something “missing” with Timothy and thus trivializing their relationship, and wouldn’t want him anyway now that she has found true happiness in adopting a son, (and making Lady A. preggers again to boot and having her say how sad Timothy was when Lady A. told him she was having an affair.) And two, now that Dorcas was truly content with Sydney she has no need of romance anymore. What a mistake!!! The true death knell of any character is to saddle them with a kid like that. Now, I do like Sydney and at least he’s not a baby or a toddler. But to do that to such a vibrant character as Dorcas is just so frustrating. It’s making her boring. Julia Sawalha is such a brilliant actress (been a big fan of hers for 20 years)–her intelligence and passion just shine through her eyes. I love it when she gets riled up and is sparring with someone–especially romantically. To make her just a contented mother is a waste of the brilliant Julia and her wonderful character in Dorcas. There are only five more episodes left and the next two are more about other characters. I can’t wait to find out if there is a series 4 and what they will decide to do with it. If there isn’t a series 4 then I will be disappointed in the way they ended things concerning Sir Timothy and Dorcas’s character. Well, at least in the next episode we get to see Dorcas lose her cool so THAT will be fun! Like I said, she’s most interesting when she slips and we see the true, real passionate side of her that she is constantly trying to suppress. Let’s hope the writers continue to give us those brilliant Dorcas moments!

I really got hooked on Dorcas and Timothy. I found their situation really heartbreaking. In a way, it was ridiculous that they had spent all those years making polite conversation while being deeply in love with each other. Yet, perhaps life can be like that because people don’t live bravely enough, misunderstand each other and fail to realise their own true feelings before it is too late.
If I were writing the early life of Timothy and Dorcas, I think I would make her feelings and motives quite complicated. She clearly had a father-fixation, so was greatly influenced by his opinions. He would appear to have been a dominating character… so different to the gentle Tim (she was wittering on about her father in a recent episode, wasn’t she? Didn’t quite understand where the scriptwriters were trying to go with that but when Timothy isn’t involved, I do lose interest!)
In my account of how Dorcas refused her young squire, I would explore how her feisty, independent character chafed against the idea of being hemmed in as the lady of the manor. Yes, she realised that Tim might not have the strength of character to withstand the scorn of society for having married beneath him and feared for what that would do to him. But Dorcas’s pride would have struggled with the prospect of being the object of derision herself.
She did love him dearly but she knew he would go on adoring her and so he did faithfully until Lady Adelaide tripped daintily into the picture. That’s when Dorcas knew what Timothy really meant to her, now he was out of reach.
Anyway, moving on to now… Dorcas is a very upright, honourable person, so she really wants to do the right thing by Adelaide by staying out of Timothy’s life and marriage or in a very proper place on the fringe. Timothy has also tried very hard to find happiness with Lady A and having a child must have drawn them together, but not to such an extent that he doesn’t indulge in his dreamy removals to Candleford and the charms thereof. He has turned his back on so much that was dear to him, so no wonder he feels sorrowful when Lady A tells him she is in love with someone else. Why couldn’t she have fallen for another man before they decamped to London.
Looking ahead, I can’t resist speculating that a second pregnancy opens up another opportunity for her ladyship to die in childbirth. The way is then open, after a decent interval of grief and heartache, for Timothy, having redeemed himself by being genuinely distressed by Adelaide’s demise, to at last realise his truest heart’s desire with his beloved Dorcas. To series 4 and beyond!

firstly sherry apparently there will be a 4 series of 6 episodes, the link can befound in episode 8 comments, but im not sure if its true as the bbc usually announce if there will be a new series but they havent said anything:/. exactly she lost her thought over sir timothy and the series was based on her feelings for him and how they were .coming to the surface because he apparently returned! haha i know minnie makes me laugh!even she knew there was more between them than dorcas was letting on, and she wasnt even around in series 1 to see it. hmm i see what you mean i rewatched the episode and she looks too sincere to be making it up on the spot, it just confuzes me:/. dorcas has moved on form the past but that doesnt stop the past from catching up with her! no matter what her future might be like now. i know and i know fine well timothy would of had children with her! i know in a way he did the right thing because it would of been harder on dorcas having him around, but at the end of the day life isnt easy and you have to face things that you might not want to or that bring painful memories to the surface. yes i think she might of been serious but i dont think she realised she was also kidding herself as well as Lady A. haha i know what you mean i become so involved with the characters sometimes i think im there with them seeing all the drama!:) i know just because she has sydney doesnt mean thats her whole!! i know sydney is a nice boy its just hes so different from dorcas, even laura and thomas are bolder and minnie certainly is. i know i cant wait to see how she looses her cool!! what a fun episode it will be!!

MiaLove I hear Ya .
Bring back James Dowland . It was the Dorcas & James Love story that kept me watching . I don’t think Sir.Tim was the Love of Dorcas’s life . He just never done it for me .
James and Dorcas had chemistry . I believed that their love story was going some where .
The BBC kind of shot them-selves in the foot here , getting rid of the James character was not a smart move . Series 2 of Larkrise has been the most popular , with the highest viewing figures and dvd sales not only at home but also world wide . The BBC also sell their in-house drama’s to the American and international markets .
Series 3 has not done as well with the viewing figures as season 2 both at home and away .
I also believe now that Jason Merrells has got him self contracted on to a british soap . Oh dear . They are a nightmare to get out off for actor’s .
American Fan’s have been all over twitter and youtube asking about James Dowland . So your not the only one MiaLove who is miffed as to where this is all heading .
A lot of the cristism has been given to the show since the ‘non-apperance ‘ of James Dowland’s character one of the show’s most central characters . Writter’s quoting the show has lost some of it’s edge and charm . Promising a love story between Dorcas and James that was never really delivered to their audience .
It’s not surprising that their is only a limited amount of show’s commisioned for a possible season 4 because of the drop in viewing figures . So their is no guarantee that season 4 will even go ahead , prehap’s we’ll know more by the end of season 3 .
This remind’s me alot of Love Soup , the beeb did’nt wait on their lead man for the second series . Sinking one of it’s own most critically acclaimed show’s ever .
I think dropping the Dorcas & James romance may actually cost them and us our wonderful show .

Tessa, that’s interesting to hear (although very sad) that the third series isn’t doing as well as its predecessors. I’ve been wondering as I live in the States and don’t hear how things are going for the show. It was never broadcast in my neck of the woods (Sacramento, California) so I discovered it by accident and had to find ways to see the show (when I’m determined I can find anything!) . The second series was just released to DVD here on Feb. 16 although I had already bought the British releases ages ago. I don’t think the writers realized how much Dorcas’s character was central to the show and its viewership. Even though I’m team Timothy I do completely understand yours and MiaLove’s disappointment and frustration and sympathize with you. The “edge” they are speaking of as having been somewhat lost this series I believe lies in the Dorcas character. Except for this last episode she’s been put more in the background and has become rather boring just doting on Sydney. Heck, I’d be happy for J.D. to return if it meant getting our feisty Dorcas back and securing better ratings for the show for the future! I wish Julia Sawalha would do more interviews. I’d love to hear her thoughts on where her character and the show is going (or not going, as it were.)
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and opinions on this wonderful show as I have no one else to really chat with about it! I’ve got my mom and brother hooked on the show as well but they’re not so much into discussing the details of it like I am.

Charlotte, that’s absolutely fabulous (sorry, couldn’t resist) news about a possible series 4–even if it’s just six episodes!!! YES!!! I sure hope the BBC will confirm it soon. They might be waiting for the final episodes to air to see how the ratings go.
I’m going to stick with your thoughts that Dorcas was definitely kidding herself with what she told Lady A.! Otherwise, it would make me feel depressed.

Jennie: Loved your post and laughed at your comment about her “wittering on about her father”. Haha! Yeah, what’s up with her father fixation? But then she did say she made herself believe that she believed what her father had told her about class barriers. (Oh, I did love when Robert Timmins yelled out “Love can cross ANY barrier!” Haha!) And if you ever happen to sit down and write some Lark Rise prequel fanfiction about Dorcas and Tim I will be first in line to read it!
Another thing I chafed at while watching this episode was Dorcas telling Minnie that Lady A. was a “gift” to Sir Timothy and that she had seen it for herself. Um, Dorcas, in what universe were you living when you witnessed this, I ask?? Timothy tried to love Adelaide but by his own ommision he could only give her so much and that was it. At least what I was able to come away with that gives me some comfort is that Timothy has never stopped loving and wanting Dorcas even though Dorcas is now saying Timothy wasn’t right for her. Ooooh, I totally love your speculation on what could possibly happen with this second pregnancy! I know it’s naughty and morbid of me but bring it on!!
Hey, if anyone ever wishes to chat more about the show please feel free to email me at pfigalilly@surewest.net
Onward to Series 4 indeed!!!!

it’s funny how people divide into Timothy or James D followers. James never did it for me, although I do like Jason Merrells as an actor. I am probably giving away my age if I say I loved him as the cheeky young receptionist in Casualty. That must have been years, even decades ago.

haha sherry you will be in joint first line with myslef to read it:)!! same tessa, we have the same feelings even if it is for two different love stories. i dont think it matters who, we all just want to see dorcas be happy with someone other than sydney and her co workers at the postoffice.Jennie Bee- i know what you mean, its seems to be your a timothy fan or a james fan, there doesnt seem to be anyone who is both?? sherry- i know what you mean they have to somehow let us know about lady A second pregnancy it wouldnt be right otherwise!!!!

Hi fellow fan’s ,
hope your all well to-day ? Tessa , I have to say I’m a bit worried about are wee show now that you mention all the ratings and viewing figures . Does’nt bode well , although I hope there will be a full season 4 .
I’m not really surprised that season 2 seems to be more popular than either season 1 or this current one running now .
Can’t believe some one actually remember’s Love Soup . Brillant show and I agree with you completely they needed Gil to make that show work . So I get the point about needing JD back in order for Larkrise to work .
Bad news about Jason being tied to Emmerdale , you know that show will totally hang on to him . What were the writer’s of Larkrise thinking not getting him back . Emmerdale does’nt allow it’s actor’s to work on other show’s it’s part of their contract . And if Jason bring’s in good rating’s they will defintely not release him from his contract allowing him to film any Lark rise.
Totally sucks !
I mean what was the point of all of season 2 if James was’nt going to be in season 3 .I mean I really thought he and Dorcas would end up together .
I could kind of get my mind around Dorcas being with Sir.Tim if James had never entered the pictue but he did and all of season 2 was more or less Dorcas and James . So I just can’t get my mind round to thinking it should be Tim for me it has got to be James .
Sherry , Jennie Bee and Charlotte I have so enjoyed reading all your post’s I have to agree with you that I also feel Dorcas is too much part of the background now . I miss her feisty spirit . I guess we’re split on the whole Tim and James thing , but to be honset I don’t think I could bare the introduction of yet another love intrest for Dorcas .
So much time was spent in season 2 building up James and Dorcas’s romance , it just seem’s such a waste of the viewer’s time to hook her up with Tim or some-one new/ not at all .
If Larkrise want’s a full season 4 then they ought to bring James back to shake Miss.Lane up . I really think it was Dorcas and James together that made season 2 so popular xoxo .

Hi every one ,
Hope ur all good out there ? Tessa you have got me worried about the furture of this show with all the talk of rating’s & viewing figures . But I’m glad you wrote , nice to hear from another JD fan .
Jason Merrells in Emmerdale , if he pull’s in big rating’s they will never allow him to film any Larkrise as the more popular you are on a soap( your not allowed to take other part’s as they feel it interfears with the character ) they have it as a claus /trap in their contract .
What were the writer’s of Larkrise thinking not getting James back.
Sherry , Jennie Bee & charlotte I have enjoyed reading all your post’s . I could kind of get my mind around Dorcas ending up with Tim if James had never entered the Picture . But he did and all of season 2 seems such a waste of time if Dorcas and James were not going to make it .
I agree with u all that she’s too much in the background now , I miss her spirit .
Tessa totally get what your saying with ur Love Soup ref. Brillant show but they killed it by taking it’s leading man away from it’s leading Lady .
If Larkrise wants a full season 4 I think they better bring James back .to shake Miss.Lane up , after all she does have his son . Dorcas was at her best with James . I think that’s why season 2 is so popular it’s the DL & JD Factor .
I could’nt bare her with Tim / or a new love intrest / or none at all .
James is hot xox .

SORRY FAN’S FOR MY 2 POST’S THE 1ST ONE DID’NT SHOW UP / SAYING THERE WAS A PROMBLEM . SO I STARTED FROM THE BEGINING WITH A NEW ONE . WHEN I POSTED IT THE ORGINAL APPEARED ABOVE IT . HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED THERE .
ANY WAY LOT’S OF LOVE 2 U ALL OUT THERE . FINGER’S CROSSED FOR A FULL SEASON 4 XOXO .

Actually, concerning how the show is doing for the 3rd series, if you see the numbers shown here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark_Rise_to_Candleford_(TV_series) you will see that Series 3 is actually getting higher ratings than the previous two! Check out the column on the right under “Viewing Figure.” So, great news!

ah thank god sherry, thats i really good bit of news!!! omg fisher bloom comes back in episode 10. heres it in full!!Episode 10
Sunday 14th March 2010

When the local Lark Rise gossip, Mrs Mullins, discovers her daughter, Emily, is pregnant, she jumps to the conclusion that Daniel is the father. Everyone rallies round to defend Daniel, even Robert and Emma, refusing to believe Mrs Mullins’s accusations. Laura, too, is supportive and pleads with Emily to reveal the true identity of her baby’s father. But Emily seems determined to keep the truth to herself, despite it fuelling the gossip about Daniel. Daniel is heartened by Laura’s faith in him but, when she receives a mysterious letter, Laura becomes pre-occupied and distant, and he wonders if she has begun to doubt him.

Meanwhile, at the post office, Dorcas is handing out bonuses to her staff. Minnie is delighted by her windfall and decides to offer the money to Alf, believing it will help to relieve his burdens. Instead, he angrily refuses her offer, his pride hurt. Later he wonders at the intensity of his reaction.

Mrs Mullins is telling anyone who will listen that Daniel is the baby’s father, and when he starts to behave suspiciously and is seen giving money to Emily in the newspaper office at night, even Dorcas starts to wonder if Daniel may indeed have a charge to answer. When she sees a telegram to Emily’s wealthy employers, confirming travel arrangements for their son, she goes to see Emily, who confirms her suspicions that Master Raymond is the father.

Despite Dorcas’s efforts to persuade Emily to tell her mother the truth, she is still scared of what her reaction will be. Mrs Mullins is furious at Dorcas’s interference, and when she finds Emily in possession of a large sum of money, she assumes it has come from her. When Dorcas denies it and points out the most likely source, Mrs Mullins finally realises her mistake about the identity of the baby’s father. With Queenie’s help, Emily at last finds the courage to explain the whole story to her mother – that she had hopes of Master Raymond marrying her, and had used Daniel as a go-between.

After a public apology from Mrs Mullins, Daniel’s reputation is restored in Candleford, but Laura is still acting strangely. When Dorcas questions her, she reveals that the letter she has received is from her former love, Fisher Bloom. He is writing with the news that he is returning and it has shaken Laura to the core.

I’m a newbie to this site .
Is the actor that played James Dowland coming back ? I suppose I should say is the James Dowland character coming back ?
I’ve read all the posts and I’m a bit confused . What was the deal with season two ? I mean will he be in this season at all ? Help ?
Any one know why this is ?

I have updated the opening chapter of my “Timothy and Dorcas – the early years” prequel to LRTC. I did start writing this two years ago, so don’t hold your breath!

I think this link should work

http://lady-loves-blue.livejournal.com/1406.html

OMG Jennie Bee ,
When is your book coming out ? Your writing is amazing . Okay you know I’m a james girl but I was wanting to read more of your story . I can just picture the young Dorcas in the wood’s with a red ribbon in her hair . You have got to be a professional writer if not you should be , because that was amazing .
P.S If you wrote a Dorcas & James love story I’d not only read it but I’d buy it . 5***** .

hey mandy, we dont really know anything about who will be coming back, but the chances of james returning look slim at the moment i know a site which can give you the information for the next episode, so far its at episode 10 it doesnt say what will happen in episode 11 and 12, but if you want to have a look its http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk, then you just type lark rise to candleford seires 3 in and it will come up.
i agree mia love!!!! please say it will be published its incredible, i would certainly buy it if it came out!!!!

Hey Charlotte,
Thank’s For posting this info . I checked out the link . No word on the James character’s return . So I have to agree with you that the chance’s look slim . A bit disappointing really , but maybe in season 4 , I’m a romantic so I’ll keep my finger’s crossed .
Hi Jennie Bee have to say completely agree with Charlotte and Mia Love , excellent story , I’d also buy it . x

does anyone know what Dorcas meant at the end of her and lady adelaides last conversation, she said ‘oh and adelaide about all this fainting………..’ what did she say and mean? x

Amy, Dorcas was implying that Lady A. is pregnant again.

amy, she was saying that due to the fainting i think you should get checked out by your doctor as i think you may be pregnant again.

Oh no!!! There’s another Amy writing comments on here!! lol! I’m used to being the only one – I’ll now be called Amz on here! lol.

I love Lark Rise To Candleford!! I don’t want it to ever end! Please BBC, keep Lark Rise To Candleford on air!

Perhaps we should make a petition for 4th Season of Lark Rise To Candleford, just in case BBC changes its mind or sticks to only 6 episdoes!!!!!!

Hi everyone- i’m new to this site, but I LOVE the third series of LRTC! Looking forward to the fourth series! By the way, Minnie is one of my favourite characters too- along with Thomas and Dorcas!

hi jo, well this is the site for people who LOVE the amazing programme:)!!! i know same, yes i agree minnie is a good character as is dorcas and thomas!! just out of curiousity are you a Sir Timothy or a james Dowland fan??

Sorry for the late reply, Charlotte, but I am a 100% Timothy and Dorcas fan! Please Dorcas/James fans dont hate me !
I remember seeing the preview for the 7th episode, and feeling SO excited! I almost fell off the sofa I was so happy!

its fine jo, haha whoooppiee:):) , i know same:) i oculdnt contain myself i had a heartattack when the preview came on and for that week i was bouncing for joy and my smile was so wide:D:D haha !!

another thing you will love this jo!! Jennie Bee another person on this site has written the beginning of when dorcas and timothy first met each other in the woods, its absolutely brilliant i love it to peices i just hope she writes some more!!!
http://lady-loves-blue.livejournal.com/1406.html
this is the site!!!

this is epsidoe 11….
Episode 11
Sunday 21st March 2010

Mischief Night is approaching, when the residents of Lark Rise and Candleford play tricks on their neighbours under cover of darkness. Laura, however, is in no mood for silly pranks – Fisher Bloom has returned and it has thrown her feelings for Daniel into confusion. Pearl, too, is unsettled by Fisher’s return. She is fond of Daniel and doesn’t want to see him hurt. So she is horrified when she hears that Daniel has befriended Fisher – unaware of his history with Laura – and convinced him to stay in Candleford to fix his newspaper printing press.

When Laura confesses to Daniel her past relationship with Fisher, he takes it well, but it quickly becomes clear that, for all her protestations, Laura still has feelings for Fisher and Daniel has a rival for her affections.

Dorcas, meanwhile, is excitedly planning a Mischief Night trick on Pearl, but Fisher has news which threatens to cast a shadow over her fun. While working on the new station clock at neighbouring Inglestone, he has heard of possible changes to the postal service in the area – which could spell trouble for the Candleford Post Office. Dorcas is determined not to let it ruin her evening, but the news worries her, nonetheless.

Over in Lark Rise, Alf and Edmund have heard about Fisher’s return. Protective of Laura’s feelings, and suspicious of Fisher’s motives, they hatch a Mischief Night plan to try to make him leave town. Pearl also has a trick up her sleeve, designed to convince Fisher that all hopes of romance with Laura are futile. But their efforts have the opposite effect on Fisher. They all try a bit too hard to convince him of Laura’s love for Daniel, and it makes him believe he must still have a chance with her.

As the locals dart about playing Mischief Night pranks on each other, Fisher notices the Candleford clock has stopped and can’t resist going to the clock tower to investigate. Laura, too, is drawn to the clock tower and, when she and Fisher meet, the atmosphere of Mischief Night works its magic. They talk about old times and dance. Laura is swept up in Fisher’s romantic words, but reality and guilt soon hit her – she remembers how Fisher hurt her in the past and how she now feels about Daniel. She runs off, but the damage is done. Daniel has seen her go into the clock tower and knows she has gone there to see Fisher. He stopped the clock to see what she would do and she has failed the test. Has he lost Laura for ever?

Yay, Jo!! Another Timothy fan!! :):)

Thanks Sherry and Charlotte for your messages! I have looked at Jennie Bee’s story and thought it was completely amazing! Jennie Bee, you are the most amazing author! I was able to picture both Timothy and Dorcas so clearly, and the only thing I was dissapointed about was that there was not another chapter! Please Jennie Bee, could you write more, because I share Charlotte’s view that your story is brilliant!

Hi Jo! Yes, we must persuade Jennie Bee to keep on writing our Timothy/Dorcas story! Can’t wait for their first kiss under that tree!

Exactly Sherry! Cant wait either!

cant wait either!

looking forward to this weeks epsiode!

Sorry about the double messages!