Lark Rise To Candleford

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Claudie Blakley plays Emma Timmins and Brendan Coyle plays Robert Timmins

Robert is Laura’s father and a stonemason by trade. He is married to Emma. They live with their family in the End House on the edge of Lark Rise.

Robert grew up in Oxford where his parents kept an inn. But Robert chose to be apprenticed to a stonemason. He arrived in Lark Rise with a firm of builders who were restoring the local churches and, by the time the restoration was finished, he was married

Ben Miles plays Sir Timothy Midwinter

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Sir Timothy is the squire, the principal landowner in the area and justice of the peace.

Sir Timothy and Dorcas were childhood friends and have remained close ever since.

He is well loved by all who encounter him because, although firm, he is fair in his dealings with his tenants, and those brought before him in his role as justice of the peace.

Julia Sawalha plays Dorcas Lane

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Dorcas runs Candleford’s Post Office and owns the town’s forge. Her father was a journeyman, the son of a master-smith. His travels came to an end when he stopped off to work at the Candleford forge and met the blacksmith’s daughter. He settled down, married and Dorcas Lane was born soon afterwards.

While Dorcas was still a young woman, her father was taken ill and during this time she ran the Post Office and forge. After her father died she took on the

Olivia Hallinan plays Laura Timmins

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Laura works for Dorcas Lane at the Post Office in Candleford. She is 16 years old, the eldest child of Robert and Emma Timmins and has four siblings: Edmund, Ethel, Frank and baby Annie. Laura is her father’s favourite and has inherited his yearning to learn more, see more, his impulsiveness and his outspokenness.

“Laura grew up in Lark Rise, but her mother always knew she didn’t really belong there, she can read and loves books and her mother sees there’s something more she can do with her life. So she arranges a position for Laura with her cousin Dorcas at the

Cast and characters

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Lark Rise

Robert Timmins played by Brendan Coyle (Prime Suspect, True Dare Kiss)
Robert is Laura’s father and a stonemason by trade. He is married to Emma. They live with their family in the End House on the edge of Lark Rise.

Emma Timmins played by Claudia Blakley (Fear Of Fanny, Inspector Linley Mysteries)
Emma is Robert’s wife and Laura’s mother.

Caroline Arless played by Dawn French (The Vicar Of Dibley, Jam And Jerusalem)
Caroline is one of the Timmins’s neighbours. She is married to Walter who is away at sea. They have four children and another on the way.

Alf Arless played by John Dagleish (Richard III, Moliere)
Alf is Caroline’s eldest son. He left school early to help provide for the family.

Queenie Turrill played by Linda Bassett (Our Mutual Friend, Heartbeat)
Queenie lives with her husband, Twister, next door to the End House. As one of the older residents, she could be described as the matriarch of the village.

Twister Turrill played by Karl Johnson (The Chatterley Affair, New Tricks)
Twister is Queenie’s layabout husband.

Paxton played by Gerard Horan (The Royal, Kingdom)
Mr Paxton runs the Wagon And Horses, the pub in Lark Rise.

Candleford

Laura Timmins played by Olivia Hallinan (Sugar Rush, Torchwood)
Laura works for Dorcas Lane at the Post Office in Candleford.

Dorcas Lane played by Julia Sawalha (Hornblower, Pride And Prejudice, Cranford)
Dorcas runs Candleford’s Post Office and owns the town’s forge.

Zillah is played by Liz Smith (The Royle Family, Nicholas Nickleby)
Zillah is Dorcas’s servant.

Thomas Brown played by Mark Heap (Love Soup, Green Wing)
Thomas is Dorcas’s head postman.

Matthew Welby played by Stephen Marcus (Doctor Who, Kingdom, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels)
Matthew runs the forge for Dorcas.

Pearl Pratt played by Matilda Ziegler (Inspector Linley Mysteries, EastEnders)
Ruby Pratt played by Victoria Hamilton (Pride And Prejudice, To The Ends Of The Earth)
The Pratt sisters run The Stores, the women’s clothing store in Candleford.

Sir Timothy Midwinter played by Ben Miles (Coupling, Hustle)
Sir Timothy is the squire – the principal landowner in the area and justice of the peace.

Lady Adelaide Midwinter played by Olivia Grant (Closer, Stardust)
Lady Adelaide is married to Sir Timothy.

Philip White played by Oliver Jackson Cohen (The Time Of Your Life, Hollyoaks)
Philip is Sir Timothy’s assistant gamekeeper.