Lark Rise To Candleford

When a strange old man appears in a woodshed, things take a turn for the worse in this week’s episode of Lark Rise To Candleford, Flora Thompson’s magical memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood.

Mr Ashlow has come looking for his estranged daughters, Ruby and Pearl Pratt, but in the meantime he’s determined to make as much money by mischief as he can, with Caroline Arless a willing accomplice. When Queenie hears that Ashlow is selling

Dorcas (Julia Sawalha) is
looking for a new maid for
widower Amos Wardup

Laura continues to settle in to her new life in Candleford this week, as the adaptation of Flora Thompson’s magical memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood continues.

Dorcas, meanwhile, sets about engaging a new maid for widower Amos Wardup and his son, Young Amos. Patty is a dream come true for Amos, but Young Amos takes against her. It’s not long before most of Candleford – and particularly the Pratt sisters – start to doubt Patty’s motives and suspect her of being after Old Amos’s money. Young

Laura is still settling in to her new life at the Candleford Post Office, as the adaptation of Flora Thomson’s magical memoirs of her Oxfordshire childhood continues. Laura is helping postwoman Mrs Macey with her rounds and making friends, when Mrs Macey learns, to her horror, that her husband has escaped from prison.

Worse still, her son has apparently befriended a mysterious stranger in the woods and it’s no surprise to learn that it’s his father. Encouraged by Dorcas, Mrs Macey

When a new baby arrives in the Timmins family, Laura, the eldest, is forced to leave the family home and embark on a new life.

Having spent her early years in the small hamlet of Lark Rise, in late 19th Century Oxfordshire, Laura finds herself working in the Post Office, the hub of the bustling market town of Candleford, under the watchful eye of the woman who is to become her mentor, the effervescent