Lark Rise To Candleford: Season Three (2010/BBC DVD Set)
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B- Sound: B- Extras: C Episodes: A-
Welcome
to the neighborly country towns of Lark Rise and Candleford. Life is simple but hard, the people are honest
and fair, everything comes and goes with the seasons. Time seems to come to a stop and change seems
to come to a standstill, but as time pass the children will grow and the world
from beyond their boarders starts to invade their lives... can both Lark Rise
and Candleford survive the seasons of changes to come?
In Season 3 of Lark Rise to Candleford, there are old and new characters. Daniel
Parish, a young journalist comes to Candleford to tell Emma of an inheritance. Laura becomes fascinated with the towns newest
citizen, but when an old flame returns someone will be left heartbroken. As both Lark Rise and Candleford struggle to
keep its quaint ways and quiet traditions, but when the word of modernization
and of a future railroad comes it threatens to destroy their town's beloved
post office.
This is a heartwarming series about two small but separate towns in the British
countryside, Lark Rise populated by poor farmers and craftsmen, and in
Candleford lives the more gentry and well educated citizens. There is an unsaid divide among the social
classes that one should not mingle with the other, but their lives and
livelihoods between are connected by not only the road, but also family,
business, neighbors, through love or lost, there is not one thing does not
affect the other. Sooner or later there
is no news, letter, or gossip that does not pass through the post office or
post mistress, which seem to be both the heartbeat and conscience of the
town... Extras include the life of Flora
Thompson in her birthplace, the inspiration for Lark Rise to Candleford.
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Episode 1:
A young journalist, Daniel Parish, arrives in town with the news to Emma she is
to inherit a fortune and he plans to publish in his journals about her from
rags to riches. But when his article comes out it is not what the town
expected...
Episode 2:
The Bishop is coming to town! This sends
Thomas in a religious frenzy to get 'rid' of anything blasphemous. Meanwhile Daniel Parish tries to make mends
with the townsfolk to win Laura's heart.
Episode 3:
Alf becomes a man and moves into his own cottage. Edmond
wants to be free like Alf decides he rather work in the fields than be in school
which drives Emma into hysterics and accidentally insults all the men of Lark
Rise. Minnie finds a baby in a package
at the post office.
Episode 4:
It's harvest time and the crops need to be taken in, but when measles strikes
it couldn't be at the worst of times, short on man power will the Lark Rise
face starvation in the winter to come?
Episode 5:
Mysteries are afoot when a mysterious benefactor 'Mr Reppingtion' comes to
town, Miss Lane
is determined to find out who he is. The
mysterious and romance proves just a bit too irresistible for the women of
the town.
Episode 6:
Daniel interview 'Peg Leg' a veteran from the war to publish his story. It is a hit story about how veterans are
treated by the government and not cared for, but Peg Leg becomes a celebrity
the town discovers he has his own little secret.
Episode 7:
The people of Lark Rise and Candleford are excited to hear Sir Timothy is
returning to town and puts on a play in his honor, but when it is only Lady Adelaide,
Dorcas uncovers what has happened since he went to London.
Episode 8:
Pearl is lost
and on the verge of bankruptcy now that Ruby is gone, but when a mysterious
seamstress Enid arrives, her prayers seemed answered. She finds out she is not who she really is and
is trying to liberate women from their current restrictive clothing, their
friendship becomes endangered because of her beliefs.
Episode 9:
A new school teacher is needed to teach the children, both Emma and Margaret
square off for the position. Thomas
starts up a union for a fair postman's working conditions.
Episode 10:
Mrs. Mullens is the town gossip, but when she discover her daughter is pregnant
she accuses Daniel of being the father, and the town will talk. Can he prove his innocence before he becomes
the next scandal in the papers?
Episode 11:
Fisher Bloom returns to town and Laura is torn between two men, him and Daniel. Things are misunderstood and Laura's
indecision isn't helping.
Episode 12:
With modernization and a new railroad on the way, a new postmaster, an old
rival of Dorcas, is threatening to Miss
Lane to sell her post office and throw her out of
house and home.
- Ricky Chiang
