Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)

Lark Rise to Candleford
GenrePeriod Drama
Created byBill Gallagher
Based onLark Rise to Candleford trilogy by Flora Thompson
Narrated bySarah Lancashire
ComposerJulian Nott
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producersBill Gallagher
Susan Hogg
ProducersGrainne Marmion (Series 1)
Ann Tricklebank (Series 2–4)
Production locationsBox, Corsham and Lockeridge, Wiltshire
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
BBC HD
Release13 January 2008 (2008-01-13) –
13 February 2011 (2011-02-13)
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Lark Rise to Candleford is a British television costume drama series, adapted by the BBC from Flora Thompson's trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the English countryside, published between 1939 and 1943. The first episode aired on 13 January 2008 on BBC One and BBC HD in the UK. In the U.S., the series began airing on select PBS stations in the spring of 2009. A third series began airing in the UK on 10 January 2010.[1] The fourth and final series began on 9 January 2011 on BBC One and BBC One HD,[2] and was filmed during August 2010.[3]

It was announced on 22 January 2011 that the show would not be returning for a fifth series. The final series concluded on 13 February 2011.

  1. ^ "BBC Press Office - Week 2 - Lark Rise To Candleford" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  2. ^ "BBC Press Office - Network TV BBC Week 2: New this week" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Flora Thompson Home Page" (Press release). 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.