Lark Rise to Candleford

Dawn French stars in this adaptation of Flora Thompson's childhood memoir. Laura Timmins leaves the Oxfordshire hamlet of Lark Rise to work at the post office in nearby Candleford.

Mrs Macey faces the harsh tongues of the village gossips after learning that her convict husband is on the run, while Caroline Arless faces a spell in debtors' prison.

Dorcas attempts to heal the rift between Amos Wardup and his son when the younger man declares his love for a newly-employed housemaid.

Dorcas' geniality is stretched to breaking point when she is forced to nurse a Post Office inspector injured while travelling from Candleford to Banbury.

Ruby and Pearl Pratt face scandal when their vagabond father makes an appearance in Oxfordshire, and Laura publicly snubs her own father while in town with Philip.

When a young girl is abandoned by her family, Robert and Timothy try to find her a new home, and love poems are exchanged between Thomas and Miss Ellison.

Lark Rise resident Susan Braby presses charges against her husband after he strikes her in a drunken rage, and Emma attempts to reconcile the pair for the sake of their children.

The appearance of a new teacher presents Sir Timothy with a rival for Dorcas's affections, but the newcomer's political views set the tongues of the Pratt sisters in motion.

Caroline tries to prove she is a changed woman after returning home from prison, and Laura's brother Edmund is injured while poaching at the manor with Alf.

Dorcas and Sir Timothy share an intimate moment that leaves their friendship in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Caroline's pregnancy reaches its full term.