<P> 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 . The fourth and final series began on 9 January 2011 on BBC One and BBC One HD, and was filmed during August 2010 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The series is set in the small Oxfordshire hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town of Candleford towards the end of the 19th century . The series chronicles the daily lives of farm workers, craftsmen, and gentry, observing the characters in loving, boisterous, and competing communities of families, rivals, friends, and neighbours . </P> <P> The story is seen through the eyes of a teenage girl, Laura Timmins (Olivia Hallinan), as she leaves Lark Rise to start a new life under the wing of her mother's cousin, the independent and effervescent Dorcas Lane (Julia Sawalha), who is Post Mistress at the local Post Office in Candleford . Through these two characters, viewers experience the force of friendship as Laura and Dorcas see each other through the best and worst of times . </P>

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