Talk:Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)

Details
This article needs more detail. For a start, it could state how the television series, which is, after all, an adaptation, differs from the original book by Flora Thompson. It could also mention how, as one website will tell you, the programme has been getting viewing figures of over six million, making it one of the most watched programmes on BBC One.ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:19, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree that differences between the book and TV series would be of interest. Generally, the first series seems to have loosely based its storylines on material from the book. Series 2 has not done so although the characters continue to conform to those described by Flora Thompson.. Bruern Crossing (talk) 22:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Anachronisms?
I'm sure that there are plenty of these but I'm not sure the women's suffrage issue is properly expressed here. There were women on the London School Board as early as the 1880's, so I'm a little doubtful about the date given here for women householders' participation in local elections. 1894 may well be correct specifically for parish councils, but that's not what it says here. It really needs someone with specialist knowledge to clarify.Sjwells53 (talk) 10:18, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

The use of the tune Forest Green was not itself an anachronism: it would have been well known at that time as the melody of the folk song, The Ploughboy's Dream. The anachronism would have been the use of the words 'O little town of Bethlehem' together with that tune. These were written in 1867 by the American Episcopal clergyman, Phillips Brooks 1835-1893; however they would not have been sung to the tune Forest Green until 1906 when Ralph Vaughan Williams put this text and melody together for the first time in The English Hymnal. Vaughan Williams harmonized the melody, he did not compose it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by John C Cox (talk • contribs) 23:53, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * But are these anachronisms notable? It seems more like trivia that I'd go to IMDB to find out about. Has there been controversy over these anachronisms? I'd be tempted to remove this section. What do others think? Calindreams (talk) 12:42, 8 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I would keep them. I think the article probably needs more on its fairly substantial differences from the original book (particularly the more recent series) and many of the anachronisms I think come from the fact that the scriptwriters are now bringing their own modern take to the material rather than faithfully adapting the original.  As well as the details listed here, this is reflected in storylines that seem based on modern ethical dilemmas transposed into the past rather than contemporary nineteenth century ones.   Peteinterpol (talk) 06:16, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * They are both WP:TRIVIA and WP:OR in addition to being questionably notable. Moreover, what constitutes an anachronism?  Even that is a judgment.  The reason above assumes motives on the part of the writers we can't know, and more importantly source.  The whole section should go.  Drmargi (talk) 06:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Point taken, but just to clarify I wasn't talking about the motives of the scriptwriters. I was thinking of citing recent newspaper reviews (notably The Times) that have suggested that many Lark Rise plotlines now seem to be based on modern ethical dilemmmas rather than nineteenth century ones. The generally careless attitude to historical accuracy reflected by the other anachronisms supports that suggestion.  Peteinterpol (talk) 08:14, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The writer of this article may be unaware of information in books about Flora Thompson. Thompson's books were semi-autobiographical. In Gillian Lindsay's book, Flora Thompson: The Story of the 'Lark Rise' Writer (Hale, 1996), she mentions that Flora Thompson had moved to the village of Fringford (called Candleford in Thompson's books) in 1891, to work for the post mistress (called Dorcas Lane in the books, actual name Kezia Whitton). Flora (called Laura in the books) left the post office and moved away in 1897. Chapters 3 and 4 deal with her time at the post office. One can consider the consecutive series of the television program to take place over a period of years, so there are not that many anachronisms. I think that the writers of the series did a good job of researching. For more information about Fringford at the time of Flora Thompson, see Fringford Through the Ages, by Martin Greenwood (Greenwood, 2000). See also the Wikipedia article on Flora Thompson. Finch359 (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2010 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finch359 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

I just removed the section on the wedding dress - forgot to note it while editing, sorry. It was definitely ca. 1855 or so, not eighteenth century. Chocolatepot (talk) 16:15, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

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The meaning of the title should be explained
"Lark Rise" means something. What? Is it an idiom? The relationship to the rest of the title is confusing without knowing what "Lark Rise" means.

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 * Lark Rise is a small hamlet, Candleford is a 'trade town', with a Post Office, a train station (I think, or maybe train service?), and a telegraph (in the post office). The name Lark Rise probably came about when someone saw a bird fly out of some bushes near the hamlet, and said, 'Look at the Lark rise'. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 06:27, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

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Twister 'lost his words' in which episode?
Just that, which episode was it that Twister 'lost his words', presumably from a stroke, and the village people re-taught him. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 06:31, 24 April 2023 (UTC)