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Opening Lines: Lark Rise to Candleford (Part 2)

Series 6, episode 0

Part two of two. John Yorke unpacks the themes behind Flora Thompson's Lark Rise to Candleford stories, focusing on how the journey made by the central character in the book, Laura Timmins, reflects the author's own journey from a country childhood to the world of work and wider society