We will miss the costume drama soap-opera and its endless telegram deliveries and matching millinery but perhaps this was the right time for Lark Rise to depart our screens, Lark Rise To Candleford ending after four series. . Meanwhile, Timothy commissions Matthew to make new gates for the manor, Adelaide becomes frustrated with how much time Tim is spending with Dorcas and decides to cancel the order for the gates, and Laura brings Phillip home for tea. While viewers lapped up the lack of sex, violence and bad language, by this fourth series Lark Rise risked becoming a parody of itself as everyone came to blows over Queenie's pig, which Twister managed to sell off several times over to fund a lengthy trip to the ale house. I have so enjoyed this period drama that its ending bought with it a touch of sadness that we don't live like this today. what a shame! LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD PRESS PACK: Introduction. It runs a lot deeper than some cynics might think.". S3:E9 | Mar 7, 2010 | 52m. Photograph: BBC, We have switched off comments on this old version of the site. There are many story lines yet they all link into one, the acting is superb and hilarious, an extremely worthwhile period drama and I am very pleased to say that my cousins who are 15 and 17 year old males, are absolutely obsessed and I am very pleased that it is appealing to such a wide range of people and educating them. But this year is different, as she gives him permission to seek a new wife. {"navigation\/item":"