Television series “A Little Light - in Candleford”: actors, reviews of visitors to online cinemas

The television series “A Little Light - to Candleford” (the actors involved in the project, for four seasons reincarnated in the British Victorian era) takes the viewer to the end of the 19th century.

These were the times when it was not difficult to distinguish a rich man from a poor man: a person from high society could easily be “calculated” not only by the location of the “family nest” and occupation. Representatives of the upper world from the cradle were distinguished by regal posture and sophisticated everyday manners.

The plot of the series "A little light - in Candleford"

The central character of this film story is the young girl Laura Timmins from the village of Lark Rise. The villagers knew little about real wealth: the limit of dreams of the most mercantile inhabitants of Lark Rise was the city of Candleford - the nearest major settlement.

Laura (played by Olivia Hollinen), to improve the difficult financial situation of the family, goes to Candleford and gets the postman's place. A simple-minded provincial woman who is amazed by urban luxury, I want to tell about everything my relatives and friends saw. Fearing to miss important details, Laura starts a diary where she writes down her impressions.

Having taken up the duties of a postman, Laura gradually gets used to the urban principles and gets acquainted with her clients - magnanimous and dishonorable, sincere and cruel. Each new acquaintance is a new life story, fanned by family legends and filled with everyday circumstances.

Soon, the main character notices that, despite the characteristic differences, urban and rural life have some similarities. The series “A little light - in Candleford” will be interesting for those who are interested in the lifestyle of the British who lived in the 19th century.

“A little light is in Candleford”: user reviews of the Global Network

According to the vast majority of viewers who watched the series online, the film “Just a Light - at Candleford”, the actors (and roles) and screenwriters of which together made a high-quality product, deserves the viewer to spend time on it. Visitors to online cinemas admire the independence of independent mail owner Dorcas Lane (Julia Savalia), while mocking her irresistible desire to make people happy against their will, barely restrain laughter, looking at the deliberately pious Thomas Brown (Mark Heap), they are surprised at the judiciousness of young Laura (Olivia Hollinen).

Some users note that the boring beginning develops into an interesting plot, from which it is difficult to break away.

Among the visitors to online cinemas there were those for whom the series “A Little Light - to Candleford”, actors (especially Julia Savalia and Olivia Hollinen), who coped well with their task, are a kind of “counterweight” to spectacular American thrillers. This film differs from blockbusters in its philanthropy and desire to make the world a better place.

"A little light - in Candleford." Actors and roles

The main roles in the television series "A Little Light - in Candleford" were offered to the actors:

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• Olivia Hollinen and Sarah Lancashire (both actresses played Laura Timmins at different stages of life).
• Julia Savalia (mistress of the post office).
• Brendan Coyle (played by Laura Timmins father).
• Fergus Drysdale (younger brother of the main character).
• Marte Murdoch (sister of Laura Timmins).
• Claudie Blakely (actress starred as Laura's mother).
• Thomas Reese Jones (brother of Laura Timmins).
• John Dugleish (the actor played a friend of the main character).
• Mark Heep (embodied on the screen of Thomas Brown, a colleague of Laura).
• Carl Johnson (embodied on the screen of Twister Turill).

Laura Timmins - Typical Victorian Provincial

In the initial episodes of this multi-part film on the example of the village of Lark Rise, it is told about the everyday foundations of the British province of the late 19th century.

Fortune smiled on young provincial Laura Timmins - she got the postman's post at Candleford's post office. Having left her native village, the girl began to record everything that she heard and saw in a huge (as it seemed to her) city.

The plot of the television project “A little light - to Candleford” is taken from the work of Flora Jay Thompson “Lark takes off in Candleford”. This film is about the morals of the British, who belonged to different social strata and lived during the reign of Queen Victoria.

On the work of actors employed in the series “A Little Light - in Candleford”

Among the characters in the series “A Little Light - to Candleford” are actors already well-known to the audience, as well as newcomers for whom this film is only the first step that paves the way for worldwide recognition.

Olivia Hollinen (played the young Laura Timmins) is already known to viewers on the film projects Jack Fall (released in 2011) and Alien Hunters (a television series broadcast on British television from 2006 to 2011).

Sarah Lancashire - the star of the melodramatic comedy "Men's Joy", released at the box office in 2001, played Laura Timmins in adulthood. Also, the actress starred in the multi-series project “Duckbills” (the first episodes were shot in 2007) and in the documentary mini-series “Doctor Who: The Best Moments”, which was released in 2009.

Julia Savalia - actress, whose voice speaks the characters of the children's cartoon "Escape from the Coop" (2000). From 1991 to 2012, Julia Savalia starred in the TV series “The Bottom” and “You Can’t Prohibit Beautiful Living”. In the series “A Little Light - in Candleford”, the actress got the role of Dorcas Lane - the owner of the post office.

Claudie Blakely is familiar to viewers on the television series “He Knew That” (the first episodes of the film were shown in 2004), “What Remains After You?” (started in 2013), “Driver” (British viewers got acquainted with the initial episodes of the film in 2014).

John Dugleish, who embodied a friend of the main character in the series “A Little Light - in Candleford”, was involved in the “Age of Heroes” in 2011, and in 2012 in the films “Beaver Falls” and “Starlings”.

The star of the series “Absurd Natural History” (shown from 2002 to 2005), Mark Heap, who plays the role of the devout postman Thomas Brown, is also known for the films “Confetti” and “The Return” (released for distribution in 2006), “Star Dust” "(2007 film project). In 2016, the actor starred in the movie "Dead Detective Magre."

Carl Johnson (Twister Turrill) starred in the 1995 film “The Old Grunts were raging,” and in 1997 he was featured on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Then, in 1997, the actor got a role in the film "Men in Black" (box office after the world premiere amounted to 338.7 million dollars). In 2002, Carl Johnson got a role in the comedy action movie Men in Black 2.

Some participants in the television series “A Little Light - in Candleford” - actors Fergus Drysdale (Frank Timmins), Marta Murdoch (Ethel Timmins) and Thomas Reese Jones (Edmund Timmins) - are at the very beginning of their career.