TV series "A little light - in Candleford": actors, reviews of visitors to online theaters

The television series "A little light - in Candleford" (the actors involved in the project, during four seasons reincarnated in the English of the Victorian era) takes the viewer to the end of the 19th century.

These were the times when it was easy to distinguish the rich man from the poor: a person from the higher world could easily be "calculated" not only by the location of the "family nest" and the occupation. Representatives of the high world with diapers differed with a regal bearing and subtle everyday manners.

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

The central character of this movie story is the young girl Laura Timmins from the village of Lark Rise. Residents of the village knew little about the real wealth: the ultimate dream of the most mercantile inhabitants of Lark Rise was the town of Candleford - the nearest major populated point.

Laura (played by Olivia Hollinen), to fix the family's difficult financial situation, goes to Candleford and receives the postman's post. Simple-minded provincial, which is struck by the city's luxury, I want to tell about everything I saw my relatives and acquaintances. Fearing to miss important details, Laura starts a diary where she records her impressions.

Getting down to the postman's duties, Laura gradually gets used to the city's foundations and gets to know her clients - magnanimous and dishonest, soulful and cruel. Each new acquaintance is a new life story, covered with family legends and filled with everyday circumstances.

Soon the main character notes 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 way of life of the English, who lived in the 19th century.

"A little light in Candleford": user reviews of the Global Network

According to the overwhelming majority of viewers who watched the show online, the film "A little light in Candleford", the actors (and roles) and writers who jointly produced a quality product, deserves the viewer to spend time on it. Visitors to online theaters admire the independence of the independent owner of the post 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 Hip), surprised by the discernment of the young Laura (Olivia) Hollinen).

Some users note that the boring beginning turns into an interesting story, from which it is difficult to come off.

Among the visitors to online cinemas there were also those for whom the series "A little light in Candleford", actors (especially Julia Savalia and Olivia Hollinen), who coped well with their task, are a kind of "counterbalance" to spectacular American thrillers. This film differs from blockbuster philanthropy and the desire to make the world a better place.

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

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

• Olivia Hollinen and Sarah Lancashire (both actresses played Laura Timmins at different stages of life).
• Julia Savalii (the owner of the post).
• Brendan Coill (played by Laura Timmins).
• Fergusu Drysdale (the younger brother of the main character).
• Marte Murdoch (the sister of Laura Timmins).
• Claudie Blakely (actress starred in the role of Laura's mother).
• Thomas Risa Jones (brother Laura Timmins).
• John Douglasch (the actor played a friend of the main character).
• Mark Hipu (embodied on the screen by Thomas Brown, a colleague of Laura).
• Karl Johnson (embodied on the screen Twister Teorill).

Lora Timmins - a typical provincial of the Victorian era

In the initial series of this multi-series film, the example of the village of Lark Rise tells the story of the everyday life of the British province of the late 19th century.

A young provincial Laura Timmins smiled luck - she got the postman's post at Candleford's post office. After leaving her native village, the girl began to record everything she heard and saw in the huge (as it seemed to her) city.

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

About the creativity of the actors involved in the series "A little light - in Candleford"

Among the characters in the series "A little light - in Candleford" actors who are already well known to the audience, as well as newcomers, for whom this film - only the first step, opening the way to worldwide recognition.

Olivia Hollinen (played by the young Laura Timmins) is already known to the audience for the film projects "Fall of Jack" (released in 2011) and "Hunters for strangers" (television series, broadcast on British television from 2006 to 2011).

Sarah Lancashire - the star of the melodramatic comedy "Men's Joys", released in the film distribution in 2001, played Laura Timmins in adulthood. Also, the actress starred in the multi-series project "Milk Pipers" (the first series were filmed in 2007) and in the documentary mini-series "Doctor Who: The Best Moments", released in 2009.

Julia Savalia - an actress, whose voice is spoken by the characters of the children's "cartoon" "Escape from the chicken coop" (2000). From 1991 to 2012, Julia Savalia starred in the series "The Bottom" and "You can not prohibit living beautifully." In the series "A little light - in Candleford" 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 it" (the first series of the film was shown in 2004), "What's left after you?" (Launched in 2013), "Driver" (with the initial series of the film, British viewers in 2014).

John Dagleish, who embodied in the series "A little light - in Candleford" friend of the main character, in 2011 was involved in the "Age of Heroes", and in 2012 - in the films "Beaver Falls" and "Starling".

The star of the series "Absurd Natural History" (demonstrated from 2002 to 2005) Mark Hip, the performer of the role of the devout postman Thomas Brown, is also known for the films "Confetti" and "Return" (released in film distribution in 2006), "Star dust "(Film project of 2007). In 2016, the actor starred in the film "Dead Detective Megre."

Carl Johnson (Twister Turrill) in 1995 starred in the film project "Old grumblers raged", and in 1997 was involved in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Then, in 1997, the actor got a role in the film "People in Black" (box office after the world premiere amounted to 338.7 million dollars). In 2002, Karl Johnson got a role in the comic action movie "People in Black 2".

Some members of the television series "A little light in Candleford" - actors Fergus Drysdale (Frank Timmins), Marta Murdoch (Ethel Timmins) and Thomas Rees Jones (Edmund Timmins) - are at the very beginning of the creative path.