Lark Rise to Candleford - Series 1 - Episode 4

Adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood. A strange old man arrives in Candleford looking for his estranged daughters - who turn out to be Ruby and Pearl Pratt. Horrified to see him out in public, playing scams on the local residents, the girls must decide whether they can forgive him for deserting them when they needed him most. Meanwhile, Caroline is being pursued by a bailiff collecting debts for the brewery.