Maggie Steed

Rimmer forces a potentially contaminated crew to spend 12 weeks in quarantine.

A reclusive couple are found dead, victims of a supposedly botched burglary which shocks the occupants of the village of Dunstan. Then, a guest is murdered at the wedding at one of Jones' oldest friends. Could this spate of killings be connected to a mystery of a fatal road accident, and the disappearance of a teenager 20 years ago?

James Dowland arrives in town, taking the woes of the Lark Rise tenants under his wing as he aims to put Candleford on the map with the opening of his new hotel. Robert Timmins is suspicious of Dowland's motives, and is less than accepting of his financial help. Emma Timmins and the other Lark Rise tenants, however, are more than happy to see the return of a former Lark Rise boy.