The Wingless Bird (1997)

01/12/1997 (GB) • 1h

Drama

Overview

On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong enough to break them again when Charles Farrier, a gentleman, courts her over his parents' opposition? Agnes faces an added dilemma when she finds her heart divided between Charles and his soldier brother Reginald.

Top Billed Cast

Claire Skinner

Agnes Conway

3 Episodes

Edward Atterton

Charles Farrier

3 Episodes

Anne Reid

Alice Conway

3 Episodes

Julian Wadham

Reginald Farrier

3 Episodes

Elspet Gray

Grace Farrier

3 Episodes

Michelle Charles

Jessie Conway

3 Episodes

Helen Morland

Nan Henderson

3 Episodes

Daniel Casey

Robbie Felton

3 Episodes

Anne Orwin

Ma Felton

3 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1997 | 3 Episodes

Three-part Catherine Cookson period melodrama, following the fortunes of three very different families - the Conways, who own a sweet shop, the altogether grander Farriers and the infamous Feltons.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

based on novel or book

miniseries

period drama

1910s

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