The Wingless Bird

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.

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Cast

Claire Skinner

Agnes Conway

Total episodes: 3

Edward Atterton

Charles Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Anne Reid

Alice Conway

Total episodes: 3

Julian Wadham

Reginald Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Elspet Gray

Grace Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Michelle Charles

Jessie Conway

Total episodes: 3

Helen Morland

Nan Henderson

Total episodes: 3

Daniel Casey

Robbie Felton

Total episodes: 3

Anne Orwin

Ma Felton

Total episodes: 3

Dinsdale Landen

Colonel Hugh Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Dale Meeks

Mike Felton

Total episodes: 1

Claire Skinner

Agnes Conway

Total episodes: 3

Edward Atterton

Charles Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Anne Reid

Alice Conway

Total episodes: 3

Julian Wadham

Reginald Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Elspet Gray

Grace Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Michelle Charles

Jessie Conway

Total episodes: 3

Helen Morland

Nan Henderson

Total episodes: 3

Daniel Casey

Robbie Felton

Total episodes: 3

Anne Orwin

Ma Felton

Total episodes: 3

Dinsdale Landen

Colonel Hugh Farrier

Total episodes: 3

Dale Meeks

Mike Felton

Total episodes: 1

Extra

Release Date

January 12, 1997

Last air Date

January 26, 1997

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Networks

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seasons

Miniseries

Aired on: 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.