The Wingless Bird

Drama19973 episodes1 seasonMiniseries

First aired: 1997-01-12

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Anne Reid
    Alice Conway
  • Daniel Casey
    Robbie Felton
  • Claire Skinner
    Agnes Conway
  • Julian Wadham
    Reginald Farrier
  • Edward Atterton
    Charles Farrier
  • Dinsdale Landen
    Colonel Hugh Farrier
  • Elspet Gray
    Grace Farrier
  • Helen Morland
    Nan Henderson
  • Michelle Charles
    Jessie Conway
  • Anne Orwin
    Ma Felton
The Wingless Bird Miniseries Poster

Miniseries

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.

Number of episodes 3