The Wingless Bird (1997)

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The Wingless Bird

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.

1997

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The Wingless Bird: Season 1 - 3 Episode s

1x1 - Part 1
January 12, 1997
As 1913 draws to a close, Charles Farrier's romantic interest in shopgirl Agnes Conway makes him the butt of his sister and elder brother's teasing. And although the attraction is clearly mutual, Agnes soon has more pressing things on her mind as a family crisis erupts which sets her young sister at odds with her hot-tempered father.
1x2 - Part 2
January 19, 1997
Agnes, lost in thought walking by the river at Durham, is hailed by Charles from a rowing boat, and persuades her to join him for tea with his brother Reg. Agnes' sister, Jessie, elopes with a docker, and her father is furious. During a confrontation, he is shot dead, and Agnes inherits the family business. Charles plans to marry Agnes, but his parents are determined to stop him marrying below his class. He moves to shabby accommodation to be near her, but the dampness gives him pneumonia.
1x3 - Part 3
January 26, 1997
Charles has tuberculosis, but recovers enough to marry Agnes. They move to the Hall when Colonel and Mrs Farrier die, and look after the estate while Reg is at war. Reg survives the war, but is badly injured, and refuses to face the outside world. Reg plans to sign the Hall over to Charles and Agnes, but soon Agnes again faces tragedy.

The Wingless Bird: 1 Season

S1: Miniseries
3 Episode s

Actors in The Wingless Bird

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

Tags for The Wingless Bird

based on novel or book miniseries period drama 1910s

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