The Wingless Bird
tv show

3 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired January 12, 1997
Genres:
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.

Miniseries
3 episodes
Air Date
January 12, 1997
Overview
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.
Cast
Claire Skinner
as
Agnes Conway
Edward Atterton
as
Charles Farrier
Anne Reid
as
Alice Conway
Julian Wadham
as
Reginald Farrier
Elspet Gray
as
Grace Farrier
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Michelle Charles
as
Jessie Conway
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Helen Morland
as
Nan Henderson
Daniel Casey
as
Robbie Felton
Anne Orwin
as
Ma Felton
Dinsdale Landen
as
Colonel Hugh Farrier