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The Wingless Bird (1997)

4.5 | Jan 12, 1997 (GB) | Drama

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.

No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
3

Cast

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