Catherine Cookson's The Wingless Bird

Part 2

Directed by David Wheatley
TV-PG
S1 • E2    Jan 18, 1997    50m
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.

Cast of Part 2

  • Claire SkinnerAgnes Conway
  • Edward AttertonCharles Farrier
  • Anne ReidAlice Conway
  • Julian WadhamReginald Farrier
  • Elspet GrayGrace Farrier
  • Michelle CharlesJessie Conway
  • Helen MorlandNan Henderson
  • Daniel CaseyRobbie Felton
  • Anne OrwinMa Felton
  • Dinsdale LandenColonel Hugh Farrier
  • David WheatleyDirector
  • Catherine CooksonWriter
  • Alan SeymourWriter

 

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