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form y separately published work icon Birds on the Wing series - publisher   film/TV   crime  
Adaptation of Birds on the Wing Peter Yeldham , 1969 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 Birds on the Wing
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Film Details - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1971

Producers:

Graeme Muir.

Production Companies:

BBC.

Music:

Mike Sammes (signature music).

Dennis Wilson (incidental music).


Cast:

Primary cast members were Richard Briers (Charles Jackson), Anne Rogers (Elizabeth), and Julia Lockwood (Samantha).

Release Dates:

Aired on BBC Two between 11 June and 16 July 1971.

Notes:

Episode synopses (via Radio Times):

Episode one

Charles plainly has designs on Elizabeth. But she and Samantha have designs of a different kind. (Radio Times, 3 June 1971, p.45)

Episode two

A highly successful confidence trick pulled by Charlie and the girls almost ends in disaster. (Radio Times, 10 June 1971, p.45)

Episode three

A highly ingenious confidence trick on Mr Uskudar almost comes to grief because Charlie and the girls cannot resist trying to con each other. (Radio Times, 17 June 1971, p.49)

Episode four

Through no fault of their own, surprisingly enough, Charlie and the girls fall foul of the local police and have to make a hasty getaway. (Radio Times, 24 June 1971, p.51)

Episode five

Humiliation at the hands of his Swiss Bank Manager prompts Charlie to try and con Elizabeth and Samantha. (Radio Times, 1 July 1971, p.43)

Episode six

Charlie's in Geneva, still trying to trace the girls. But they're in Tokyo ... (Radio Times, 8 July 1971, p.45)


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