Birdsong (1997)

Based on Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Adapted from the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set before and during the First World War, starring Toby Stephens.

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Birdsong (1997) | Episode 1

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 1

1997 | 57'05''

Adapted from the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set before and during the First World War, starring Toby Stephens.

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 2

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 2

1997 | 56'58''

France, 1916; After Isabelle, Stephen faces the bloodiest of wars. Dramatisation of Sebastian Faulks' novel with Toby Stephens.

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 3

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 3

1997 | 57'07''

Stephen Wraysford returns to his old haunts in France, ravaged by the First World War. Stars Toby Stephens and Sophie Ward.

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 1

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 1

1997 | 57'05''

Adapted from the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set before and during the First World War, starring Toby Stephens.

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 2

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 2

1997 | 56'58''

France, 1916; After Isabelle, Stephen faces the bloodiest of wars. Dramatisation of Sebastian Faulks' novel with Toby Stephens.

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 3

Birdsong (1997) | Episode 3

1997 | 57'07''

Stephen Wraysford returns to his old haunts in France, ravaged by the First World War. Stars Toby Stephens and Sophie Ward.
Other Archive resources
BBC HD | 2011

Faulks on Fiction | 4: The Villain

Sebastian Faulks looks at villains and how they have evolved over the last three hundred years from theatrical rakes like Lovelace in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa to much more sinister yet much more ordinary characters like Barbara in Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal.
BBC HD | 2011

Faulks on Fiction | 3: The Snob

Sebastian Faulks looks at how novelists from Jane Austen to Monica Ali have used snobs as their secret weapon. With contributions from Tim Lott, Alain de Botton, John Carey and Monica Ali.