Birdsong (1997) | Episode 2

Duration: 56'58''

Synopsis

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

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