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The Wingless Bird: With Claire Skinner, Edward Atterton, Anne Reid, Michelle Charles. Agnes manages family affairs on eve of WWI, helps sister Jessie marry across class lines. Faces own class divide when courted by Charles despite parents' disapproval.
Feb 8, 1998 · Plot: 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.
Feature-length historical drama from the world-famous romantic author, Catherine Cookson. The Christmas of 1913 brings changes for disenchanted young Agnes Conway. ...more.
Catherine Cookson's The Wingless Bird. Agnes Conway (Skinner) is the strong-minded daughter of a Newcastle shop-owner in class-conscious England in December, 1913.
Sep 1, 1990 · The Wingless Bird. Catherine Cookson. 4.05. 1,114 ratings56 reviews. Agnes Conway, the daughter of a middle-class shopkeeper, escapes the abusive tyranny of her father through marriage into the aristocracy, only to have her golden dreams tragically altered by the outbreak of World War I.
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1. Shop girl Agnes is stuck running her father's candy shop and keeping the family peace. She draws the interest of upper-class Charles. Her sister, Jessie, gets involved with a dock worker that her parents don't approve of.
Years: 1998. Seasons: 1. Genre: Drama. As Britain is on the brink of WWI. three very different families are linked by the strong-minded Agnes Conway, who plans for a better life.
