Birdsong: Episode 1

Based on Sebastian Faulks' novel, "Birdsong" is the tale of lovers torn apart by War.

 

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Episode: Birdsong: Episode 1

In 1910, Englishman Stephen Wraysford goes to France to study textile manufacturing and falls in love with a factory owner's bewitching wife, Isabelle. Amid the shellfire of the Western Front in 1916, his memories of the past haunt him. Eddie Redmayne stars as Stephen Wraysford, whose pre-war affair with Isabelle Azaire (Clemence Poesy) has an enduring effect on him as he fights in the trenches.

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Duration: (1:22:41)
Episode Expires: Tue 22 May 2012
TV Rating: TV-14
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