Episode 1

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Episode 1 of 2

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

Sebastian Faulks' epic love story set against the First World War is adapted for the screen for the first time.

As Stephen Wraysford fights in the terrifying death-filled trenches of northern France, he is haunted by memories of Isabelle Azaire, the woman with whom he had an illicit and all-consuming affair during a summer in France before the war.

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  • Director Philip Martin on making Birdsong

    Director Philip Martin on making Birdsong

    "Sebastian [Faulks] was a great collaborator and joined us on location in Budapest. He gave us space to do our thing - but was there to help if we needed it. We all carried battered copies of the novel in our back pockets."

    Read the interview on the BBC TV Blog.

Credits

Stephen Wraysford
Eddie Redmayne
Isabelle
Clemence Poesy
Jack Firebrace
Joseph Mawle
Jeanne
Marie-Josee Croze
Captain Gray
Matthew Goode
Rene Azaire
Laurent Lafitte
Captain Weir
Richard Madden
Monsieur Berard
Patrice Thibaud
Madame Berard
Isabelle Gomez
Lisette Azaire
Clara Grebot
Gregoire Azaire
Maxime Roussel
Private Douglas
George Mackay
Evans
Simon Nehan
Shaw
Daniel Cerqueira
Turner
Sean McKenzie
Private Tipper
Thomas Turgoose
Private Brennan
Rory Keenan
Tyson
Paul Rattray
RSM Price
Nick Moss
Lebrun
Mate Szabo
Private Byrne
Matthew Aubrey
Marguerite
Piroska Molnar
Director
Philip Martin
Producer
Lynn Horsford
Executive Producer
Juliette Howell
Writer
Abi Morgan

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