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Birdsong

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

on BBC Four

Epic love story set against the First World War. As Stephen Wraysford fights in the terrifying death-filled trenches of northern France, he is haunted by memories of a lost love. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Philip Martin
Director:
Philip Martin
Producer:
Lynn Horsford
Producer:
Lynn Horsford
Executive Producer:
Juliette Howell
Executive Producer:
Juliette Howell
Writer:
Abi Morgan
Writer:
Abi Morgan
Stephen Wraysford:
Eddie Redmayne
Jack Firebrace:
Joseph Mawle
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
Private Tipper:
Thomas Turgoose
Private Brennan:
Rory Keenan
RSM Price:
Nick Moss
Lebrun:
Mate Szabo
Private Byrne:
Matthew Aubrey
Marguerite:
Piroska Molnar

Series

Birdsong

BBC Four

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