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  • BBC Two

Birds on the Wing

  • 1971
  • Ended
  • Comedy
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 9.0/10

Birds on the Wing is a 1971 BBC Two television comedy written by Peter Yeldham and produced by Graeme Muir, originally aired in a single series of six episodes. A businessman becomes enamoured of an attractive young woman, whom he finds out is trying to con him with her friend. The three form an unlikely alliance.

Latest: Series 1 · 1971

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Jul 11, 1971 · 30m

    Charles plainly has designs on Elizabeth...but she & Samantha have designs of a different kind.

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Jul 18, 1971 · 30m

    A highly successful confidence trick pulled by Charlie and the girls almost ends in disaster.

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Jul 25, 1971 · 30m

    A highly ingenious trick on Mr. Uskudar almost comes to grief because Charlie and the girls cannot resist trying to con each other.

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Aug 1, 1971 · 30m

    Through no fault of their own, surprisingly enough, Charlie and the girls fall foul of the local police and have to make a hasty getaway.

  5. E5. Episode 5

    Aug 8, 1971 · 30m

    Humiliation at the hands of his Swiss bank manager prompts Charlie to try and con Elizabeth and Samantha.

  6. E6. Episode 6

    Aug 15, 1971 · 30m

    Charlie's in Geneva, still trying to trace the girls; but they're in Tokyo.