Birds on the Wing
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.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
11-07-197130mCharles plainly has designs on Elizabeth...but she & Samantha have designs of a different kind.
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
18-07-197130mA highly successful confidence trick pulled by Charlie and the girls almost ends in disaster.
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
25-07-197130mA highly ingenious trick on Mr. Uskudar almost comes to grief because Charlie and the girls cannot resist trying to con each other.
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
01-08-197130mThrough no fault of their own, surprisingly enough, Charlie and the girls fall foul of the local police and have to make a hasty getaway.
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
08-08-197130mHumiliation at the hands of his Swiss bank manager prompts Charlie to try and con Elizabeth and Samantha.
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
15-08-197130mCharlie's in Geneva, still trying to trace the girls; but they're in Tokyo.
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