Set before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.
Based on Sebastian Faulks’ 1993 bestseller [Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War](https://amzn.to/2PKgCh5). Readers who are entranced by the sweeping Anglo sagas of Masterpiece Theatre will devour Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’s historical drama. This intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three generations and the unimaginable gulf between the First World War and the present.
2 episode mini-series.
Starring Eddie Redmayne, Clémence Poésy, Matthew Goode.
Not rated. This program contains mature content, including sexual situations, and graphic imagery of war that may not be appropriate for more sensitive viewers.