About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. Episode 1
Aired 11 July 1971 • 30 min
Charles plainly has designs on Elizabeth...but she & Samantha have designs of a different kind.
2. Episode 2
Aired 18 July 1971 • 30 min
A highly successful confidence trick pulled by Charlie and the girls almost ends in disaster.
3. Episode 3
Aired 25 July 1971 • 30 min
A highly ingenious trick on Mr. Uskudar almost comes to grief because Charlie and the girls cannot resist trying to con each other.
4. Episode 4
Aired 1 August 1971 • 30 min
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. Episode 5
Aired 8 August 1971 • 30 min
Humiliation at the hands of his Swiss bank manager prompts Charlie to try and con Elizabeth and Samantha.
6. Episode 6
Aired 15 August 1971 • 30 min
Charlie's in Geneva, still trying to trace the girls; but they're in Tokyo.