• 1977
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Wings

Summary Working-class Englishman dreams of becoming a pilot during WWI. Despite class barriers, he strives to prove himself worthy of flying fighter planes over France in 1915. View more details

  • 1977
  • 50m

Wings

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : David Troughton Nicholas Jones Michael Cochrane Tim Woodward

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7.7

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Genres : Drama War

Release date : Jan 1, 1977

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary Working-class Englishman dreams of becoming a pilot during WWI. Despite class barriers, he strives to prove himself worthy of flying fighter planes over France in 1915. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama War

Release date : Jan 1, 1977

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Wings (1977)

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Episode 1 • Jan 01, 1977
The Volunteer
In 1915 18-year-old Alan Farmer, a country blacksmith, joins the Royal Flying Corps, and meets Charles Gaylion, an upper-class officer who transferred in. Mistaken for an seasoned pilot, Alan is taken up in a training plane he cannot land.
Episode 2 • Jan 08, 1977
Never Turn Back
Alan's training advances well, but he has to learn both military and flying skills, while Charles has already completed his pilot's training. On a training flight, Alan's engine fails on take-off, and he crash-lands the plane in a field.
Episode 3 • Jan 15, 1977
Welcome to France
May 1915, and Alan arrives in St Marie, France. Some officers resent his lower class background. Alan and his friend Charles are reunited. On his first mission a German plane machine-guns them, and his observer, Bravington, is wounded.
Episode 4 • Jan 22, 1977
Business as Usual
The old CO, Captain Dornish, is shot down. He is replaced by Captain Triggers. Enroute to the unit, Triggers learns the horrible truth of Dornish's fate, from a wounded Infantry Officer.
Episode 5 • Jan 29, 1977
Speaking from Experience
Seeing the inadequacies of the planes, Triggers encourages the pilots and NCOs to put forward ideas for improvement.
Episode 6 • Feb 05, 1977
Over the Top
Gaylion gets a taste of the horrors of life in the trenches when his plane is forced down and he must wait overnight for the arrival of a replacement propeller.
Episode 7 • Feb 12, 1977
Time Out of War
Alan and Charles are sent back to England to pick up a new plane, but on arrival they discover the plane is not ready. They stay at Charles' family home in London, and Alan learns more of the class differences between them.
Episode 8 • Feb 19, 1977
The Hunters
Charles devises a method of fitting a Lewis gun to their plane, and Alan makes it a reality, but in their first aerial combat they find the design still needs work, when they shoot out some struts in their own plane.
Episode 9 • Feb 26, 1977
New Deal
Alan helps Charles to capture a German plane and its crew. Entertaining the captured officers does not go to plan. The captured plane may be the perfect choice for a covert mission.
Episode 10 • Mar 05, 1977
The Burning Question
A new German monoplane is causing massive losses and the British military hierarchy do not believe their planes are being so outclassed. The reason for their success is found from an unlikely source.
Episode 11 • Mar 12, 1977
The Prisoner's Friend
On a reconnaissance mission with observer Conrad, Alan disregards Conrad's order to move closer to a German Eindecker, turns for home and avoids a confrontation. Conrad insists Alan be court-martialled for disobeying an order and cowardice.
Episode 12 • Mar 19, 1977
Welcome Home
After the court martial, Conrad continues to fly with Alan, ordering him to be more reckless. Conrad shoots down an Eindecker but is fatally wounded. Alan's incident report is complete, but Triggers rewrites it to leave out certain details.
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