Birdsong (TV serial) Birdsong (TV serial) Birdsong is a two-part British 2012 television drama, based on the 1993 war novel "Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks. It stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Wraysford and Clémence Poésy as Isabelle Azaire and was directed by Philip Martin based on a screenplay by Abi Morgan. The adaptation was produced by Working Title Films for the BBC and PBS's "Masterpiece". It premiered in January 2012 in the United Kingdom and in April 2012 in the United States. The television adaptation differs from the novel in many respects, completely omitting the section set in the 1970s. The story is told
Birdsong (radio channel) until a permanent commercial channel was established on the frequency. Quentin Howard was quoted in several newspaper articles, including "The Guardian", that he did not know why "the birds have been killed", but he suspected it might be to create publicity for the new channel." Also quoted in the Daily Mail, "It's always difficult to know exactly how popular, but judging by the emails and letters from people, it really caught the imagination, like many quirky things the British public like". The article also says that Discworld author Sir Terry Pratchett was a keen listener to Radio Birdsong. Birdsong was