Birdsong (novel) the experience of the World War I trenches. In both 2013 and 2014, Faulks indicated that a feature film adaptation was in development. The screenplay is by Rupert Wyatt, and the film is expected to star Nicholas Hoult. Birdsong (novel) Birdsong is a 1993 war novel and family saga by the English author Sebastian Faulks. It is Faulks' fourth novel. The plot follows two main characters living at different times: the first is Stephen Wraysford, a British soldier on the front line in Amiens during the First World War, and the second is his granddaughter, Elizabeth Benson, whose 1970s plotline
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