Wings 

A young Englishman born into a blacksmith's family wants to be a flier in one of the new fangled flying machines. He struggles to show a man of his class deserves a chance to be a pilot and... See full summary »

Creator:

Barry Thomas

Stars:

Michael Cochrane, Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones

Cast

Series cast summary:
Michael Cochrane	...	Lt. Charles Gaylion / ... 26 episodes, 1976-1978
Tim Woodward	...	Sgt. Alan Farmer / ... 24 episodes, 1976-1978
Nicholas Jones	...	Captain Owen Triggers / ... 24 episodes, 1976-1978
David Troughton	...	Lt. Richard Bravington / ... 19 episodes, 1976-1978
Sarah Porter	...	Lorna Collins 18 episodes, 1976-1978
Roger Elliott	...	Sgt. Mills / ... 18 episodes, 1977-1978
Anne Kristen	...	Molly Farmer 16 episodes, 1976-1978
John Hallam	...	Harry Farmer 11 episodes, 1976-1978

Storyline

A young Englishman born into a blacksmith's family wants to be a flier in one of the new fangled flying machines. He struggles to show a man of his class deserves a chance to be a pilot and fly a war machine in France. Set in 1915 during World War One.

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Plot Keywords:

world war one | pilot | royal flying corps | airfield | aircraft | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 January 1977 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min (26 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Owing to the shortage of WW1 aircraft in flyable condition, many of the aerial scenes were filmed using 1/6 scale radio-controlled models. One of the model aircraft operators was Derek Piggott, who was a stunt pilot in the film, 'The Blue Max'.

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Connections

Follows Wings: Wings (1976)

User Reviews

One of the finest unseen WW1 series made

I came across this and downloaded it as it referenced the RFC in WW1. A major surprise in that it explained all the problems of the RFC in the early stages of the war head on whilst switching to show life in a small village at the lower middle class level. The flying scenes are not bad at all dealing well with the dangers of reconnaissance and initial forays into dog fights and the realism is extremely effective with a mature intelligent script. There have been a few flying WW1 films with Basil Rathbone, Errol Flynn such as The Blue Max, Dawn Patrol,Hell's Angels and a really awful film made two or three years ago of which I cannot remember the name (thank goodness). It also deals sensibly with the problems of class between NCO and Commissioned pilots with the two leads featuring one of each But this is a series! And a damn good one at that. I have seen series one and am now downloading series 2 but so far this is a real gem.