The Catherine Cookson collection. Set 1
(DVD)

Title from container.

"The wingless bird" originally broadcast on television in 1997 ; "The moth" originally broadcast on television in 1997 ; "The rag nymph" originally broadcast on television in 1997 ; "The fifteen streets" originally broadcast on television in 1989.

Special features: Catherine Cookson biography; Cast filmographies.

"The wingless bird" cast: Claire Skinner, Julian Wadham, Edward Atterton.

"The moth" cast: Jack Davenport, Juliet Aubrey, Justine Waddell.

"The rag nymph" cast: Honeysuckle Weeks, Val McLane, Alec Newman, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Perdita Weeks.

"The fifteen streets" cast: Sean Bean, Owen Teale, Clare Holman, Ian Bannen, Jane Horrocks.

"The wingless bird": On the brink of World War I, three very different families are linked by a shopkeeper's daughter who is determined to make a better life for herself. "The moth": In 1913, a talented carpenter leaves the Jarrow shipyards to work in a small village where an encounter with an ethereal girl-child changes his life. "The rag nymph": In an impulsive act of charity, a rag and bone lady in the slums of Victorian Newcastle takes in the 10-year-old daughter of a prostitute. "The fifteen streets": A rugged Tyneside dockworker and the daughter of a wealthy local shipbuilder fall in love and try to bridge the social gulf that divides them.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.