Tawny Pipit

Bernard Miles - Col. Barton-Barrington
Rosamund John - Hagel Broome
Niall MacGinnis - Jimmy Bancroft
Jean Gillie - Nancy Forester
Lucie Mannheim - Russian Sniper
Christopher Steele - Reverend Kingsley
Brefni O'Rorke - Uncle Arthur
George Carney - Whimbrel
Wylie Watson - Croaker

1944’s Tawny Pipit is a whimsical comedy gently poking fun at British officialdom and the eccentricities of village life. A convalescing WWII airman and his nurse discover a pair of rare tawny pipits, known to have bred only once before in England, nesting in a Cotswolds meadow. The nurse's ornithologist uncle arrives to take charge and, afraid of having the valuable eggs stolen, villagers post a round-the-clock guard. But the threat of egg thieves is only part of the dilemma; soon army tanks on manoeuvres and farmers wishing to plough the land threaten the bird’s sanctuary. Finally, the Ministry of Agriculture has to be called in to save the birds.