Little Bird

● Little Bird tells the story of a 20-year-old woman named Esther Rosenblum who goes in search of her biological family after discovering a newspaper clipping about her adoption.

● The story, while fictional, centres around the real ‘Sixties Scoop’ movement in Canada, which removed First Nations children from their families and placed them in middle-class homes.

● As the story unfolds, Esther (real name Bezhig Little Bird) navigates the balance between the life she should have had and the world she’s grown up in – including the privilege, class, and racism that came with it.

● Little Bird is a six-episode limited series and comes to Sky Atlantic and NOW from August 18th, 2026.

Little Bird follows the story of Esther Rosenblum – a 20-year-old woman who, before she was adopted, was known by her real name: Bezhig Little Bird.

When she was just a child, she and her family were torn apart in what became known as the “Sixties Scoop”, a controversial Canadian child welfare movement that ran between the 1950s and 1980s, where thousands of First Nations children were taken from their families under the pretext of them being “neglected”.

The children were then put into the foster system to be adopted by mostly white, middle-class families. Born on the Long Pine Reserve in Saskatchewan, Bezhig had a loving family before she was forced into the targeted Indigenous transracial adoption program, the Adopt Indian Métis (AIM) Program.

Fostered by a Jewish middle-class family in Montreal, the now 20-year old Behzig – renamed ‘Esther’ by her new family – aims to seek out the truth and reconnect with her indigenous roots and heritage.

Told across two timelines, starting in 1968 and 1985 respectively, Little Bird navigates class, racism, nature vs nurture and the meaning of family in this heartbreaking tale of identity.

First launching on Crave in Canada in 2023, The Guardian praised Little Bird as being “beautiful and moving” and also said it “will fill you with a visceral anger.”

Little Bird is a limited series, and ran for a total of six, hour-long episodes.

Read our complete Little Bird guide.

As a limited series, there are currently no plans for an extension as of August 2026.

As the series is told over two timelines, many of the characters are played by two characters – one for older, one for younger.

The main cast of Little Bird is:

● Darla Contois (Ancestral Beasts, Dhaliwal ‘15) as Bezhig Little Bird/Esther Rosenblum

● Ellyn Jade (Frontier, Letterkenny) as Patti Little Bird

● Alanna Bale (Cardinal, Something Very Bad is Going To Happen) as Adele

● Osawa Muskwa (Grace and Justice, The Damnation) as Morris Little Bird

● Lisa Edelstein (House M.D, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) as Golda Rosenblum

● Eric Schweig (Blackstone, Cashing In) as Asin

● Michelle Thrush (Blackstone, Fort Salem) as Brigit

● Janet Kidder (My Life With The Walter Boys, Continuum) as Jeannie

● Kristian Jordan (The Porter, Burden of Truth) as Police Constable

● Braeden Clarke (North of North, Impulse) as Leo Little Bird

● Rowen Kahn (Harvest Moon, Man of Steel) as David

The younger cast is made of:

● Keris Hope Hill (Rosie, Ruby and the Wall) as Young Bezhig/Esther

● Newcomer Charlotte Cutler as Young Dora

● Newcomer Gideon Starr as Young Niizh

● Newcomer Tayton Mianskum as Young Leo

Little Bird has been given a rating of 15 by Sky – meaning the show contains scenes that have been deemed unsuitable for children and younger audiences.

This is due to the show containing:

● Recurrent themes and scenes of racist behaviour

● Scenes of violence – including police aggression

● Some intense emotional scenes involving children some may find upsetting

● Use of profanity

● Scenes of implied sexual behaviour (not graphic or shown)

● Real historical themes around the ‘Sixties Scoop’ some may find unsuitable for younger viewers

All episodes of Little Bird will be available from August 18th 2026 on Sky Atlantic in the UK.

They will also be available to watch on our streaming service, NOW.

The series airs on Crave in Canada.