Bird of Prey (1982)

Synopsis

Bird of Prey is a British techno-thriller television serial written by Ron Hutchinson and produced by Michael Wearing and Bernard Krichefski for the BBC in 1982. From its video game-inspired opening titles to its pervasive electronic music track, Bird of Prey went to great lengths to demonstrate its credentials as 'a thriller for the electronic age'. These elements, together with a clever and complex plot that combines a breathless fascination with the still-young field of computing with pan-European fraud, international terrorism, rogue intelligence operatives and organised crime, link it firmly to the early 1980s, expressing that era's growing anxieties about the burgeoning 'Eurocracy'.

Series Information

Created By

Ron Hutchinson

First Aired

1982

Last Aired

1984

Seasons

2

Episodes

8

Episode Length

50 min

Genre

Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Network

BBC One

Status

Ended

Rating

7.3 / 10 (4 votes)

Top Cast

Richard Griffiths

Henry Jay

Carole Nimmons

Anne Jay

Lee Montague

Roche

Jan Holden

Mrs Lucas

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