Bird of Prey
Bird of Prey

Bird of Prey

1982 2 Seasons 8 Episodes ⭐ 7.3 Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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'.

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'.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Input Classified

Henry Jay: Civil Servant, mid-thirties. Good Head for Detail. Prospects: Steady promotion. Index-linked pension. Hobbies

EP 2

Mode Murder

Murder and the power to subvert officialdom: Henry Jay has good reason to believe in "Le Pouvior" and its likes with the

EP 3

Process Priority

One name recurs in Henry Jay's single-handed investigation into the affairs of "Le Pouvoir" - Euro MP Hugo Jardine. With

EP 4

Printout Urgent

Henry at bay. His home in ruins, his allies and hard-won.

EP 1

Death + Taxes

Richard Griffiths again stars as the reluctant hero, Henry Jay, the mild-mannered civil servant.

EP 2

A State of the Art Way to Die

Henry and Anne go undercover in St. Leonards-on-Sea. His recent promotion means that he has to be vetted and what is unc

EP 3

Ducks in a Row

Henry continues to be threatened by the sinister Le Pouvier computer-crime syndicate.

EP 4

Trapdoor + Spook

Henry discovers that he is on the hit list of Le Pouvier's hired assassin.

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