Richard Griffiths
Bird of Prey (1982)
Season 1
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'.
Released April 21, 1982
Episode 50 min
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S1E1 - Input Classified
Henry Jay: Civil Servant, mid-thirties. Good Head for Detail. Prospects: Steady promotion. Index-linked pension. Hobbies: Philately, Hi-fi. Current Project: Computer Fraud Report for Whitehall Trade Ministry. Altogether a seemingly puny obstacle to a massive financial conspiracy - with the bureaucratic clout to silence the inquisitive.
April 22, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - Mode Murder
Murder and the power to subvert officialdom: Henry Jay has good reason to believe in "Le Pouvior" and its likes with the growing evidence of a financial conspiracy. A dead detective's legacy - a file pointing to a Euro MP and a girl in Brussels - leaves Henry no option but to pick up the trail.
April 29, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - Process Priority
One name recurs in Henry Jay's single-handed investigation into the affairs of "Le Pouvoir" - Euro MP Hugo Jardine. With British Intelligence now implicated in the cover-up, Henry has a story to sell - if he can stay alive long enough.
May 6, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - Printout Urgent
Henry at bay. His home in ruins, his allies and hard-won.
May 13, 1982, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: April 21, 1982
Last Air Date: Sept. 27, 1984, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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