Name: Bird of Prey
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1982-04-22
Rating: 3.6

Overview

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'.

Seasons

Series 1

4 Episodes

1982

E01

Input Classified

4/22/1982·50m

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.

E02

Mode Murder

4/29/1982·50m

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.

E03

Process Priority

5/6/1982·50m

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.

E04

Printout Urgent

5/13/1982·50m

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

Series 2

4 Episodes

1984

E01

Death + Taxes

9/6/1984·50m

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

E02

A State of the Art Way to Die

9/13/1984·50m

Henry and Anne go undercover in St. Leonards-on-Sea. His recent promotion means that he has to be vetted and what is uncovered is passed straight to the political head of Henry's department.

E03