Bird of Prey (TV serial)

For the 2002 American TV series, see Birds of Prey (TV series).
Bird of Prey

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Genre Drama
Created by Ron Hutchinson
Starring Richard Griffiths
Carole Nimmons
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 8
Production
Producer(s) Michael Wearing
Production company(s) BBC
Release
Original network BBC1
Original release 22 April 1982 – 27 September 1984


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. It was directed by Michael Rolfe. The second series was co-written with Lee Montague.

The series starred Richard Griffiths and Carole Nimmons as Henry and Anne Jay: Henry is a humble civil servant who finds that he and his wife are drawn into a conspiracy involving the mysterious Le Pouvoir organisation. A sequel, Bird of Prey 2 followed in 1984.



Cast

Series 1

  • Richard Griffiths as Henry Jay
  • Carole Nimmons as Anne Jay
  • Nigel Davenport as Charles Bridgnorth
  • Christopher Logue as Hugo Jardine
  • Jeremy Child as Tony Hendersly
  • Roger Sloman as Harry Tomkins
  • Trevor Martin as Chambers
  • Pamela Moiseiwitsch as Miss Lucas
  • Richard Ireson as Detective Sergeant Vine
  • Jim Broadbent as Detective Inspector Richardson
  • Michael O'Hagan as Detective Constable Slater
  • Billy Hamon as Detective Constable Morrisey
  • Sally Faulkner as Hannah Brent
  • Mandy Rice-Davies as Julia
  • Nicholas Chargrin as Louis Vacheron
  • Rudi Delhem as Hotel Porter
  • Wolfe Morris as Mr. Martin
  • Henry Stamper as Dalgleish
  • Guido Adorni as Mario
  • Eddie Mineo as Dino

Series 2


Filming locations

Bird of Prey made heavy use of outdoor locations around the Docklands and City Of London while Bird of Prey 2 included the newly built Blackfriars in London and Silbury Boulevard in Milton Keynes.

Bird of Prey and Bird of Prey 2 were released together on DVD9 x 2, BBC 2 Entertain, CCTV30316 (Region 2 + 4 colour PAL, UK) in 2006.

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