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This article is about the 1982 British TV serial. For the 2002 American TV series, see Birds of Prey (TV series). For other uses, see Bird of prey (disambiguation).

Bird of Prey
Freeze-frame from the computer block-graphic style animated title sequence
GenreDrama
Created byRon Hutchinson
StarringRichard Griffiths
Carole Nimmons
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerMichael Wearing
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release22 April 1982 (1982-04-22) –
27 September 1984 (1984-09-27)

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 an international conspiracy involving the mysterious Le Pouvoir organisation. A sequel, Bird of Prey 2 followed in 1984.

Plot outline

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Series 1

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Henry Jay, a lacklustre and predictable government clerk compiling statistics and writing reports on computer fraud, suddenly finds himself with the threads of an international computer fraud in his hands. Forced to flee his wife and home when bodies start littering his path, he unexpectedly evades pursuit long enough to realise that his one chance at survival is to complete the puzzle and turn the tables on his pursuers – thus turning this very unlikely candidate into a "bird of prey".

Series 2

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Again under attack, Henry Jay must escape the clutches of a professional assassin who is interested in having a piece of the action and the country they are in, find a way to eliminate the dangers, and permanently safeguard his wife and himself.

Cast

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Filming locations

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Bird of Prey (first season) makes heavy use of outdoor locations around the Docklands and the City of London, while Bird of Prey 2 includes the newly built Blackfriars in London and Silbury Boulevard in Milton Keynes. The outside of Richard Griffith's house, supposedly in Pinner, was filmed in Selly Park, Birmingham.[citation needed]

DVD release

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

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