Bird of Prey

A brainy, retro-tech conspiracy thriller that feels like a tense puzzle box with early-80s electronic unease.

Created by

Ron Hutchinson

Genres

Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

Richard Griffiths, Carole Nimmons, Jeremy Child

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'.

How it feels

Tense, cynical, satirical and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Conspiracy, technology, crime, deception

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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