Michael J. Bird
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Michael J. Bird (31 October 1928, in London – 11 May 2001, in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire) was an English writer. In addition to several novels, he is best remembered for his television drama series for the BBC, usually set in the Mediterranean. The Lotus Eaters (1972–1973) and Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977) were set in Crete, The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979) was set in Cyprus, and The Dark Side of the Sun (1983) took place on Rhodes. His final series for the BBC ended this practice as Maelstrom (1985) was set in Norway.
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Michael J. Bird (Londen, 31 oktober 1928 — Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 11 mei 2001) was een Britse auteur. Bird schreef enkele romans, waaronder The Town That Died: a chronicle of the Halifax disaster (Souvenir Press of London 1962). Hij is echter het bekendst door de tv-series die hij in opdracht van de BBC schreef. Dit zijn The Lotus Eaters en Wie betaalt de veerman? die zich afspeelden op Kreta, gesitueerd op Cyprus en die plaatsvindt op Rodos. Al deze series spelen rond de Middellandse Zee. De laatste serie, , speelt in Noorwegen.
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Michael J. Bird (31 October 1928, in London – 11 May 2001, in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire) was an English writer. In addition to several novels, he is best remembered for his television drama series for the BBC, usually set in the Mediterranean. The Lotus Eaters (1972–1973) and Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977) were set in Crete, The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979) was set in Cyprus, and The Dark Side of the Sun (1983) took place on Rhodes. His final series for the BBC ended this practice as Maelstrom (1985) was set in Norway. Bird also wrote for the following series during his career: Danger Man, Special Branch, Quiller, The Onedin Line, Out of the Unknown ("To Lay a Ghost" and "The Uninvited"), Arthur of the Britons, Secret Army and Warship. Bird formed his own production company, named Gryphon Productions, and negotiated a number of co-productions with the BBC. He was the author of The Town That Died: a Chronicle of the Halifax Disaster, released by Souvenir Press of London in 1962. In 2006, The Life and Work of the Man Who Created The Lotus Eaters, a biography of Bird, was released by David Rice via Krasakis Press.
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Michael J. Bird (Londen, 31 oktober 1928 — Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 11 mei 2001) was een Britse auteur. Bird schreef enkele romans, waaronder The Town That Died: a chronicle of the Halifax disaster (Souvenir Press of London 1962). Hij is echter het bekendst door de tv-series die hij in opdracht van de BBC schreef. Dit zijn The Lotus Eaters en Wie betaalt de veerman? die zich afspeelden op Kreta, gesitueerd op Cyprus en die plaatsvindt op Rodos. Al deze series spelen rond de Middellandse Zee. De laatste serie, , speelt in Noorwegen. Bird was mede-auteur van de tv-series , Special Branch, , The Onedin Line, , Secret Army en .
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