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Michael J. Bird | |
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| Born | (1928-10-31)31 October 1928 London, England |
| Died | 11 May 2001(2001-05-11) (aged 72) Great Shelford,Cambridgeshire, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | English |
| Notable works | The Lotus Eaters, The Town that Died |
Michael John Hereford Bird (31 October 1928, inLondon – 11 May 2001, inGreat Shelford, Cambridgeshire) was an English writer. He was best known for four television drama series he wrote for the BBC, set in the Mediterranean.[1]
The Lotus Eaters (1972–1973) andWho Pays the Ferryman? (1977) were set inCrete,The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979) was set inCyprus, andThe Dark Side of the Sun (1983) took place onRhodes.[citation needed] His final series for the BBC,Maelstrom (1985), was set in Norway.[2]
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 andWarship.
Bird formed his own production company, named Gryphon Productions, and negotiated a number of co-productions with the BBC.
He was the author ofThe 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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