Michael J Bird Tribute Website |
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Janet Munro Tribute Website
A real labour of love - beautifully put together and well worth a visit. Janet Munro was married to Ian Hendry, star of The Lotus Eaters, and although they were heading for a divorce, her tragic death in 1972 while they were filming the series hit Ian Hendry hard. Webmaster Liam Byrne has been a good friend to this site. |
IMDB Entry for The Lotus Eaters Many people seem to find the IMDB useful - personally I have never understood why - it is very superficial and frequently inaccurate. That said, the review of The Lotus Eaters here was written by a friend of the MJB website, Darren Giddings, and is worth reading. |
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The Real Lotus Eaters The story of Dennis and Fiona Watt could easily have been the inspiration for Michael Bird's work - and vice versa! |
Cretan Vista An excellent resource for anyone thinking of moving to Crete. (Dennis and Fiona would have found it invaluable!) | |
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Wilfred Greatorex another leading British scriptwriter died in October 2002. His obituary from the Guardian looks back over his career. |
Jeremy Paul was a contemporary of Bird's who also wrote for The Informer and Out of the Unknown |
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Alexandra Bastedo![]() starred in Michael Bird's series The Aphrodite Inheritance - created for the BBC in 1979. The Alexandra Bastedo website is at http://www.alexandra-bastedo.com. |
Peter Egan![]() starred in Michael Bird's series The Dark Side of the Sun - created for the BBC in 1979. Peter has his own website at http://www.peter-egan.co.uk. |
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Gerard Glaister a leading BBC producer with whom Michael Bird worked on a number of shows. A good retrospective. |
Carol Royle![]() starred in Michael Bird's series The Outsider - created for Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Carol has her own website at http://www.carolroyle.co.uk. |
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MediaGems " ... is devoted to a selection of what used to be or still are rare or less well known items from various areas: film, television, music and literature." Webmaster Werner Schmitz says: "It is my intention to arouse your curiosity and interest by presenting a wealth of information in content, style and relevance of these items." |
Television Heaven Laurence Marcus's excellent resource for anyone interested in old TV. I have contributed a few pages (The Lotus Eaters, Who Pays the Ferryman? and Ronald Fraser's series The Misfit) and hope to do a few more when time permits. You could spend hours there. Literally. |
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StarTrader home of Action TV > another great resource for anyone interested in "old TV" (the shows they don't make them like anymore!) |
Kaleidoscope "Kaleidoscope is a voluntary, non profit-making group devoted to the appreciation and research of vintage television in all its forms." (They also organise some great TV retro conventions.) |
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