Michael J Bird

Michael J Bird Tribute Website

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to related (or useful, or just plain interesting) websites

Janet Munro Tribute Site

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 Lotus Eaters review here was written by a friend of the MJB site, Darren Giddings, and is worth reading.

wHom

A partial episode guide for The Lotus Eaters and a handful of pictures (I shamelessly nicked).
When I first began researching Michael Bird's work this was virtually the only reference I could find anywhere on the Internet. It is still there - and I have never been able to contact whoever created it.

The Eklektos bookshop

in Elounda is run by Ian Rees, another good friend of this web site, and his partner Chris.

Ian now hosts the web site "Who Pays the Ferryman?"

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!)

Dave Rice - Freelance Writer

My general writing website - much neglected because of the amount of time I spend here! but it does have samples of some of my other work.

OTHER TV PROFESSIONALS

Edmund Ward

was another prolific TV writer. I came across this tribute site by chance. If you enjoyed the golden days of British TV drama then spend some time getting to know another of its creators.

Wilfred Greatorex

another leading British scriptwriter died in October 2002. His obituary from the Guardian looks back over his career.

Gerard Glaister

a leading BBC producer with whom Michael Bird worked on a number of shows. A good retrospective. Jeremy Paul

was a contemporary of Bird's who also wrote for The Informer and Out of the Unknown

TV RELATED SITES WORTH A VISIT

Century Falls

dedicated to Dark Season and Century Falls: two early nineties sci-fi television series written by Russell T Davies (latterly of Dr Who fame) and broadcast by Children’s BBC 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.

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." Square-eyed TV

Richard Spurr's television web site is well worth a visit.

Action TV Homepage

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.)

Cult TV

Another excellent and growing resource.

TV Profiles

Interesting site looking at some of the less high profile folk who created good TV, including "some of the best TV writers".
Naturally Michael J. Bird gets his own page.

Michael J Bird Tribute Website

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Janet Munro Tribute Site 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 Lotus Eaters review here was written by a friend of the MJB site, Darren Giddings, and is worth reading.
wHom A partial episode guide for The Lotus Eaters and a handful of pictures (I shamelessly nicked). When I first began researching Michael Bird's work this was virtually the only reference I could find anywhere on the Internet. It is still there - and I have never been able to contact whoever created it.		The Eklektos bookshop in Elounda is run by Ian Rees, another good friend of this web site, and his partner Chris. Ian now hosts the web site "Who Pays the Ferryman?"
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!)
Dave Rice - Freelance Writer My general writing website - much neglected because of the amount of time I spend here! but it does have samples of some of my other work.
OTHER TV PROFESSIONALS
Edmund Ward was another prolific TV writer. I came across this tribute site by chance. If you enjoyed the golden days of British TV drama then spend some time getting to know another of its creators.		Wilfred Greatorex another leading British scriptwriter died in October 2002. His obituary from the Guardian looks back over his career.
Gerard Glaister a leading BBC producer with whom Michael Bird worked on a number of shows. A good retrospective.		Jeremy Paul was a contemporary of Bird's who also wrote for The Informer and Out of the Unknown
TV RELATED SITES WORTH A VISIT
Century Falls dedicated to Dark Season and Century Falls: two early nineties sci-fi television series written by Russell T Davies (latterly of Dr Who fame) and broadcast by Children’s BBC		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.
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."		Square-eyed TV Richard Spurr's television web site is well worth a visit.
Action TV Homepage 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.)
Cult TV Another excellent and growing resource.		TV Profiles Interesting site looking at some of the less high profile folk who created good TV, including "some of the best TV writers". Naturally Michael J. Bird gets his own page.