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Michael J. Bird


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London, England, The United Kingdom

Michael John Hereford Bird (31 October 1928– 11 May 2001) was an English writer.

He was best known for four television drama series he wrote for the BBC, set in the Mediterranean. The Lotus Eaters and Who Pays the Ferryman? were set in Crete, The Aphrodite Inheritance was set in Cyprus, and The Dark Side of the Sun took place on Rhodes.

Bird formed his own production company, named Gryphon Productions, and negotiated a number of co-productions with the BBC.

He was also the author of The Town That Died: a Chronicle of the Halifax Disaster, released in 1962.

Average rating: 4.0 · 439 ratings · 59 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
Who Pays The Ferryman?

4.19 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions
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The Town That Died: A Chron...

3.85 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1967 — 15 editions
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The Aphrodite Inheritance

3.95 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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Maelstrom

4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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The Secret Battalion

3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions
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Dark Side of the Sun

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2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1983
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Bedazzled

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions
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