Codename Icarus

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Cover of the BBC book accompanying the series
Cover of the BBC book accompanying the series

Codename Icarus is a British television serial made by the BBC in 1981.

The series combines elements of teenage drama and conspiracy thriller as it involves child prodigies being manipulated as the basis for a complex scheme involving nuclear missiles and the mysterious Icarus Foundation's plot to take over the world.

It starred Barry Angel as child prodigy Martin Smith and Philip Locke as John Doll. The BBC and Knight books released a novelisation of the series, written by Richard Cooper in 1981.

The serial has been released on DVD in the United States.

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