Blood Money is a British television

British television

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 serial written by Arden Winch and produced by the BBC

BBC

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 in 1981.

The series starred Michael Denison

Michael Denison

John Michael Terence Wellesley Denison CBE was an English actor.-Background:Denison was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire in 1915. He was raised by his aunt and uncle from the age of three weeks, following the death of his mother and his estrangement from his father. He was educated at Harrow...

 as Captain Percival, an operative of British Special Intelligence, who works with Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard

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 to solve the kidnapping of the young son of the Administrator General of the United Nations

United Nations

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 by a terrorist cell.

The six-part serial was produced by Gerard Glaister

Gerard Glaister

John Leslie "Gerard" Glaister DFC, was a British television producer and director best known for his work with the BBC. Amongst his most notable successes as a TV producer were Colditz, The Brothers, Secret Army and Howards' Way.After studying at RADA, Glaister made his West End debut in 1939...

, previously responsible for the Second World War drama series Secret Army. Blood Money also reunited a number of former Secret Army cast members - Bernard Hepton

Bernard Hepton

Bernard Hepton is a British actor of stage, film and television.Hepton is known as a particularly versatile character actor. He trained at Bradford Civic Theatre school under Esme Church along with actors such as Robert Stephens...

 played the Chief Superintendent of the police force who worked with Captain Percival, while Juliet Hammond-Hill

Juliet Hammond-Hill

Juliet Hammond-Hill is an English actress, best known for her role as Natalie Chantrens in all three series of the BBC drama series Secret Army and its 1981 sequel Kessler....

 and Stephen Yardley

Stephen Yardley

Stephen Yardley is an English actor, known for his work on British television between 1965 and 2004.Best known for his role as Ken Masters in the British TV drama Howards' Way , Yardley most recently appeared in the British TV comedy Hex .He made early appearances on TV in the 1960s, in series...

 also appeared as two of the terrorists.

The character of Captain Percival later appeared in two more BBC thriller serials - Skorpion in 1983, involving the pursuit of an assassin in Scotland

Scotland

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, and Cold Warrior in 1984, an eight-part collection of individual stories.