Codename Icarus is a British

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 television

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 serial made by the BBC

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 in 1981.

The series combined elements of teenage drama and conspiracy thriller. It involved child prodigies

Child prodigy

A child prodigy is someone who, at an early age, masters one or more skills far beyond his or her level of maturity. One criterion for classifying prodigies is: a prodigy is a child, typically younger than 18 years old, who is performing at the level of a highly trained adult in a very demanding...

 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

Philip Locke

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 as John Doll. The BBC and Knight books released a novelization

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 of the series by Richard Cooper in 1981.

The serial has been released on DVD

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 in the United States

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