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Line 22: The story was inspired by the author watching a man ploughing a field while seagulls were wheeling and diving above him; Du Maurier developed the idea of these birds becoming hostile and attacking. <ref>[http://www.dumaurier.org/birds.html ''The Birds'' at DuMaurier.org]</ref> The east wind which - it is implied - is connected to the birds' attack, is a possible reference to the threat of [[Communism]] and the [[Cold War]] in which the [[USA]] and [[UK]] were embroiled in the 1950s and 1960s{{Who\|date=March 2009}}. ==Radio and TV dramatizations== The story was dramatized for radio and TV several times, including: Episode 838 of ''[[Lux Radio Theater]]'' on July 20, 1953 with [[Herbert Marshall]] Episode 217 of ''[[Escape (radio program)\|Escape]]'' on July 10, 1954 with [[Ben Wright (actor)\|Ben Wright]] and [[Virginia Gregg]] Episode 240 (final show in the series) of CBS-TV series ''Danger'' on May 31, 1955 with [[Michael Strong]] and [[Betty Lou Holland]] An adaptation by [[Melissa Murray]], for [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[The Saturday Play]]'', last broadcast on May 26, 2007<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007lkyb The Birds] from the [[BBC Radio 4]] website</ref>