the iconic 1963 film will be remade into a contemporary television drama which will be written by irish playwright and writer conor mcpherson reported digitalspy the movie featured tippi hedren as melanie daniels a wealthy san francisco socialite who follows a potential boyfriend to a small town in california where birds have started terrorising the residents instead of california the bbc version will be set in rural cornwall where a farmhand and his community is being terrorised by flocks of birds and seagulls shortly after the end of world war ii despite a few noticeable changes the story will remain true to daphne du mauriers original 1952 novella of the same name the show will be produced by heyday television