Fox (TV series)

Fox
GenreDrama
Written byTrevor Preston
Directed byJim Goddard
StarringCindy O'Callaghan
Ray Winstone
Larry Lamb
Bernard Hill
Derrick O'Connor
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerVerity Lambert
Running time60 minutes
Production companyEuston Films for Thames Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release10 March (1980-03-10) –
2 June 1980 (1980-06-02)
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Fox was a British television drama series produced by Euston Films and Thames Television for the ITV network in 1980. Consisting of thirteen episodes, it recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections. It was notable in that it was an early work that featured the criminal as the protagonist.[1]

The series was written by Trevor Preston, for which he received the 1981 Bafta Television Writers' Award. It was produced by Verity Lambert and directed by Jim Goddard.

Goddard noted that a dominant theme of the show was loyalty.[1]

The show aired on Monday nights, but received fewer viewers than BBC's Yes Minister.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cooke, Lez (2015). British Television Drama: A History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 160. ISBN 9781844578962.
  2. ^ Lamb, Larry (2011). Mummy's Boy: My Autobiography. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781444715286.