Fax
GenreEducational
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes48
Production
Production locationNew Broadcasting House[1]
Running time25 minutes
Production companyBBC Manchester
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release7 January 1986 (1986-01-07) –
24 April 1988 (1988-04-24)

Fax is a British educational show, which included viewers sending in question, which aired on BBC1 from 7 January 1986 to 24 April 1988. The series was presented by Bill Oddie, Wendy Leavesley, Debbie Rix and Billy Butler.

Transmissions

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 7 January 1986[2] 7 March 1986[3] 16
2 6 January 1987[4] 27 February 1987[5] 16
3 3 January 1988[6] 24 April 1988[7] 16

The show was created to fill a vacant time slot after the BBC replaced Sixty Minutes with the Six O'Clock News, creating a gap between the end of children's shows and the beginning of the news. The third series of Fax was moved to a Sunday teatime slot, when Michael Grade moved the Australian soap Neighbours to the early evening on weekdays.

References

  1. ^ "Old BBC Regional Production Studios". TV Studio History. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Fax – BBC One London – 7 January 1986". BBC Genome Project. 7 January 1986. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Fax – BBC One London – 7 March 1986". BBC Genome Project. 7 March 1986. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Fax – BBC One London – 6 January 1987". BBC Genome Project. 6 January 1987. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Fax – BBC One London – 27 February 1987". BBC Genome Project. 27 February 1987. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Fax – BBC One London – 3 January 1988". BBC Genome Project. 3 January 1988. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Fax – BBC One London – 24 April 1988". BBC Genome Project. 24 April 1988. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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