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)

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]

Plot summary

Billy Fox is outwardly a retired Covent Garden market porter,[3] but is involved in crime in London's East End.[4]

Cast

The Fox family

List of episodes

  1. "King Billy"
  2. "Arched Fingers for Bach, Flat Fingers for Love"
  3. "Pugilism Not Vandalism"
  4. "It's All Them Psychia-Whatever-You-Call-It Books He Reads"
  5. "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble"
  6. "Stick or Twist"
  7. "The Perfect Scapegoat Syndrome"
  8. "'If It's Good Enough for New Orleans, It's Good Enough for Clapham"
  9. "Fox Big 'F' – Family"
  10. "Just an Iron Monkey"
  11. "Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit"
  12. "Oh Dear – Oh Dear – Oh Dear!"
  13. "The Family ... and the Future"

Awards

References

  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.
  3. ^ Goodall, Nigel (2011). Ray Winstone: The Biography. The Story of the Ultimate Screen Hard Man. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781843582328.
  4. ^ Blackhall, Sue (2010). Billy Nighy - The Unauthorised Biography. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781784185176.
  5. ^ Hayward, Anthony (17 May 2018). "Trevor Preston obituary". The Guardian. London.
  6. ^ "Television in 1981". BAFTA. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

External links


Works directed by Jim Goddard
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