Fox Classics

For the channel in Japan that replaced Fox Crime, see Fox Classics (Japan). For the channel in Latin America formerly known as Fox Classics, see Star Premium.

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Television channel

Fox Classics

Country| Australia
Programming
Language(s)| English
Timeshift service| Fox Classics+2
Ownership
Owner| Foxtel Networks
Sister channels| Foxtel Networks channels
History
Launched| 2 December 2000[1]
Former names| Fox Kids (Shared Channel)
Links
Website| foxclassics.com.au

FOX Classics is an Australian cable and satellite channel that specializes in showing television series and ad-free classic movies, themed movie nights and miniseries from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

## History[edit]

FOX Classics began as a channel shared with FX and then Fox Kids (which itself had moved from a block on Fox8 and also Shared time with The History Channel (Fox Travel/History/Soap/Talk until 1998 when the Soap and Talk Shows Moved to FX which rebrands to focus on a Female Audience) when FX Separated in 2000.

This version of the channel was a night shift for the Fox Kids channel in Australia, when Fox Kids ended at a specific time (late afternoon for the most part) on Channel 6, FOX Classics began. It was essentially, ad-free classic movies (mostly from the 20th Century Fox library), hosted by Bill Collins, who would give background information and trivia about the movie to the audience, before and after the movie.[2] Eventually Fox Kids moved back to Fox8 on 1 February 2004[3] and FOX Classics became a 24-hour channel.

In November 2008, with the addition of 111 Hits and the change in direction of the network to a catalog of 50s, 60s and 70s programs, a large amount of newer material mainly sitcoms were moved from FOX Classics.

## Current Programming[edit]

* 'Allo 'Allo!
* Are You Being Served?
* As Time Goes By
* Blackadder
* Bless Me, Father
* Dad’s Army
* Father Ted
* Fawlty Towers
* Keeping Up Appearances
* Only Fools and Horses
* One Foot in the Grave
* Open All Hours
* Porridge
* Yes, Prime Minister
* The Young Ones
* The Addams Family
* F Troop
* Gilligan’s Island
* Hogan's Heroes
* Jeopardy!
* M*A*S*H
* McHale's Navy
* The Munsters
* The Beverly Hillbillies
* I Love Lucy
* The Lucy Show
* Bonanza
* Laramie
* Laredo
* Rawhide
* The Wild Wild West

## Former programming[edit]

* Hey, Dad
* Kingswood Country
* Mother and Son
* Parkinson
* The Saint
* Absolutely Fabulous
* The Benny Hill Show
* Bottom
* The New Statesman
* On the Buses
* Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
* The Vicar of Dibley
* Agatha Christie’s Poirot
* 3rd Rock from the Sun
* The Commish
* Green Acres
* Mister Ed
* Little House on the Prairie
* Evening Shade
* Hill Street Blues
* The Mary Tyler Moore Show
* Combat!
* The Ed Sullivan Show
* The Phil Silvers Show
* Hart to Hart
* The Honeymooners
* The Odd Couple
* Gunsmoke
* Maverick
* The Virginian
* Ironside
* China Beach
* Tour of Duty
* Caroline in the City
* NYPD Blue
* Laverne & Shirley
* The Waltons
* Full House
* Murphy Brown
* The Drew Carey Show
* Friends
* The Golden Girls
* Home Improvement
* Jake and the Fatman
* Matlock
* Miami Vice
* Murder, She Wrote
* The Rockford Files
* Spin City
* Batman
* Lost in Space
* Get Smart
* Happy Days
* Mork & Mindy
* Everybody Loves Raymond
* The King of Queens
* Diagnosis Murder
* MacGyver
* Walker, Texas Ranger

## References[edit]

1. ^ Murdoch, Blake (28 November 2000). "New pay TV offerings from Australia's Foxtel". The Hollywood Reporter. BPI. 365 (43): 10. ISSN 0018-3660. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
2. ^ "Mr Movies' classic passion". Sunday Herald Sun. 8 April 2001.
3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20040219182801/http://www.foxtel.com.au/channel/details.jsp?chnl=CLA Fox Classics

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Foxtel

Channels|

* Fox One
* Fox Arena
* Lifestyle
* Fox8
* Fox Comedy
* Fox Crime
* Fox Classics
* Fox Docos
* Fox Sci-Fi
* Fox Showcase
* Fox Sleuth
* BoxSets
* A&E Australia
* Lifestyle Food
* Lifestyle Home
* Foxtel Movies
* Foxtel Box Office
* History
* Crime + Investigation
* Real Life

| Fox Sports|

* Fox Cricket
* Fox Footy
* Fox League
* Fox Sports News

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Joint ventures|

* Nickelodeon (35%)
* Nick Jr. (35%)
* NickMusic (35%)
* Main Event (66.6%)

Defunct channels|

* Bio.
* Channel [V]
* Fox Footy Channel
* Fox Funny
* Fox Hits
* Fox Kids
* Foxtel 3D
* Fuel TV
* Lifestyle You
* SoHo
* Speed
* Binge
* TV Hits
* 111
* [V]
* Foxtel Arts
* Foxtel Smooth
* Max
* Country Music Channel
* The Comedy Channel

Streaming|

* Streamotion
* BINGE
* Flash
* Kayo Sports
* WatchAFL
* WatchNRL
* Foxtel Now

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Subscription television channels in Australia

* Fetch TV
* Foxtel
* Kayo Sports
* Optus Television
* TransACT

Entertainment
and drama|

* A&E
* BBC First
* BBC UKTV
* Boxsets
* Comedy Central
* Fox Arena
* Fox One
* Fox Crime
* Fox8
* Fox Docos
* Fox Classics
* Fox Comedy
* Fox Showcase
* Fox Sci-Fi
* Fox Sleuth
* MTV
* Real Life
* Universal TV

Lifestyle|

* FashionTV
* Food Network
* HGTV
* Lifestyle
* Lifestyle Food
* Lifestyle Home
* TLC
* Travel Channel

Religious|

* Australian Christian Channel
* Daystar
* Hillsong Channel
* SonLife

Home Shopping|

* Expo Channel
* TVSN

Movies|

* Foxtel Movies

Sport|

* BeIN Sports
* ESPN
* ESPN2
* Fox Cricket
* Fox Footy
* Fox League
* Fox Sports
* Fox Sports News
* Main Event
* NBL TV
* Optus Sport
* Sky Racing

News|

* Al Jazeera English
* BBC World News
* Bloomberg Television
* CGTN
* CNA
* CNBC Australia
* CNN International
* Euronews
* France 24
* Fox News Channel
* HLN
* MSNBC
* NDTV 24x7
* NHK World
* RT
* Sky News
* Sky News Extra
* Sky News UK
* Sky News Weather Channel
* TRT World

Documentary|

* Animal Planet
* BBC Earth
* Crime + Investigation
* Discovery
* Discovery Science
* Discovery Turbo
* History
* Investigation Discovery

Kids and family|

* BabyTV
* BBC Kids
* Boomerang
* Cartoon Network
* CBeebies
* Nick Jr.
* Nickelodeon
* ZooMoo

Music|

* Club MTV
* CMT
* MTV Classic
* MTV Hits
* NickMusic
* Stingray CMusic

Specialty|

* Al Jazeera
* ANT1 Pacific
* ART
* Aurora Community Channel
* eGG Network
* The Filipino Channel
* LDC
* Rai Italia

Defunct|

* Asia Business News
* BBC HD
* BBC Knowledge
* Binge
* Bio
* C7 Sport
* Channel [V]
* Club Superstation
* CNNfn
* The Comedy Channel
* CMC
* Discovery HD World
* Discovery Home & Health
* Discovery Kids
* Disney Channel
* Disney Junior
* Disney XD
* E!
* Eurosport 1
* Eurosport News
* Fox Footy Channel
* Fox Funny
* Fox Kids
* Fuel TV
* FX
* Horizon Learning Channel
* HOW TO Channel
* KidsCo
* Lifestyle You
* LocalVision
* MAD World
* Max
* Movie Network Channels
* MTV Music
* MTV Live HD
* National Geographic
* National Geographic Channel HD
* Nat Geo Wild
* Nat Geo People
* Neighbourhood Cable
* Odyssey Channel
* Oh!
* SF Channel
* Showtime Movie Channels
* Sky News Business Channel
* Sky News Election Channel
* Foxtel Arts
* Smooth
* SoHo
* Speed
* Spike
* Sportsplay
* Studio
* Style Network
* Syfy
* The Soundtrack Channel
* 13th Street
* TechTV
* TV1
* TVH!TS
* TVN
* Turner Classic Movies
* UBI World TV
* [V]
* Weatherzone
* Wine TV
* World Movies
* Yesshop
* Your Money

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