The Fear (2012 TV series)

British television drama series

The Fear

Genre| Crime drama
Created by| Richard Cottan
Directed by| Michael Samuels
Starring| Peter Mullan
Harry Lloyd
Paul Nicholls
Anastasia Hille
Danny Sapani
Nigel Lindsay
Richard E. Grant
Theme music composer| Dan Jones
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 4
Production
Executive producers| Richard Cottan
Simon Heath
Paul Stevens
Producer| Tim Bricknell
Cinematography| Gavin Finney
Running time| 60 minutes
Production companies| World Productions
BBC Worldwide
Original release
Network| Channel 4
Release| 3 December (2012-12-03) –
6 December 2012 (2012-12-06)

The Fear is a four-part drama television series created by Richard Cottan, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 December 2012.[1][2] The series, broadcast over four consecutive nights, stars Peter Mullan as Brighton-based criminal kingpin Richie Beckett, who finds himself waging war on an Albanian sex trafficking gang trying to muscle in on his turf, whilst dealing with the onset symptoms of dementia.[3]

The Fear stars Harry Lloyd and Paul Nicholls as Richie's children, Matty and Cal, and Anastasia Hille as his wife, Jo.[4] The series averaged an audience of 1.25 million viewers across its four-night run.[5] The series' cinematography by Gavin Finney won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction at the 2013 British Academy Television Craft Awards.[6] The series has been released on DVD in Europe, but remains unreleased on home media in the UK.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "The Fear, Channel 4, review". Telegraph. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
2. ^ "The Fear". World Productions. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
3. ^ "The Fear" - via Amazon.
4. ^ Geoghegan, Kev (3 December 2012). "Mullan faces The Fear in TV drama" - via www.bbc.co.uk.
5. ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes - BARB". www.barb.co.uk.
6. ^ "Television Craft | Photography And Lighting - Fiction in 2013". Awards.bafta.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
7. ^ "The Fear (DVD)". Editions Montparnasse - La Culture en DVD, Blu-ray et VOD.

## External links

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* The Fear at IMDb

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