Fax (TV series)

Fax
Genre	Educational
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	48
Production
Production location	New Broadcasting House [1]
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	BBC Manchester
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	7 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.