The Fear (2012 TV series)

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The Fear
Genre Crime drama
Created byRichard Cottan
Directed byMichael Samuels
Starring Peter Mullan
Harry Lloyd
Paul Nicholls
Anastasia Hille
Danny Sapani
Nigel Lindsay
Richard E. Grant
Theme music composerDan Jones
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersRichard Cottan
Simon Heath
Paul Stevens
ProducerTim Bricknell
Cinematography Gavin Finney
Running time60 minutes
Production companies World Productions
BBC Worldwide
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release3 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, all whilst trying to deal with the onset symptoms of dementia. [3]

The Fear also 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]

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