Red Fox (TV series)
| Red Fox | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, thriller |
| Written by | James McManus (screenplay) Gerald Seymour (novel) |
| Directed by | Ian Toynton |
| Starring |
John Hurt Jane Birkin Didier Flamand François Négret Brian Cox |
| Composer(s) | Alan Parker |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Nick Elliott Muir Sutherland |
| Producer(s) | Adrian Bate Ian Toynton |
| Location(s) |
London, England, UK Paris, France |
| Running time | 150 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Celtic Films LWT |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 8 December – 15 December 1991 |
Red Fox is a tense contemporary thriller based on the international bestselling novel by Gerald Seymour. Originally aired on ITV for two parts between 8 and 15 December 1991, it stars John Hurt, Jane Birkin, Didier Flamand, François Négret and Brian Cox. It was produced by Celtic Films in association with LWT for ITV.
The series begins when Geoffrey Harrison (Brian Cox), a top executive with British Defence Industries, is kidnapped in Paris and, when held to ransom, his company and the British Embassy are unwilling to meet his captors demands. Wanting to avoid publicity and secure a lucrative French defence contract, matters are made worse when the British and French Governments are refuse to negotiate with the kidnappers, Archie Carpenter (John Hurt), Headmaster of Internal Security at BDI, is assigned to investigate the kidnapping, and finds an unexpected ally in a name of Paul de Vigny (Didier Flamand), an agent with the French MI5. As Harrison's fate hangs in the balance, Carpenter risks his life in the fight to save him but the nightmare has only just begun.
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