The Fear (2012)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 3 episodes
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An aging crime boss in Brighton struggles to hold onto his criminal empire while an Albanian gang tries to take over. He also deals with the early stages of dementia, which affects his family and his ability to lead.
bleaktensegrimgrittyslow-burnsuspensefulmelancholicemotional
What happens
The Fear is a four-part drama television series created by Richard Cottan, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 December 2012. 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. The Fear stars Harry Lloyd and Paul Nicholls as Richie's children, Matty and Cal, and Anastasia Hille as his wife, Jo. The series averaged an audience of 1.25 million viewers across its four-night run. 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. The series has been released on DVD in Europe, but remains unreleased on home media in the UK. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Civvies (1992)
The Fear (1988)
The Long Shadow (2023)
Rebus (2024)
Fallen (2004)
Instinct (2007)
Bloodlands (2021)
We, the Accused- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.