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The Fixer (TV series)
Encyclopedia
The Fixer is a British
drama television series, produced by Kudos
for ITV
. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of an ex-British Special Forces
soldier arrested by police after he killed his aunt and uncle following his discharge from the military. He is recruited from prison to serve in a covert police squad as a government-backed assassin responsible for eliminating criminals and renegade police officers that the law cannot apprehend.
on BBC One
which achieved double the share of that time slot.
Season One of The Fixer received a Royal Television Society award for Best Series.
A second season of the show was ordered because of its high ratings, which launched to 4.22 million viewers in September 2009.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
drama television series, produced by Kudos
Kudos (production company)
Kudos Film and Television is a British independent film and television production company. It has produced television series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and its productions include Spooks , Hustle, Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard and M.I. High...
for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of an ex-British Special Forces
Special forces
Special forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...
soldier arrested by police after he killed his aunt and uncle following his discharge from the military. He is recruited from prison to serve in a covert police squad as a government-backed assassin responsible for eliminating criminals and renegade police officers that the law cannot apprehend.
Cast
- Andrew BuchanAndrew Buchan-Early life:Buchan was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and brought up in the suburb of Lostock in Bolton. He attended the nearby Rivington and Blackrod High School in Horwich....
as John Mercer - Peter MullanPeter MullanPeter Mullan is a Scottish actor and film-maker who has been appearing in films since 1990.-Early life:Mullan, the sixth of eight children, was born in Peterhead in the northeast of Scotland, the son of Patricia, a nurse, and Charles Mullan, a lab technician who worked at Glasgow University. He...
as Lenny Douglas - Tamzin OuthwaiteTamzin OuthwaiteTamzin Maria Outhwaite is an award-winning English actress. She became known for her role as Melanie Owen in the British soap opera EastEnders, whom she portrayed from 1998 until 2002.-Early career:...
as Rose Chamberlain - Jody LathamJody LathamJody Lee Latham is an English actor, best known for his roles as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher in the British Channel 4 series Shameless, Calum McKenzie in the ITV series The Fixer, and Rob Grayson in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders....
as Calum McKenzie - Elisa Terren as Manuela
- Liz WhiteLiz White (actress)Liz White is an English actress, best known for her regular role as WPC/WDC Annie Cartwright in the BBC time travel drama Life on Mars, which began in January 2006...
as Jess Mercer (Season One) - Elliot CowanElliot CowanElliot Cowan is an English actor, known for portraying Corporal Jem Poynton in Ultimate Force, Mr Darcy in Lost in Austen and Ptolemy in the 2004 film Alexander.-Background:...
as Matt Symmonds (Season Two)
Reception
The first episode received an audience of 6.65 million viewers, a 26.5% share. and episode two dropped 1.4m viewers, drawing 5.23 million, a 21.3% share of the audience. The last episode in the series managed 3.84 million (13.3% share), competing against the start of a new run of Waking the DeadWaking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
which achieved double the share of that time slot.
Season One of The Fixer received a Royal Television Society award for Best Series.
A second season of the show was ordered because of its high ratings, which launched to 4.22 million viewers in September 2009.
Season One
| Date | Episode | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 March 2008 | 1 | 6.65 |
| 17 March 2008 | 2 | 5.23 |
| 24 March 2008 | 3 | 4.75 |
| 31 March 2008 | 4 | 4.81 |
| 7 April 2008 | 5 | 4.80 |
| 14 April 2008 | 6 | 3.84 |
Season Two
| Date | Episode | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2009 | 1 | 4.22 |
| 8 September 2009 | 2 | 3.88 |
| 15 September 2009 | 3 | 3.59 |
| 22 September 2009 | 4 | 3.51 |
| 29 September 2009 | 5 | 3.21 |
| 6 October 2009 | 6 | 2.82 |