Fox Classics

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FOX Classics is an Australian cable and satellite channel that specializes in showing television series and ad-free classic movies, themed movie nights and miniseries from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

History[]

FOX Classics began as a channel shared with FX and then Fox Kids (which itself had moved from a block on Fox8 and also Shared time with The History Channel (Fox Travel/History/Soap/Talk until 1998 when the Soap and Talk Shows Moved to FX which rebrands to focus on a Female Audience) when FX Separated in 2000.

This version of the channel was a night shift for the Fox Kids channel in Australia, when Fox Kids ended at a specific time (late afternoon for the most part), FOX Classics began. It was essentially, ad-free classic movies (mostly from the 20th Century Fox library), hosted by Bill Collins, who would give background information and trivia about the movie to the audience, before and after the movie.^[2] Eventually Fox Kids moved back to Fox8 on 1 February 2004^[3] and FOX Classics became a 24-hour channel.

In November 2008, with the addition of 111 Hits and the change in direction of the network to a catalog of 50s, 60s and 70s programs, a large amount of newer material mainly sitcoms were moved from FOX Classics.

Current Programming[]

• 'Allo 'Allo!
• Are You Being Served?
• As Time Goes By
• Blackadder
• Bless Me, Father
• Dad’s Army
• Father Ted
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Only Fools and Horses
• One Foot in the Grave
• Open All Hours
• Porridge
• Yes, Prime Minister
• The Addams Family
• F Troop
• Gilligan’s Island
• Hogan's Heroes
• M*A*S*H
• McHale's Navy
• The Munsters
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• I Love Lucy
• The Lucy Show
• Bonanza
• Laramie
• Laredo
• Rawhide
• Jeopardy!

Former programming[]

• Hey, Dad
• Kingswood Country
• Mother and Son
• Parkinson
• The Saint
• Absolutely Fabulous
• The Benny Hill Show
• Bottom
• The New Statesman
• On the Buses
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
• The Vicar of Dibley
• Agatha Christie’s Poirot
• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• The Commish
• Green Acres
• Mister Ed
• Little House on the Prairie
• Evening Shade
• Hill Street Blues
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Combat!
• The Ed Sullivan Show
• The Phil Silvers Show
• Hart to Hart
• The Honeymooners
• The Odd Couple
• Gunsmoke
• Maverick
• The Virginian
• Ironside
• China Beach
• Tour of Duty
• Caroline in the City
• NYPD Blue
• Laverne & Shirley
• The Waltons
• Full House
• Murphy Brown
• The Drew Carey Show
• Friends
• The Golden Girls
• Home Improvement
• Jake and the Fatman
• Matlock
• Miami Vice
• Murder, She Wrote
• The Rockford Files
• Spin City
• Batman
• Lost in Space
• Get Smart
• Happy Days
• Mork & Mindy
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• The King of Queens
• Diagnosis Murder
• MacGyver
• Walker, Texas Ranger

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