''The Fear'' is a four-part television drama series, created by Richard Cottan, first broadcast on

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

on 3 December 2012. The series, broadcast over four consecutive nights, stars

Peter Mullan Peter Mullan (; born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role in Ken Loach's ''My Name Is Joe'' (1998), for which he won Best Actor Award at 1998 Cannes Film Festival, 2000's '' The Claim'' and all th ...

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 Dementia is a disorder which manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affe ...

. The series also stars

Harry Lloyd Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. His performance in the Channel 4 miniseries '' The Fear'' (2012) earned him a British Academy Television Award nomination. He gained prominence through his roles as Wil ...

and Paul Nicholls as Richie's children, Matty and Cal, and

Anastasia Hille Anastasia Hille (born 1965) is an English film, television and theatre actress, and ceramicist. Born in London, she was a student at London's Drama Centre and won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards in 1994 (the first prize was awarded to ...

as his wife, Jo. The series averaged an audience of 1.25 million viewers across its four-night run. The series has been released on DVD in

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, but remains unreleased in the UK.

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