''Fixer'' (Alternative
Arabic
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title ''فكسر'') is a
British
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Lebanese action comedy television series created by
Firas Abou Fakher and Daniel Habib as a
Shahid
''Shahid'' ( , , ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acq ...
Original for
MBC Group
MBC Group (), formerly known as Middle East Broadcasting Center (), is a Saudi media conglomerate based in the Riyadh region. Launched in London in 1991, the company moved its headquarters to Dubai in 2002 and to Riyadh in 2022. It is majority ...
. It premiered on 8 December 2020.
Premise
Tony Tabet is a celebrity fixer living in Beirut. Whenever an Arab celebrity has a problem, he's the solution. Now he wants out to reconnect with his son and leave the business behind. He's got one month left on the job, but doubts he can ever really leave.
Cast
* Badih Abou Chakra as Tony Tabet
* Diamand Bou Abboud as Sarah
* Wissam Saliba as Mike
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Sara Abi Kanaan as Maya
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Maritta Hallani as herself
Production
Fixer was commissioned from
Last Floor Productions a Shahid Original for
MBC Group
MBC Group (), formerly known as Middle East Broadcasting Center (), is a Saudi media conglomerate based in the Riyadh region. Launched in London in 1991, the company moved its headquarters to Dubai in 2002 and to Riyadh in 2022. It is majority ...
’s
Shahid
''Shahid'' ( , , ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acq ...
streaming platform
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, the largest in the Middle East. Filming took place in
Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...
. It is the second Shahid Original created by Last Floor Productions.
Release date
''Fixer'' was released on 8 December 2020 on
Shahid
''Shahid'' ( , , ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acq ...
.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 13442632
Arabic television series
Action comedy television series
2020 British television series debuts
2020 British television series endings
21st-century Lebanese television series debuts
Television shows filmed in Lebanon
Television shows shot in London
MBC 4 original programming
Arabic-language television shows
British English-language television shows
Television series impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Television productions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic