TOup there Channel 5 the crime series Lady Fox with Emilia Fox. The protagonist is Sylvia Fox, a former British spy on holiday in Italy, but the living room turns out to be different from how he had imagined it. To trigger the spring is a murder, which he immediately begins to investigate. The first episode airs tonight at 21.30.
Lady Foxthe plot of the series
Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox) works at the headquarters of the British spy agency, MI6. After some professional setbacks, she is disappointed in her new job. The turning point comes when her niece Alice invites her to her wedding, which will be celebrated in Italy. So he decides to take advantage of the event to take a break.
The destination is Panicale, in the province of Perugia. The small town, immersed in the Umbrian hills, represents the opposite of what she is used to. And for her it is the beginning of a pleasant interlude after a difficult period. However, the peace does not last long, due to some events.
This is where the crime component enters. The future husband suddenly disappears and a body is found in the lake. Sylvia can’t help but make her own contribution and begins to investigate, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg. She soon gets involved in other cases. Among these, the theft of a truffle pig, the disappearance of another woman and also an international conspiracy to the detriment of the son of a Russian politician.
Emilia Fox, protagonist of the series “Signora Volpe”. (Mediaset)
The previews of the first episode
Lady Fox will keep the viewers of Canale 5 company for three weeks. The first of three episodes – each of 90 minutes – is titled A worried aunt and focuses on the figure of Sylvia and why she arrives in Italy. Her new job doesn’t satisfy her and the escape to the beautiful country is the break she needs to make a point about her life and also on his professional future.
When the groom loses track of himself and a woman’s body is found, her detective nature takes over. His relentless search for understand who did it and why he was guilty of the crime starts from two elements. And that is an empty pizza box and a children’s book that was stolen.
From here he develops his hypotheses and goes in search of the murderer. He succeeds in his intent, to the point that we find ourselves face to face, risking our lives. Once the case is solved, he realizes it’s not time to go back to London yet. She feels that fate is sending her a signal. And he decides to take a break in Italy much longer than he could have imagined. In fact, he buys an abandoned house, right next to his sister’s, and moves to Panicale.
Emilia Fox with Tara Fitzgerald (Isabel) in “Signora Volpe”. (Mediaset)
Lady Foxfilming locations and the rest of the cast
Created by Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths and already broadcast by Sky, the series is an English production, but entirely filmed in Italy. Obviously the main set is Panicalewhich forms the background to the events. However, the Umbrian town is not the only location where filming was held.
In Lady Fox two other locations appear: Lake Bracciano and Rome. «Spending three months in Italy, in wonderful places, and filming in Rome was the icing on the cake»said Fox a tv fanatic in an interview released in 2022, on the occasion of the debut. «In a sense, even the set of Lady Fox becomes an important character himself.
In addition to the protagonist, the cast sees Tara Fitzgerald (Isabel, Sylvia’s sister), Mehdi Meskar (Samir), Jamie Bamber (Adam Haines)Marienne Leoni (Raffaella Tasso), Matteo Carlomagno (Matteo Vitale), Luigi Di Fiore (Ercole Guerra) and Andrea Piedimonte Bodini (Salvatore Zampa).
They complete Giovanni Cirfiera (Captain Riva) and Imma Piro (Antonella Vitale). Cirfiera has starred in several series, including All crazy for love, RIS Imperfect crimes, Le Mans ’66 – The great challenge And The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, where he plays Santo Versace. Piro, however, in Don’t tell my boss, Mine September And The bastards of Pizzofalcone.
Giovanni Cirfiera (Captain Riva) with the protagonist Emilia Fox. (Mediaset)
Who is Sylvia Fox?
English actress Emilia Fox plays a woman in her forties who has come to a crossroads. Should she continue on the same path or take a new direction? She devoted much of her life to a job she loved, but found herself having to start from scratch. And even her private life is not going well. She has a complicated relationship with her ex-husbandwith whom he continues to work and even sleep.
Furthermore, she was so focused on her career that she ended up neglecting her family. It’s why she wants to be present at her niece’s wedding, not only for her affection but also to amaze them. In fact, everyone expects you to find an excuse not to show up. The trip to Italy, beyond the crime turning point, will give her that warmth and that sense of family that she has perhaps always sought.
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