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Paul Fox, Pioneering British TV Executive Who Ordered ‘The Two Ronnies’ & ‘Parkinson’, Dies Aged 98


Paul Fox, the British television executive who commissioned iconic shows such as The Two Ronnies and Parkinson, has died aged 98.

Paul Fox, the British television executive who commissioned iconic shows such as The Two Ronnies and Parkinson, has died aged 98. Fox, who as knighted in 1991, began his career in the 1950s as a newsreel scriptwriter and went on to upload Sportsview and Panorama. From Sports Personality of the Year and Panorama to The Two Ronnies, Dad’s Army and Parkinson, his legacy is unmatched.

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