Launched 2 December 2000 Audience share 0.7% (April 2008, ) Country Australia Founded 2000 | Owned by Foxtel Networks Slogan Forever Classic Language English Motto Forever Classic | |
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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 and some content from the 1980s and 1990s.
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History
FOX Classics began as a channel shared with Fox Kids, which itself had moved from a block on FOX8.
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. Eventually Fox Kids moved back to Fox8 on 1 February 2004 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.
Selected programs
(not all programs may be aired at present)