Emilia Fox, star of the long-running Silent Witness for the BBC, plays a superspy named Sylvia Fox (!) sleuthing in the postcard Italy of Signora Volpe.
This pleasant 3 x 90-minute detective drama started this month on the SVOD service Acorn TV .
« Well, goodbye Signora Fox. Or should I say Signora Volpe?
- Sounds better in Italian.
- Everything sounds better in Italian. »
Sylvia Fox is a high-ranking MI6 executive. A disagreement with her superiors prompts her to take a few days leave and go to Italy, where her sister Isabel lives, to attend the wedding of her niece Alice. For her family, Sylvia is a "boring civil servant" with a dull diplomatic career. But when Alice's fiancé disappears and a dead body is found near his house, Sylvia uses her spy skills and contacts to investigate. Captain Giovanni Riva, of the local Carabinieri, suspects that the "Signora Volpe" ("Volpe" means Fox in Italian) is more than what she pretends to be.
Emilia Fox as The Equalizer solving mysteries in some superb Italian locations (the Lazio and Umbria regions) is obviously the main reason to watch Signora Volpe. The series was created by Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths (Midsomer Murders), who wrote the three feature-length episodes. The plot of the premiere is a pretext to introduce the fantastic Miss Sylvia Fox and a sample of her many talents. Tara Fitzgerald (Belgravia, Game of Thrones) plays Isabel Vitale. Sylvia's ex-husband Adam Haines, who's a MI6 spy too, is played by Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica). Giovanni Cirfierra (Ford v Ferrari, American Crime Story) is Capitano Riva.
With Matteo Carlomagno (Matteo Vitale), Issy Knopfler (Alice Shepherd), Imma Piro (The Bastards of Pizzofalcone) as Antonella Vitale, Mehdi Meskar (Samir Hamdani), Marianne Leoni (Raffaella Tasso), Luigi Di Fiore (Ercole Guerra), Orlando Cinque (Romanzo criminale: La serie) as Richelmo Gregori, Giulio Corso (Tomasso Rossi), Gianni D'Addario (Monterossi - La serie) as Enrico Ferluga, Souad Faress (Dame Felicity Morris), Buket Komur (Rabia Yacoub), Cristina Moglia (Carla Galli), etc. Directed by Dudi Appleton (Silent Witness). Co-produced by Route 24 Ltd and Acorn Media Enterprises (A division of AMC Networks).
Exec produced by Josie Law & Marc Samuelson (Route 24), Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths, Catherine Mackin & Bea Tammer (Acorn Media Enterprises) and Dudi Appleton & Emilia Fox. Produced by Patricia Rybarczyk. Productions services by Cattleya (Cristina Giubbetti exec produces for the company). Music by Anne Dudley. Cinematography by Michael Lavelle ISC. Editing by Dan Farrell. Production designed by Cinzia Lo Fazio. Costumes designed by Claudette Lilly. Titles designed by Matt Curtis and produced by Matt Lawrence. Made with the assistance of the Italian Tax Credit (Law N. 244 of December 24, 2007). Distributed by Banijay Rights.
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