Fox Orders The Interrogator Starring Stephen Fry

Fox has ordered a straight-to-series drama titled The Interrogator, starring British actor and writer Stephen Fry in the lead role as former MI6 agent Conrad Henry Fry. The 12-episode series, set to air during the 2026-2027 broadcast season, centers on Henry and his elite interrogation team, who employ unconventional psychological tactics to extract confessions from the world's most dangerous criminals when standard methods fail. Production is a collaboration between Lionsgate Television and Fox Entertainment Studios.

The storyline highlights Henry's quirky charm, superior intellect, and mind-bending behavioral strategies as key to unlocking suspects' minds. Fry, who penned the pilot script with revisions from executive producers Bill Harper and Matt Pyken, will also executive produce alongside them. Additional executive producers include director Paul McGuigan, Neil Burger, Anonymous Content, and Anthony Bregman and Miriam Mintz of Likely Story. McGuigan, known for directing episodes of Sherlock and episodes of other high-profile series, will helm the project.

This marks Fry's return to Fox, where he previously portrayed psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Wyatt in a recurring role on the...