Hollywood screenwriters went on strike in May over the failure of negotiations with major studios and platforms for pay increases. Cox had complained about the premature end of his tyrannical character Logan Roy in the hit HBO series "Succession" The series has established itself as a critical and popular success despite characters all more detestable than each other.
On the BBC, Brian Cox returned to the end of the series: "I deduce - I did not see the end - that my character was right"