All Channel 4 articles – Page 194

  • Crystal Maze
    News

    C4 lifts the lid on Crystal Maze revival

    2017-01-19T07:04:00Z

    The number of young viewers that watched Channel 4’s The Crystal Maze celebrity revival last year was a driving force behind the decision to bring back the cult gameshow for a supersized series.

  • donald-trump-c4
    News

    TV steps up fake news fight

    2017-01-19T07:02:00Z

    British broadcasters are redoubling efforts to fight the phenomenon of fake news after pouring resource into fact-checking units.

  • Darren Childs / David Abraham
    News

    UKTV renews C4 sales deal

    2017-01-18T13:01:00Z

    UKTV has extended its sales partnership deal with Channel 4 in a deal thought to be worth around £1bn.

  • The Week We Went Wild
    News

    Broadcasters bump New Year shows

    2017-01-18T12:47:00Z

    Channel 4 and Channel 5 have bumped two primetime shows following poor ratings performances.

  • Wife Swap
    News

    Wife Swap rebooted for Brexit special

    2017-01-18T12:10:00Z

    Wife Swap is to return to Channel 4 for a Brexit-themed special.

  • The Jump
    Video

    The Jump, C4

    2017-01-18T09:49:00Z

    Twofour’s celebrity ski-jumping format returns.

  • Donald Trump
    Ratings

    Trump boosts BBC1 & C4

    2017-01-17T11:42:00Z

    MONDAY: Panorama and Dispatches both scored their biggest audiences in seven months with their investigations into the President Elect, but BBC1 trumped in the battle of the Donald documentaries.

  • Nicole Kleeman
    News

    Scottish indie Firecrest wins C4 backing

    2017-01-17T10:19:00Z

    Channel 4 has dipped into its £20m Growth Fund to invest in Glasgow-based Firecrest Films, its first deal in news and current affairs.

  • Jilly Pearce. (Credit: Mark Johnson)
    News

    C4's Jilly Pearce to head Objective USA

    2017-01-17T10:02:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioner Jilly Pearce is leaving the broadcaster to head up Objective’s US division.

  • The Crystal Maze
    News

    The Crystal Maze supersized by C4

    2017-01-13T09:36:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a supersized order of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze following its successful revival last year.

  • Catastrophe
    Video

    Catastrophe, C4

    2017-01-13T09:34:00Z

    Series recap ahead of the third outing of Avalon TV, Merman Films and Birdbath Productions comedy.

  • Spies
    News

    Ralph Lee expands C4 factual team

    2017-01-12T13:45:00Z

    Channel 4 has appointed three commissioning editors to its factual department as it prepares for the long-term renewal of its existing factual slate.

  • Tattoo Artist of the Year
    News

    Studio Lambert inks E4 tattoo contest

    2017-01-12T10:07:00Z

    E4 is building on its TV tattooing success with the launch of a hunt from Studio Lambert to find the UK’s best professional artist.

  • Rob Carey and Camilla Lewis
    News

    Curve secures raft of orders

    2017-01-12T07:04:00Z

    Factual indie Curve Media has marked its second anniversary with a raft of commissions across the BBC and Channel 4 and is on the cusp of winning a major ITV primetime pilot.

  • Fake news panel
    News

    Media experts: fake news to intensify

    2017-01-11T15:37:00Z

    News organisations are piling pressure on social networks to weed out ‘fake news’ amid concerns over the escalation of web hoaxes.

  • John Prescott
    News

    Liberty Bell wins C4 OAP order

    2017-01-11T10:10:00Z

    John Prescott, Johnny Ball and Eve Pollard are among the celebrities who will explore what it means to be an OAP in Britain for Channel 4.

  • Streetmate1
    News

    Streetmate rebooted by Channel 4

    2017-01-09T10:22:00Z

    Channel 4 is reviving classic dating series Streetmate as a daytime format after it aired a one-off special as part of Stand Up To Cancer.

  • Spies
    Ratings

    Spies slips below the radar

    2017-01-06T10:40:00Z

    THURSDAY: Minnow Films’ espionage series Spies failed to hook a million viewers while Death in Paradise returned on murderous form.

  • Darts
    News

    All 4 takes aim with BDO darts game

    2017-01-06T10:23:00Z

    Channel 4 has stepped up to the oche with a mobile darts game ahead of its coverage of the BDO World Darts Championship.

  • Richard Herring
    News

    Richard Herring eyes C4 sitcom

    2017-01-04T12:26:00Z

    Comedian Richard Herring is working on an ‘alternate universe’ sitcom for Channel 4.