All Channel 4 articles – Page 201
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NewsSue Murphy staffs up ITV fact ent team
ITV factual entertainment chief Sue Murphy has made her first hires – recruiting the commissioner of Channel 4’s Grand Designs and Embarrassing Bodies and the First Dates executive producer.
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NewsLords: privatisation would jeopardise C4
A Lords report has urged the government not to privatise Channel 4, arguing that culture secretary John Whittingdale has left important questions about the impact of a sale unanswered.
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NewsWorking Title hires ex C4 drama development boss
Channel 4’s former head of drama development Surian Fletcher-Jones is to join Working Title Television UK as head of development.
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NewsAll 4 orders Paralympic shorts
Channel 4 has teamed up with Allianz Insurance to commission a short-form series for All 4 which will tell the stories of seven hopeful Paralympians.
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NewsC4 entertainment chief lifts lid on Eden project
Channel 4 head of entertainment Liam Humphreys has lifted the lid on Eden, the blank-slate format that is among the broadcaster’s flagship shows for 2017.
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NewsChannel 4 to replenish Growth Fund
Channel 4’s Growth Fund is primed to be extended beyond its initial £20m investment pot and is expected to deliver its first return within 12 months.
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RatingsC4 exposes 1.8m to Life Stripped Bare
TUESDAY: Princess Productions’ one-off exposé of consumerism, Life Stripped Bare, performed confidently for Channel 4 as BBC1 drama The Living and the Dead shed 1m viewers.
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NewsITV in fresh bid to claim retrans fees
ITV is to attempt to claim retransmission fees from pay-TV operators for broadcasting its channels after the government closed a legal loophole.
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NewsC4 puts a stop to Benefits Street
Love Productions’ controversial factual format Benefits Street will not return to Channel 4.
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NewsThree Day Nanny returns to C4
Liberty Bell’s Three Day Nanny is returning to Channel 4 for a third 6 x 60-minute series later this year.
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NewsBoomerang scores Paralympic programming
Boomerang has been commissioned to produce key Paralympic coverage in the run up to Rio 2016.
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NewsE4 greenlights stage school reality series
E4 has ordered a long-running structured reality series described as “the real life Glee”.
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NewsWindfall wins C4 property commission
Channel 4 will follow families swapping land-locked properties for waterside homes in a new daytime property commission.
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NewsC4 orders extreme sports disability show
A group of disabled people are set to take on bungee jumping, sky diving and waterskiing in a one-off special for Channel 4.
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NewsE4 triumphs at Digital Awards for second time
E4 has been named Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards for the second year running.
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NewsPuttnam: Don't privatise C4
Channel 4 should not be privatised in full or in part, says former deputy chair Lord Puttnam.
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CommentPSBs must be free to provoke
The Brexit vote has shown public service broadcasters’ folly in chasing the centre ground, says Des Freedman
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NewsPiers Wenger appointed BBC head of drama
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger has been appointed BBC director of drama commissioning after four years at the ad-supported broadcaster.
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RatingsWales win over N. Ireland helps Euros dominate
SATURDAY: BBC1 and ITV’s Euros coverage dominated the day’s schedule while 2m (14.4%) tuned in to watch Adele headline Glastonbury.