All Channel 4 articles – Page 201

  • Tessa Jowell
    News

    Top arts figures demand C4 answers

    2016-12-09T10:21:00Z

    Bonnie Greer, Tessa Jowell and Joan Bakewell are among the 12 senior female arts figures who have demanded the government explain why it blocked the appointment of Althea Efunshile to Channel 4’s board.

  • Humans
    News

    C4 ‘frustrated’ by diversity row

    2016-12-08T07:01:00Z

    Channel 4 has been left frustrated and disappointed by the government’s decision to block the appointment of BAME executive Althea Efunshile to its board, a move that has been labelled a “serious step back for diversity” by campaigners.

  • Seven Year Switch
    News

    Channel 4 orders 'provocative' A+E relationship format

    2016-12-07T10:40:00Z

    A+E Networks’ relationship format Seven Year Switch is headed to Channel 4 after the international versions aired on All 4.

  • Althea Efunshile
    News

    Blocked BAME C4 appointment revealed

    2016-12-06T10:27:00Z

    The “high calibre” BAME candidate blocked by the government from joining the Channel 4 board has been revealed as former deputy chief of Arts Council England Althea Efunshile.

  • Karen Bradley
    News

    Culture secretary Bradley hits back at BAME criticism

    2016-12-05T17:46:00Z

    Culture secretary Karen Bradley has hit back at criticism that the BAME woman blocked from joining the board of Channel 4 was treated “unfairly”.

  • Houses Of Parliament
    News

    50 MPs demand explanation of Channel 4 board controversy

    2016-12-02T12:07:00Z

    More than 50 MPs have written to culture secretary Karen Bradley about the “extremely worrying” decision to block the appointment of a BAME women to Channel 4’s board.

  • We’re Going On A Bear Hunt
    News

    C4 launches Bear Hunt app

    2016-12-02T09:55:00Z

    Channel 4 has launched an app for kids based on its forthcoming picture book adaptation We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

  • C4
    News

    David Abraham: C4 suffering 'unprecedented' interference

    2016-12-01T16:56:00Z

    Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has warned staff that the broadcaster is experiencing a “worrying and unprecedented level of government interference”.

  • David Lammy
    News

    David Lammy 'shocked' by DCMS decision

    2016-12-01T10:58:00Z

    David Lammy has slammed culture secretary Karen Bradley’s decision to block the appointment of a BAME woman to the board of Channel 4 as “shocking” and called on the MP to “explain herself”.

  • Ben Fogle
    News

    TV urged to think outside the box on climate change

    2016-12-01T07:16:00Z

    Broadcasters have acknowledged their failure to address the subject of climate change and have called for indies to incorporate the topic in different ways.

  • Valkyrien
    News

    Walter Presents signs first co-pro deal

    2016-11-30T12:56:00Z

    Channel 4-backed foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has made its first investment in an original production.

  • trigger_happy
    News

    C4 orders Trigger Happy Xmas special

    2016-11-30T12:27:00Z

    Trigger Happy TV is set for a return to Channel 4 after the broadcaster ordered a one-off Christmas Eve special.

  • Karen Bradley 1
    News

    DCMS blocks BAME C4 board appointment

    2016-11-30T09:30:00Z

    The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has blocked the appointment of a BAME woman to the board of Channel 4 as part of the process that included appointing four white men.

  • Roly Keating
    News

    Keating leads C4 non-exec appointments

    2016-11-29T13:44:00Z

    Ofcom has appointed four non-executive directors including former BBC2 controller Roly Keating to the board of Channel 4.

  • Jon Benet
    News

    More 4 acquires US true crime series

    2016-11-29T10:22:00Z

    US true crime documentary series The Case Of: Jon Benét Ramsey is to air on More 4 in the UK after the broadcaster struck a deal with distributor Electus International.

  • Deutschland-83-
    News

    Walter Presents eyes US expansion

    2016-11-28T13:18:00Z

    Channel 4’s foreign-language drama service Walter Presents is set to launch in the US, marking its first moves into the international market.

  • Ardal-O'Hanlon
    News

    C4 searches for Britain's best tree

    2016-11-28T12:14:00Z

    Father Ted’s Ardal O’Hanlon is to search for Britain’s best tree for a one-off Channel 4 documentary.

  • Big Ben
    News

    Big Ben restoration clocked by C4

    2016-11-25T09:51:00Z

    Channel 4 is to track the restoration of Big Ben through a series of films which will air over a three-year period.  

  • Secret Life Of...
    News

    C4 ‘encouraged’ over future

    2016-11-24T07:04:00Z

    Channel 4 has been “encouraged” by the government’s recent attitude towards the broadcaster but remains “puzzled and perplexed” by the ongoing limbo of potential privatisation.

  • Dame Patricia Hodgson
    News

    DCMS holds up Channel 4 appointments

    2016-11-22T15:14:00Z

    The DCMS is holding up the appointment of five Channel 4 non-executive directors recommended by Ofcom in what has been labelled an “unprecedented” move.