All Channel 4 articles – Page 214
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RatingsGogglebox returns with record high
FRIDAY: Studio Lambert’s TV-watching format Gogglebox returned to Channel 4 with its biggest audience to date.
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NewsC4 orders Arnie list show
Hollywood superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger will front a Channel 4 list show documenting his greatest stunts.
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NewsTory lords: scrap BBC charter and keep C4 public
The BBC Trust and royal charter should be scrapped and the broadcaster protected from any “government interference”, according to two influential Conservative peers.
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NewsChannel 4 extends property portfolio
Channel 4 is beefing up its property portfolio after ordering a dozen new and returning shows.
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RatingsC4 feels the love with First Dates ratings
FRIDAY: Channel 4 enjoyed a strong night, as both First Dates and The Last Leg climbed to record ratings highs.
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PodcastTalking TV: Broadcast Awards & ITV changes
Talking TV catches up with the big winners from the Broadcast Awards and puts ITV’s commissioning changes in the spotlight.
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NewsRob Delaney tells government to ‘get filthy hands off’ C4
Catastrophe star Rob Delaney has warned the government to “stay the fuck away” from Channel 4 as the threat of privatisation continues to loom large over the broadcaster.
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NewsAbraham: privatisation would change C4's "heartbeat"
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has said the broadcaster would “operate to a different heartbeat” should it be privatised.
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NewsThe Jump safety scrutinised
The producers of The Jump have admitted that it is impossible to manage all the risks associated with snow-based sports after a number of serious injuries on the Channel 4 show.
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CommentAwards highlight C4’s special status
The not-for-profit PSB finds there is great value in taking risks, says Chris Curtis
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FeaturesBest documentary series: The Romanians Are Coming
Immigration has been a hot topic for Channel 4 for several years, but this three-part series, narrated by a Romanian gypsy, took a fresh approach.
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NewsC4 triumphs at Broadcast Awards 2016
Channel 4 was named Channel of the Year at this year’s Broadcast Awards, where it notched up seven prizes, including a clean sweep in the factual categories.
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FeaturesChannel of the year: Channel 4
Already riding a wave of factual success, Channel 4 landed this year’s big prize on the back of a scripted renaissance.
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FeaturesBest popular factual programme: The Secret Life Of 4 Year Olds
Three years in the making, RDF Television’s format was partly inspired by Mischel’s famous marshmallow test, which found that identifying four-year-olds who were able to delay their gratification was a better indicator of future success than any IQ test.
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FeaturesBest news and current affairs programme: Dispatches: Escape From Isis
Epic storytelling” and “heart-stopping television” sound more like descriptions of the winner of the Best Drama Series award, but they are some of the judges’ comments on 2015’s standout piece of current affairs.
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FeaturesBest documentary programme: The Paedophile Hunter
Scary, compelling and morally ambiguous, The Paedophile Hunter was as challenging as any piece of TV in recent years.
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FeaturesBest music programme: Four to the Floor
“A show that speaks directly to the audience in a way we haven’t seen for a long time,” was one judge’s verdict on a format that shook up perceptions of what a music show could be.
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FeaturesBest comedy programme: Catastrophe
So perfectly formed was Channel 4’s hit comedy upon its arrival in January 2015 that it was hard to believe this was the first collaboration between its writers/stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney.
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NewsC4 commissions Paralympic series The Superhuman Show
Channel 4 has commissioned Princess Productions to make magazine series The Superhumans Show as part of its Paralympics coverage.
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NewsC4 to pump £25m into Film 4
Channel 4 is to inject an additional £10m into Film 4 over the next 12 months – taking its funding to a record £25m.