All Channel 4 articles – Page 221
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NewsFirecracker follows Llewelyn-Bowen to China
Firecracker Films is to follow Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s attempts to launch a lingerie brand in China for BBC2 in one of three orders picked up by the factual producer.
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RatingsITV struggles as The Island ends well
WEDNESDAY: Bear Gryll’s survival documentary The Island bowed out with a series average of 2.4m viewers as ITV suffered a tough night and was overhauled by Channel 5.
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NewsVoltage TV lands C4 funding
Channel 4 has backed Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV as it continues to spend its £20m Growth Fund.
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NewsIn brief: Lime Pictures; The Garden; Nan; Radio 5 Live 606
Lime Pictures is to delve into the world of clairvoyants for Channel 4 and Nan is to return for a two-part series on BBC1. Click for the rest of today’s news round-up.
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RatingsBenefits Street sheds 700k
MONDAY: Controversial Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street slipped by 700,000 as BBC2’s sexual crimes series The Detectives gained ground.
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NewsOfcom clears UKIP drama
Ofcom has rejected 6,000 complaints about Raw TV’s Channel 4 drama, UKIP: The First 100 Days.
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NewsC4 orders mental health series
Channel 4 has commissioned CB Films to make two-part series examining how people live with issues including pyromania, kleptomania and nymphomania.
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NewsC4 takes Million Pound Properties to full series
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Television to make a 3 x 60-minutes series of Million Pound Properties off the back of a successful pilot earlier this year.
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RatingsThe Island and Born Naughty? deliver for C4
THURSDAY: Channel 4 had a strong evening as Born Naughty? debuted with more than two million viewers and The Island with Bear Grylls delivered its best performance of the second series.
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NewsMade In Chelsea heads to Beverly Hills
E4 has commissioned a second Made In Chelsea spin-off series – this time based in the affluent climes of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
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NewsChannel 4 returns to The Island for third run
Channel 4 is to head to the The Island with Bear Grylls for a third time after recommissioning the Bafta-winning show.
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NewsC4 raids Objective for head of entertainment
Objective Productions head of comedy Ben Caudell is to become Channel 4 head of entertainment as the commercial broadcaster finalises the team’s new structure.
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NewsAnimal charities slam The Island With Bear Grylls
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the attorney general of Panama to press charges against the producers of The Island With Bear Grylls over the “abhorrent” treatment of pigs on the show.
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RatingsBenefits Street down on 2014
MONDAY: Benefits Street returned with 1.3m fewer viewers than last year’s debut, but still comfortably beat Channel 4’s slot average.
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NewsBarcroft accesses the KKK for C4
Barcroft Productions has secured access to notorious US race hate group Ku Klux Klan for its first Channel 4 commission.
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NewsWhose Line Is It Anyway? to get stage adaptation
Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Angst Productions and Hat Trick Productions are to turn Channel 4’s hit improvised comedy Whose Line Is It Anyway? into a stage show.
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NewsPaul Abbott developing second series of No Offence
Paul Abbott is developing a second series of C4 drama No Offence as he looks to replicate the success of Shameless, according to the show’s executive producer.
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RatingsBBC election coverage triumphs with 7m
THURSDAY: The BBC won the lion’s share of the general election audience as a peak of more than 7m watched the drama unfold before 2am.
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NewsGeneral election 2015: Tory plans for broadcasting
The Conservative Party is on course to win a small majority at the general election. Here is how its plans for the broadcasting industry stack up.