All Channel 4 articles – Page 243
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NewsC4 strengthens summer schedule with para-sport
Channel 4 has scored the rights to four para-sport events this summer following its coverage of the Sochi Winter Paralympics.
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NewsPearl promoted to C4 news deputy
Dispatches editor Daniel Pearl has been promoted to Channel 4’s deputy head of news and current affairs.
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Behind The ScenesUtopia, C4
Utopia flashes back to the 1970s for series two’s opener. Olly Grant reports from behind the scenes
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NewsC4 in talks with All3 indies after buyout
Channel 4 is preparing to negotiate new terms of trade with All3Media indies after the group’s owner Permira struck a deal to sell it to Discovery Communications and Liberty Global in May.
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NewsC4’s Hunt outlines ambitions
Channel 4 is preparing to experiment in daytime as it bids to shore up its share of viewing in the face of strong competition from BBC1.
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NewsAbraham: Growth Fund profits pumped back into programming
David Abraham has underlined Channel 4’s plans to plough revenue generated from its indie Growth Fund plan back into programming.
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RatingsAuction House draws 1.7m average
TUESDAY: The final episode of Channel 4’s The Auction beat BBC2’s Shop Girls – as the World Cup coverage peaked with 8.6m.
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RatingsC4 diet works against World Cup
MONDAY: Channel 4’s weight-loss documentary The World’s Best Diets found a solid, mainly female audience against Germany’s World Cup defeat of Algeria.
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NewsRory Bremner calls for political risk taking
Rory Bremner has accused the BBC and other broadcasters of being scared to take risks on new political satire shows for fear of offending politicians.
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NewsOfcom investigates ITV binge drinking doc
Ofcom has launched an investigation into ITV’s Tonight: Britain’s Young Drinkers after the broadcaster picked up the bar tab for students featured in the documentary.
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NewsBenefits Street cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4’s controversial welfare series Benefits Street has been cleared of all wrongdoing in a comprehensive Ofcom ruling.
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RatingsC5 doctors outperform C4 beauty queens
THURSDAY: Channel 4 doc Beauty Queen or Bust was outperformed by the final part of Channel 5 medical doc Trauma Doctors.
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NewsC4 unveils first online shorts
Monkey Kingdom, The Connected Set and Lemonade Money are among the first indies to win business from Channel 4’s short-form content platform.
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NewsC4 commissioner joins London Live to push original content
London Live has appointed C4 commissioner Katie Boyd as part of a substantial original content push across factual entertainment and features.
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NewsC4 pilots Christian Jessen format
C4 is piloting a fresh Dr Christian Jessen format, pitting two overweight people against each other in a weight-loss challenge.
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NewsHunt 'devastated' by young women leaving television
Jay Hunt has made a plea for young women to persevere in the television industry, adding that she was “devastated” by the number leaving the sector.
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NewsC4 reveals new history boss
Channel 4 has appointed producer/director Rob Coldstream as its new history commissioner, following the departure of Julia Harrington last month.
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NewsGordon Ramsay quits Kitchen Nightmares
Gordon Ramsay is to hang up his apron on Optomen Television’s Kitchen Nightmares - quitting the show after 10 years.
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RatingsFriday Night Dinner serves up 1.1m
FRIDAY: Friday Night Dinner returned for a third series with more than a million viewers.
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RatingsFargo climax ends on a low
SUNDAY: C4’s finale of cult drama series Fargo lost out despite improving on last Sunday’s audience.