All Channel 4 articles – Page 266
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NewsC4 buys Norwegian foreign language thriller
Channel 4 has acquired edgy Norwegian thriller Mammon, a noir All The President’s Men-style drama.
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NewsC4 rejects Benefits Street's ‘poverty porn’ tag
Channel 4 head of factual Ralph Lee has hit back strongly at claims that Benefits Street is “poverty porn” amid increasing criticism of the show.
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NewsC4 to split third series of Black Mirror
Channel 4’s darkly comic series Black Mirror is returning for a third outing - but the dramas will be split rather than run consecutively creator Charlie Brooker has revealed.
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NewsArrow Media to broadcast live from space for C4
Arrow Media is producing a two-hour special for Channel 4 in the UK and Nat Geo around the world that will include live footage from the International Space Station as it completes an orbit of the earth.
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NewsC4's Living Dolls travels around the world
Controversial Channel 4 doc Secrets of the Living Dolls has been snapped up by international broadcasters after Passion Distribution struck a slew of deals.
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NewsFilm 4’s Butler joins Raw TV to build ‘bold slate’
Raw TV, the indie behind feature doc The Imposter, has hired Film 4 deputy head of film Katherine Butler.
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NewsC4 resists calls to drop Benefits Street
Channel 4 intends to push ahead with controversial documentary series Benefits Street despite thousands of people petitioning the broadcaster to drop the remaining four episodes.
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NewsTrans World Sport to return to C4
Trans World Sport is to return to Channel 4 in 2014 after a five-year hiatus.
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NewsThe Garden secures 20-part police doc from C4
Channel 4’s next fixed-rig doc from The Garden Productions will be set in Luton Police Station.
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NewsC4 nations quotas set to be tripled
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish indies are set for a £12m boost after Ofcom revealed Channel 4’s nations commissioning quotas are set to be tripled.
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NewsC4 removes all shows from YouTube
Channel 4 has removed its entire catalogue of long-form programming from YouTube as it focusses on its own VoD service 4oD.
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NewsGrayson Perry execs launch indie
The production duo behind the Bafta-winning Grayson Perry: All In the Best Possible Taste have set up a new indie, Swan Films, which is making the follow up series.
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Behind The ScenesThe Taste, C4
Nigella Lawson is back in the headlines, but this time for all the right reasons.
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NewsBroadcasters cleared over coverage of Woolwich killing
Ofcom has rejected close to 700 complaints that various TV and radio reports of the Woolwich killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby were too graphic and distressing.
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NewsAnimal Planet joins C4 on Nile walk
Discovery Networks’ Animal Planet has partnered with Channel 4 on its ambitious documentary Walking The Nile.
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NewsC4 adds twist to Come Dine with Me
Channel 4 is to bring a fresh twist to its long-running cookery format Come Dine with Me by making couples compete for cash.
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NewsC4 opens Paralympic tender process
Channel 4 has opened the tender process for the contract to produce the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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NewsDiscovery buys Troy across Europe
Discovery has acquired Channel 4 magic series Troy for a raft of its international channels after closing a deal with Endemol.
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CommentDistinctive shows mean C4’s glass is half full
The broadcaster is still home to must-watch TV – when you can find it, says Maggie Brown
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NewsDPP apologises to C4 for Plebgate film statement
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has apologised to Channel 4 for giving the impression that it had misleadingly edited CCTV footage used in its Plebgate film.