All Channel 4 articles – Page 292

  • Gok Wan
    News

    C4 orders Gok's Teens web series

    2012-01-27T10:39:00Z

    Channel 4 has ordered a raft of short-form web videos featuring celebrities including Alesha Dixon, Catherine Tate and members of the Hollyoaks cast to support its forthcoming series Gok’s Teens: The Naked Truth

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    News

    C4 in life-changing pilot

    2012-01-27T10:26:00Z

    Former Confused.com boss Carlton Hood will front a Channel 4 pilot offering families the opportunity to change their lives.

  • Jamie’s Dream School
    News

    C4 to look externally for deputy head of factual

    2012-01-26T09:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has ruled out internal candidates for its new deputy head of factual role, Broadcast has learned.

  • My New Home (working title)
    News

    Hoarders set for C4 return in home makeover series

    2012-01-26T09:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has ordered its second series on hoarding, which will follow shopaholics given the opportunity to sell their collections and make over their houses.

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    News

    C4 docs get Oscar nominations

    2012-01-25T12:25:00Z

    Two Channel 4-backed documentaries, Hell and Back Again and Saving Face, have been nominated for Oscars.

  • Gypsy Blood
    News

    Gypsy Blood sparks 289 complaints

    2012-01-25T10:37:00Z

    Channel 4 documentary Gypsy Blood has sparked hundreds of complaints from viewers over scenes of dogs attacking deer and cock fighting.

  • Top Boy
    News

    C4 plans £450m spend on UK commissions

    2012-01-25T10:21:00Z

    Channel 4 is planning on increasing its budget for UK commissions to £450m this year, chief executive David Abraham is expected to reveal today.

  • New Year Revolution
    News

    C4 ideas hunt leads to New Year Revolution

    2012-01-24T17:27:00Z

    A site encouraging users to stick to their new year’s resolutions and featuring talent from The Fat Fighters and Superscrimpers is the first project from C4’s push for ideas from non-traditional TV sources.

  • Anna and Katy
    News

    C4 orders Anna and Katy comedy

    2012-01-24T12:07:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a full series based on Comedy Lab pilot Anna and Katy.

  • Jon Snow
    News

    Jon Snow praises Ofcom in Cudlipp Lecture

    2012-01-24T11:09:00Z

    Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has praised Ofcom for its role in regulating TV journalism and backed proposals for a similar regulator of the print industry.

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    News

    BBC and C4 reveal PI usage at Leveson Inquiry

    2012-01-23T17:30:00Z

    The BBC and Channel 4 News have revealed how much they have spent on private investigators at the Leveson inquiry.

  • Ricky Gervais
    News

    Ofcom backs C4's risk-taking

    2012-01-23T12:25:00Z

    Channel 4’s risk taking programming has been backed by Ofcom, which has cleared Ricky Gervais’ use of the word “mong” and thrown out more than 160 complaints over Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror.

  • The Bank Job
    News

    Bank Job extended for second series

    2012-01-20T10:08:00Z

    The Bank Job, Channel 4’s latest interactive gameshow will return for a second extended series in February.

  • Gypsy Blood
    Behind The Scenes

    Gypsy Blood, Channel 4

    2012-01-19T12:22:00Z

    Photographer Leo Maguire discovered that film was the only way to unlock the emotional truth of male gypsies’ life - and in their own words.

  • One Born Every Minute
    News

    C4 eyes repeats channel launch on Freeview

    2012-01-19T09:15:00Z

    Channel 4 is expected to launch a new repeats channel on the Freeview platform later this year in an attempt to boost its overall portfolio share.

  • Costa Concordia
    News

    C4 orders Costa Concordia film

    2012-01-18T16:50:00Z

    The Costa Concordia cruise ship accident that has dominated recent headlines will be documented in a fast-turnaround film for Channel 4.

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    News

    Mentorn emails C4 over Dispatches shortlist

    2012-01-17T14:09:00Z

    Mentorn executive Steve Anderson has written to Channel 4 to express disappointment about the way the recently awarded Dispatches contracts were handled, Broadcast has learned.

  • More4
    News

    More 4 rebrand set for launch

    2012-01-17T11:47:00Z

    More 4’s new branding will go live on 23 January ahead of a more prominent push in April.

  • Skins
    News

    Skins characters on Facebook for first time

    2012-01-13T13:18:00Z

    Skins characters are to interact with viewers via their own Facebook Pages for the first time following Channel 4’s reappointment of Somethin’ Else to create a social media presence for the drama.  

  • Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
    News

    Gypsy Weddings tops C4's best of 2011

    2012-01-12T16:27:00Z

    Channel 4’s top three most-watched programmes in 2011 were all part of the Big Fat Gypsy Wedding brand, according to the broadcaster’s consolidated audience figures.