All Channel 4 articles – Page 293
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NewsE4 censured over Playing it Straight swearing
E4 dating show Playing It Straight has been found in breach of Ofcom rules after four episodes of the series featured very strong swearing within the first minute.
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NewsBroadcasters draw up social media guidelines
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have agreed a set of best-practice guidelines to help build confidence among audiences using social media to interact with TV shows.
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NewsC4 to simulcast all content online
Channel 4 is to simulcast all its main channels online within the next month for the first time since 2008 – bringing it in line with the BBC and ITV.
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NewsC4 challenges views of women
Actress and writer Sharon Horgan is to return to Channel 4 to front a two-part documentary series that challenges perceptions of older women.
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Behind The ScenesDispatches: Kashmir’s Torture Trail, C4
Filming in Kashmir meant keeping rushes safe, dodging stones – and persuading the locals that daily life was worth showing, says Catie White.
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FeaturesMummifying Alan: a sense of closure
The C4 documentary caused a stir at the RTS Awards and Baftas when it beat the likes of Frozen Planet. For executive producer Gillian Mosely, it was a decade-long labour of love.
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NewsNew Girl moving to E4
US sitcom New Girl is moving from Channel 4 to E4 after its mid-season break.
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NewsGervais' Derek wins NY award
Ricky Gervais comedy Derek has picked up a major prize at the New York International Short Film Festival.
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NewsE4 orders celebrity prank show
Comedian Lee Kern will prank celebrities in a new series for E4 that will see him setting up outlandish situations to catch them out.
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NewsChannel 4 signs Hilary Devey
Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Hilary Devey has signed an exclusive two-year deal with Channel 4.
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NewsRSPCA and C4 defend complaints over calf killings
The RSPCA has supported C4 over its decision to broadcast the slaughter of calves, which sparked 59 complaints from upset viewers.
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RatingsApprentice semi-final hires 6.15m
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice semi-final won the 9pm slot but was 2m viewers down on last year with 6.1m (25.7%).
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FeaturesHeat4...Live
Channel 4 has partnered with Bauer Media to launch a series of three two-screen TV events across the summer.
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NewsC4 orders additional Paralympics content
Channel 4 looks set to increase its coverage of the Paralympics to between 180 and 200 hours, and has commissioned Twofour to make a further six docs for a strand featuring some of Britain’s up-and-coming Paralympians.
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NewsC4 mixes old and new as campaigns return
Cooking, fishing and property are among the themes on Channel 4’s features slate as the broadcaster unveils new commissions and returns to its high-profile campaigning series.
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NewsHollyoaks lands Nokia smartphone PP deal
Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks has won its second major product placement deal, and will feature Nokia Lumia smartphones in the programme across four months from July.
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NewsITN’s Dispatches poaches Unreported World editor
The series editor of Channel 4 international current affairs strand Unreported World has been poached by ITN to series produce its Dispatches output contract.
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NewsStudio Lambert to take search for love Undercover
Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert is rejigging its undercover take on life experiences in a format for Channel 4 in which a wealthy bachelor ditches his riches to try to find love.
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RatingsJimmy Doherty and Royals fail to perform
TUESDAY: The launch of Jimmy Doherty’s first Channel 4 series attracted an audience of 1.4m failing to meet the slot average, while ITV1’s royal-themed programmes also struggled.
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RatingsRevenge and Chelsea give E4 a boost
MONDAY: E4’s structured reality series Made in Chelsea scored a series high while the channel’s latest acquisition, Revenge, more than tripled the audience for the slot.