All Channel 4 articles – Page 305
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CommentTime for a little C4 mischief
Broadcaster needs programmes that pack a punch to attract key audience.
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Behind The ScenesThe Food Hospital, C4
Treating our contributors’ illnesses through their diet rather than drugs will break new ground in medical research - and TV, writes Neil Smith.
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NewsPilger awarded Grierson honour
John Pilger, Hugh’s Fish Fight, Bird on A Wire, and two documentaries about cricket were among the winners at last night’s Grierson Awards.
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NewsC4 boosts Britdoc funding
Channel 4 has increased its funding of the Britdoc documentary foundation by a third and extended its funding commitment to 2013.
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News10 O'Clock Live to return with shorter format
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of current affairs show 10 O’Clock Live - but cut the format by 15 minutes.
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NewsTeen Vampires land on C4
US teenagers that adopt the lifestyle of vampires and drink blood are to be the subject of a new Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsC4 orders 8 Out of 10 Cats Christmas special
Channel 4 has ordered an hour-long Christmas special of panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats.
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RatingsTop Boy debuts with 1.1m
MONDAY: Channel 4’s uncompromising drama about drug crime in East London launched with just over 1m viewers.
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NewsComedy boosts 4oD growth
Channel 4 saw 4oD views increase by 300,000 on its website in September with comedy being the most popular genre.
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NewsSeeSaw closes as funding fails
Streaming TV service SeeSaw has been shut down after its backers failed to make the required investments to keep the video-on-demand site live.
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NewsC4’s Allan re-jigs sales team
Channel 4’s new sales director Jonathan Allan has restructured his team to create six new teams scrapping the previous structure.
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NewsLeopard lines up Matthew Bourne and da Vinci specials
Leopard Films is producing a Channel 4 doc about choreographer / director Matthew Bourne and has been drafted in to co-produce a Sky Arts live special on artist Leonardo da Vinci.
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NewsC4 orders Steve Jobs doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a fast-turnaround film on the life of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of technology company Apple.
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NewsCoach Trip gears up for Christmas special
12 Yard Productions is to produce a special Christmas series of Channel 4’s Coach Trip and has hired a new boss for its Scottish division.
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NewsC4 to air penultimate Fresh Meat online first
Channel 4 is to debut the penultimate episode of Fresh Meat online after pushing it back a week to accommodate stripped drama Top Boy.
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NewsC4 orders more Fresh Meat; Beaver Falls
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of student comedy drama Fresh Meat midway through its first run.
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RatingsDerren Brown's Assassin takes out 1.8m
FRIDAY: Derren Brown conjured up his biggest audience for Channel 4 in more than a year for a show in which he hypnotised someone into becoming an assassin.
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NewsOfcom clears Sri Lanka's Killing Fields doc
C4 head of news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne has hailed ITN Production’s journalism and the broadcaster’s “meticulous legal and compliance scrutiny” after Ofcom rejected almost 120 complaints about Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields.
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NewsBBC receives 42 kids Bafta nods
The BBC has scored 42 nominations for this year’s Bafta Children’s Awards - but faces stiff competition from multichannel and other terrestrials.
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NewsC4 opens online swap shop
Channel 4 Education is launching a fashion community website and mobile application aimed at encouraging sustainable and ethical fashion.