All Channel 4 articles – Page 316

  • Show Me the Monet
    News

    Lucky Day wins trio of orders

    2011-12-14T12:23:00Z

    Lucky Day has secured three orders from the BBC and Channel 4, comprising one children’s series and two daytime shows.

  • Channel_4.jpg
    News

    C4 announces multiplatform tour

    2011-12-14T12:08:00Z

    Channel 4 will hold 30 multiplatform events across the country in a drive to attract new ideas and has committed to a training scheme during 2012 - an initiative titled Fuel 4.

  • The Bank Job
    News

    C4's Bank Job scores 1.7m plays

    2011-12-14T11:27:00Z

    The online game to recruit players for Channel 4 game show The Bank Job has been played 1.7m times in a week.

  • My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas
    Ratings

    Gypsy Christmas unwraps 5m

    2011-12-14T10:51:00Z

    TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings returned to Channel 4 with a vengeance and paved the way for the successful comeback of Shane Meadows’ drama This Is England.

  • Alex Zane
    News

    Rude Tube gets festive makeover

    2011-12-12T11:54:00Z

    October Films is producing a Christmas special of clip show Rude Tube for Channel 4.

  • Top Boy
    News

    C4 poaches Impossible's Gardiner for drama

    2011-12-09T13:25:00Z

    Impossible Pictures’ Sophie Gardiner has joined Channel 4 as a drama commissioning editor.

  • Oona King
    News

    C4 aiming to boost creative diversity

    2011-12-09T13:20:00Z

    Channel 4 wants to be the most creatively diverse company in Europe by September 2012 in time for the Paralympic Games.

  • Jo Twist
    News

    Twist and Charlesworth exit C4

    2011-12-09T12:00:00Z

    Channel 4 education commissioner Dr Jo Twist and sponsorship exec David Charlesworth are to leave the broadcaster.

  • Dr Conrad Murray
    News

    Michael Jackson doc sparks 182 complaints

    2011-12-09T11:00:00Z

    The documentary following the trial of Dr Conrad Murray, the man found guilty of killing Michael Jackson, drew more than 180 complaints when it aired on Channel 4.

  • I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
    News

    ITV boss bemoans lack of new entertainment shows

    2011-12-09T10:48:00Z

    ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has pointed to a dearth of fresh entertainment shows in the industry.

  • Hamish Mykura
    News

    Hamish Mykura to join Nat Geo

    2011-12-09T09:10:00Z

    Hamish Mykura, former head of documentaries at Channel 4, has quickly resurfaced at National Geographic Channels International (NGCI).

  • Jay Hunt
    News

    Hunt: C4 restructure will boost creativity

    2011-12-08T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has revealed the thinking behind her commissioning restructure and explained the spate of recent departures from the broadcaster.

  • CCTV camera
    News

    C4 crime pilot to use footage supplied by public

    2011-12-08T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is piloting a format that is like an updated version of Crimewatch and which will call on viewers and members of the public to contribute their own amateur footage of crime or anti-social behaviour.

  • Big Brother
    News

    Yearly ratings plummet

    2011-12-08T08:30:00Z

    This year’s ratings reveal some major headaches for the commercial PSBs: Channel 4 is on course to miss its 7% share target, Channel 5’s gamble on Big Brother has not paid off and ITV1’s 2010 ratings renaissance is over.

  • Paul Mortimer
    News

    E4's Paul Mortimer lands ITV digital channels role

    2011-12-07T17:01:00Z

    Paul Mortimer, E4 and More4’s head of scheduling, is to step down and join ITV as controller of digital channels.

  • Black Mirror
    News

    Black Mirror "pig sex" sparks 332 complaints

    2011-12-07T13:35:00Z

    The first episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror attracted more than 300 complaints to Ofcom and Channel 4.

  • Sarah Mulvey
    News

    Inquest into death of Sarah Mulvey adjourned

    2011-12-06T15:16:00Z

    Former Channel 4 commissioning editor Sarah Mulvey died of an opiate overdose and was “systematically bullied” while working at the broadcaster, a coroner’s inquest has heard.

  • Freshly Squeezed
    News

    C4 breakfast show back for 2012

    2011-12-05T11:41:00Z

    Freshly Squeezed, Channel 4’s daily breakfast show, has been recommissioned for another year-long run.

  • Sue Murphy
    News

    Sue Murphy exits C4

    2011-12-02T14:32:00Z

    Sue Murphy, the Channel 4 commissioning boss behind How to Look Good Naked, is leaving the broadcaster after more than a decade to join production company Optomen. C4 has also hired Dominic Bird from the BBC as head of formats.

  • Kevin Sutcliffe
    News

    C4's Kevin Sutcliffe poised to exit

    2011-12-02T12:26:00Z

    Channel 4 deputy head of news and current affairs Kevin Sutcliffe is expected to leave the channel, Broadcast understands.