All Channel 4 articles – Page 323
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NewsMisfits leads Bafta nominations
E4 superhero drama Misfits has scooped four nominations for this year’s TV Bafta awards including nods for stars Robert Sheehan and Lauren Socha for supporting actor and actress.
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Behind The ScenesBorn To Be Different A Decade On, C4
Our series following the lives of disabled children has had a huge impact on everyone involved, and hopefully the viewers too, says Anna Strickland
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NewsFarmer Doherty in tie-up with Jamie’s Fresh One
Jimmy Doherty, the TV farmer poached by Channel 4 from the BBC, is setting up rights-based company Guppy Productions in association with Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One.
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NewsChatty Man top for Twitter interaction
The fifth series of British comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man attracted between 500 and 700 tweets per episode addressed directly to the @chattyman account, and marked an uplift in use of the #chattyman hashtag.
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NewsC4 in talks to reshape digital rights model
Channel 4 is considering granting indies more rights around multiplatform commissions in return for sharing in any secondary revenues they generate.
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NewsAbraham targets maintaining C4 audience share
David Abraham has rallied Channel 4 commissioners, telling them the broadcaster is aiming to maintain its 7% audience share for 2011 even without Big Brother.
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NewsAllsopp to take on craft fair pros in series for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a Kirstie Allsopp-fronted series in which the presenter is pitted against country fair craft experts.
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NewsC4 orders three more runs of Million Pound Drop
Channel 4 is to air 29 further episodes of The Million Pound Drop Live this year after awarding producer Remarkable Pictures a three-series deal.
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NewsInside Nature’s Giants wins longer run on C4
Channel 4 animal autopsy show Inside Nature’s Giants is to return for a 10-part run, its longest to date, with the experts taking part in more adventure-style settings.
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CommentNothing Fawlty with viewers
Like it or not, gypsies and Essex girls are what audiences want to see
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NewsBroadcasters and indies rally against relaxing IP laws
The UK’s biggest commercial broadcasters and Pact have argued that relaxing intellectual property (IP) laws could “seriously undermine” investment in content.
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NewsC4 invites viewers to video-call The Clinic
Channel 4 has ordered a live TV spin-off to health series Embarrassing Bodies that will feature viewers video-calling the show to share their medical problems.
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NewsC4 orders longest ever Drop
Channel 4 gameshow The Million Pound Drop Live is to return for its longest ever run.
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NewsC4 orders Mumsnet show
Studio Lambert has been given the greenlight to create a programme inspired by online forum Mumsnet for Channel 4.
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RatingsJamie’s Dream School ends with 1.2m
WEDNESDAY: Jamie Oliver’s classroom of high profile teachers failed to hold viewers’ attention as Dream School bowed out with its second lowest audience of the series.
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NewsSky plans bid to poach Glee
Channel 4 faces a battle to retain the rights to Glee as Sky prepares to offer what could be a knockout bid for the hit US show.
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NewsC4 to court more controversy
David Abraham has tasked Jay Hunt with increasing the volume of controversial output on Channel 4, the chief creative officer revealed at her first out-of-London indie meeting.
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NewsWindfall recreates Dam Busters mission for C4
Channel 4 has recreated the WWII mission to destroy two German dams that was immortalised in classic film The Dam Busters.
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CommentC4 reveals appetite for risk
Abraham’s recent moves signal a return to the broadcaster’s roots.
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NewsC4 proposes Royal gypsy wedding special
Channel 4 has ordered an hour long one-off of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings that will broadcast the day before the Royal Wedding.