All Channel 4 articles – Page 339
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NewsC4 calls for more event-led shows
DOC/FEST: Channel 4’s head of specialist factual has called on indies to pitch braver and more event-led programming.
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NewsC4 doc head defends Seven Days
DOC/FEST: Channel 4’s deputy head of documentaries has defended Seven Days under combative questioning during a panel session at the Sheffield Doc Fest.
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NewsBuilders down modern tools for C4 villa series
A group of builders are to be stripped of their modern tools and techniques and challenged to build an authentic Roman villa for a Channel 4 series.
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NewsJonathan Ross to return to C4
Jonathan Ross is to return to TV as host of a Channel 4 celebration of the nation’s favourite toys.
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NewsMillion Pound Drop attracts 785,000 online
Channel 4 gameshow The Million Pound Drop attracted 785,000 online players over the week, an increase of 74% on the first series.
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NewsC4 launches Film4 VoD service
Channel 4 is extending its video-on-demand service with the launch of Film4oD - a service dedicated to movies.
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NewsC4 to boost comedy slate by £5m
Channel 4 is to spend £5m more on comedy in 2011, including new projects from Noel Fielding and Chris Addison.
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NewsE4 acquires US answer to Inbetweeners
E4 has acquired a new comedy series from the US that centres around college life in the 1980s, which the channel is angling as a successor to The Inbetweeners.
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NewsC4 sets aside £2m for YouView revolution
Channel 4 is putting £2m up for grabs for content designed for YouView and other connected TV services, and is hunting for three new multiplatform commissioners.
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Being... N-Dubz set for second outing on C4
Members of N-Dubz are to open up their lives for a second series and a Christmas special of their Peep Show-style Channel 4 format.
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NewsBrooke to rejoin Channel 4
Dan Brooke, previously managing director of Discovery UK and indie Rare Day, is to become Channel 4’s first director of marketing, communications and corporate relations.
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NewsControversial Islam doc cleared by Ofcom
Channel 4’s Britain’s Islamic Republic, which attrated more than 1,000 complaints and was branded a “dirty little programme” by former MP George Galloway, has been cleared by Ofcom.
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NewsChannel 4 defends Harry docudrama
Channel 4 defended its broadcast last night of a “dramatised documentary” showing Prince Harry taken prisoner in Afghanistan as “sober and responsible”.
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RatingsPrince Harry dramadoc captures 900,000
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s controversial dramatised documentary depicting the results of Prince Harry being captured while serving on the front line in Afghanistan failed to top the million mark.
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NewsNutopia takes celebs back to their youth for C4
Nutopia, the indie run by Jane Root and Laura Franses, is to take the likes of Boy George and Michael Barrymore back to their teenage homes for Channel 4.
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Behind The ScenesAnimal Madhouse, C4
Cute cats and dogs weren’t what this series was about, says Andrew Anderson. His team of vets were on a mission to treat more exotic species.
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NewsPSBs warn of 'modest' product placement revenues
Channel 4 and Channel 5 have claimed that the profit-boosting benefits of product placement should not be “overplayed”.
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NewsC4 to turn up heat on climate change debate
Channel 4 is to dedicate an evening to the climate change debate including a film about how the green movement has failed.
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NewsDrop Harry docudrama, says Armed Forces chief
The head of the Armed Forces has written to Channel 4 to demand it does not show a “dramatised documentary” based on what would happen if Prince Harry were to be taken prisoner in Afghanistan.
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NewsC4 Diversity team orders TV debut from playwright
Playwright Debbie Tucker Green is to make her TV directorial debut by adapting her own work, Random, for Channel 4.