All Channel 4 articles – Page 340
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NewsAndreae exits Incubator for Discovery
Former Channel 4 exec Simon Andreae, who moved to the US in 2005, has been appointed to a senior role at Discovery.
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NewsThe IT Crowd gets fifth series and new writers
The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan plans to pull together a team of writers for a planned fifth series of the Channel 4 comedy.
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NewsMiralis named More4 head
Australian TV commissioner Anna Miralis is moving to the UK to join Channel 4 as editor of digital channel More4.
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NewsC4 censured for Big Brother 'retard' jibe
Ofcom has upheld complaints about the use of the word “retard” in a live edition of Celebrity Big Brother’s Big Mouth, overturning an earlier judgement that gave Channel 4 a pass on the incident.
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NewsC4 eyes new slot for Iron Chef UK
Channel 4 is hunting for a new home for Iron Chef UK after pulling it out of its 5pm slot mid-run due to poor ratings.
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NewsC4 tackles attitudes to beauty in life-swap series from Betty
Society’s attitudes towards beauty are to be tested in Channel 4’s latest life-swap format.
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NewsConcorde doc takes off
The crash that ended supersonic air travel is to be explored in a 90-minute documentary charting the history of Concorde.
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NewsIPTV provider attempts to block Canvas
IPTV service 3View has launched a last-ditch attempt to block rival service Project Canvas ahead of today’s decision about the future of the joint venture from the Office of Fair Trading.
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Behind The ScenesUnreported World: Inside Burman's Secret State
An unauthorised journey into one of the secretive state’s most dangerous and militarised areas took Simon Phillips close to his physical limits.
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NewsC4 to show ‘jaw-dropping’ animal behaviour
Over-sexed dachshunds, incontinent llamas and narcoleptic horses are to get the Embarrassing Bodies treatment in a Channel 4 series.
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NewsTwenty Twenty examines Titanic crafts for Channel 4
Channel 4 is to attempt to rebuild parts of the Titanic in a series from Shed Media’s Twenty Twenty dubbed “the Edwardian Gadget Show”.
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The Broadcast InterviewRalph Lee, specialist factual, Channel 4
C4’s head of specialist factual doesn’t want to fall into the trap of making great programmes that get lost in the schedules. Commissions must make an impact, he tells Robin Parker.
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NewsBacon talks about Blue Peter sacking for C4 site
Presenter Richard Bacon is to open up about his sacking from Blue Peter in a Channel 4 web project from Somethin’ Else.
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NewsC4 to spend £2m teaching teens about money
Channel 4 has ringfenced almost half of next year’s education budget for projects that will help teenagers grapple with financial and business issues.
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NewsC4 committee to sign off commissions
David Abraham is to sit on an interim commissioning team that will sign off all Channel 4 programming orders in the wake of Kevin Lygo’s new role at ITV Studios.
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NewsBritain's Got Talent nominated for Bafta
Britain’s Got Talent will go head-to-head with Graham Norton, Harry Hill and Charlie Brooker at this year’s Bafta television awards.
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RatingsC4 beats ITV on election night
Channel 4’s sideways glance at election night proved a winning formula, with early figures suggesting it beat ITV1’s coverage of polling last night.
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News"Sick" C4 comedy under fire
More than 200 viewers have attacked Channel 4’s comedy output for its reliance on “sick” and “puerile” humour and strong language - and the “abhorrent” views of Frankie Boyle.
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CommentWhere next for post-Lygo C4?
Lygo is synonymous with C4’s risk-taking - now it needs a new image, writes Emily Bell.
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NewsRuby readies ITV1 surgeon thriller and social drama for C4
Ruby Films is developing an ITV drama series following a feisty female surgeon, adapted by Mistresses co-creator SJ Clarkson from the bestselling surgery memoir Direct Red.