All Channel 4 articles – Page 356
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NewsC4 to look back on a decade in TV
Channel 4 is to count down the 20 landmark TV shows of the last ten years as part of a two-part special to air at Christmas.
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NewsC4 plans to charge for web previews
MEDIA FESTIVAL: Channel 4 is considering charging for online views of new programmes - before it airs them on television.
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NewsDispatches picks up two Rory Peck awards
Channel 4 Dispatches documentary Saving Africa’s Witch Children continued its winning streak last night with a Rory Peck award, one of two prizes for the current affairs strand.
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NewsC4 film investment to be mandatory under Digital Economy Bill
The UK Film Council has welcomed measures announced in the Queen’s Speech that would place a statutory commitment on Channel 4 to invest in film.
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NewsC4 launches full-length shows on YouTube
Channel 4 shows including The Inbetweeners and Hollyoaks make their official debut on YouTube today in a new section of the site that pulls together 3,000 hours of programming from 60 content providers.
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Behind The ScenesEmbarrassing Old Bodies, C4
Where do you find enough elderly people willing to discuss their medical problems? The solution, says Sarah Eglin, was a flying visit to Benidorm.
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NewsC4 orders full run of Objective’s Pete V Life
Channel 4 has fast-tracked Comedy Showcase pilot Pete V Life to a full run - but has axed sitcom Plus One after just one series.
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NewsC4 orders Tintin doc
Dom Joly will explore Tintin, the character created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé, for a Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsGervais returns to office life for C4
Ricky Gervais is to work on the script of a new office-based sitcom for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 to stage plane crash
Channel 4 is broadcast the crash-landing of a 300-seat passenger jet for a new documentary.
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NewsC4 calls time on Wife Swap
Wife Swap and How Clean Is Your House? have become the latest Channel 4 formats to fall victim to the broadcaster’s plan to clear the decks for new shows over the next 18 months.
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NewsC4 examines foreigners' role in UK history
Channel 4 has commissioned three indies to produce a 4 x 60-minute series of drama documentaries looking at the role that foreigners have played in key moments in British history.
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NewsIndia season tops C4 doc slate
An India season, life on the maternity ward, teen BNP members and Amy Winehouse’s dad are among the highlights of C4’s documentary slate over the coming months.
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NewsCamilla Campbell named head of C4 drama
Camilla Campbell, the commissioner behind Shameless, is to replace Liza Marshall as Channel 4 head of drama, Broadcast can reveal.
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CommentLife after commissioning
Former Channel 4 executive Peter Grimsdale reflects on the ‘penetration protocols’ of Big Brother, his ‘outplacement’ from Yahoo! over Nipplegate and how to prolong your career in television.
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NewsC4 to follow fight for Harrow scholarships
Channel 4 is to lift the curtain on the fight for scholarships to Harrow School, after Boomerang Plus secured behind the scenes access.
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NewsC4 technical problems anger viewers
Technical problems dominated C4’s complaints log last month, with 300 viewers contacting the broadcaster over disruption to Hollywood movie America’s Sweethearts and HBO import True Blood.
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NewsSpecialist factual feels the pinch in peak
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Channel 4 has to “raise its game” in specialist factual and deliver more “polarising” programming if it is to compete in peaktime, according to commissioning exec Ralph Lee.
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NewsBroadcasters outline doc wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV1 is looking to commission several blue-chip documentary singles from top-end film-makers for 9pm.