Channel 4 – Page 108
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NewsDexter creator remaking French drama with 4Rights
The creator of Dexter is adapting a French series for the US, with investment from Channel 4’s 4Rights.
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NewsC4's Coming Up line-up revealed
MJ Delaney, the director behind viral hit Newport State of Mind, is to make a drama for Channel 4 starring This is England’s Thomas Turgoose, as part of the broadcaster’s Coming Up scheme.
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NewsC4 offers £500k for games
Games developers will be handed budgets of up to £500,000 to create cutting-edge games for Channel 4, Colin Macdonald revealed in his first briefing.
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NewsC4 to air Gervais comedy - Derek
Ricky Gervais’s first sitcom pilot for Channel 4 is to be broadcast in April.
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NewsOfcom drops Gypsy Blood complaints
Ofcom has dropped over 500 complaints made about Channel 4 documentary Gypsy Blood.
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NewsBBC loses horseracing crown jewels to C4
Channel 4 has secured the horseracing crown jewels in a four year deal after snatching the rights from the BBC.
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NewsC4 to meet with Gambling Commission
Channel 4 is to meet with the Gambling Commission (GC) after the independent regulator contacted the broadcaster about teatime gameshow Deal or No Deal.
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NewsC4 confirms repeats channel
Channel 4 is planning to launch a repeats station that will air programmes from the last seven days, chief executive David Abraham has confirmed.
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NewsC4 factual backs fresh talent
Perfect Motion, Bigballs Films and Cwmni Da have won their first ever commissions from Channel 4, via the factual department.
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NewsTom Beck joins C4 entertainment team
Gallowgate’s head of entertainment, Tom Beck, has joined Channel 4 as an entertainment commissioning editor.
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NewsNew Girl tops 4oD chart
New Girl, one of Channel 4’s latest US acquisitions, has topped the 4oD chart for January by more than a million views.
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NewsSky 1 picks up C4 pilot Chickens
Sky 1 has plucked Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas’ comedy Chickens from Channel 4 in a deal that will see Big Talk Productions produce its first show for the channel.
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NewsHonda backs C4 after "gypsier" complaints
Channel 4 documentaries sponsor Honda has re-iterated its support for Big Fat Gypsy Weddings despite a wave of recent complaints over the marketing campaign.
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NewsGok Wan turns chef for C4
Fashion stylist Gok Wan will try his hand at cooking in a Channel 4 series that will see him appearing alongside his chef father.
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NewsC4 boosts fact ent commissioning with two hires
Channel 4 has bolstered its fact ent commissioning team, responsible for some of the broadcaster’s biggest hits – including Big Fat Gypsy Weddings – with two appointments.
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NewsC4 Gypsy ad stirs protest
Ads for C4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings have sparked complaints from the London Gypsy Traveller Unit and two London Assembly Members.
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NewsC4 acquires Black Cab Sessions
Channel 4 has picked up online music format The Black Cab Sessions USA, which has been adapted into a longer form for TV.
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NewsBlack Mirror tops C4 complaints
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror sparked 253 complaints, making it Channel 4’s most-criticised programme in December.
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NewsC4 orders Anna and Katy comedy
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series based on Comedy Lab pilot Anna and Katy.
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NewsBank Job extended for second series
The Bank Job, Channel 4’s latest interactive gameshow will return for a second extended series in February.