Channel 4 – Page 131
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NewsC4 delays decision on Comedy Blaps shorts
Channel 4 online comedy talent initiative Comedy Blaps has been delayed after being inundated with ideas.
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NewsC4 hooks new Fish Fight
A follow-up programme to the Keo Films-produced Hugh’s Fish Fight series has been ordered by Channel 4.
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NewsC4 extends Beeny's nightmare
Channel 4 has ordered a second, longer run of Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare from Renegade Pictures.
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NewsMP criticises Abraham over Boyle joke
Channel 4’s chief executive has been attacked by an MP for making the “appalling decision” to broadcast Frankie Boyle’s joke about Katie Price’s son Harvey.
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NewsC4 specialist factual to woo male audience
Channel 4 head of specialist factual Ralph Lee has been briefing indies that his department is seeking programmes to attract male viewers to the channel.
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NewsC4 visitors watch most video streams
Visitors to Channel 4’s website watch twice as many video streams as those who visit the BBC, ITV and Sky websites, according to the first set of results from the Nielsen Video Census.
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NewsRobinson traces origins of superstitious belief for C4
Tony Robinson is to front a new Channel 4 series exploring the origins of belief in ideas such as vampires, spirits, witches and poltergeists.
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NewsJamie to explore British food origins for C4
Jamie Oliver’s latest series for Channel 4 will see the chef travel the UK exploring the origins of traditional British food.
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NewsMosley invades own privacy for C4 First Cut doc
Privacy campaigner Max Mosley has agreed to be profiled for a 30-minute documentary for Channel 4 in its recurring new talent strand First Cut.
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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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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 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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NewsC4 orders 27 Inch Man doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a special for its Bodyshock strand following the journey of a tiny man and his attempt to enter the record books.
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NewsReview urges C4 Education to push web work
A review into Channel 4 Education’s long-term strategy is expected to recommend more cross-platform projects to raise awareness of the department’s web-based work.
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NewsC4 orders more Celebrity Five
Channel 4 has ordered two new series’ of daytime reality show Celebrity Five Go To, including Apprentice star Stuart ‘the brand’ Baggs.
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NewsRevolution develops Peace’s GB84 for C4
Channel 4 is planning to follow its adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding with a new series based on GB84, the novelist’s fictional take on the miners’ strike of the 1980s.
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NewsC4 names first show to go global on 4oD
Channel 4 series Unreported World will become the first programme to be made available to audiences outside the UK through the broadcaster’s online catch-up service, 4 on Demand (4oD).
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NewsC4 lines-up transgender films
Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.
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NewsC4 kicks off indies clinics
Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt will hold the first of 12 indie surgeries in London on 31 March.
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NewsBroadcasters to offer placements to C4’s disabled talent
A raft of broadcasters and producers have agreed to offer placements to the disabled sports presenters uncovered by Channel 4 as part of its 2012 Paralympics coverage.