Channel 4 – Page 275
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NewsC4 plans record investment in drama
Drama is to receive “a record level” of investment from Channel 4 this year as programming boss Jay Hunt revealed some of her content priorities as part of the broadcaster’s 2014 report.
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NewsIn brief: Tessa Ross to launch indie
Tessa Ross is returning to television, while Dave has acquired high-profile US comedy Parks and Recreation and Channel 4 has recommissioned two comedies.
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NewsGovernment has ‘no plans currently’ to privatise C4
The government has claimed that there are “no plans currently” to privatise Channel 4.
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NewsC4 axes The Singer Takes It All
Channel 4 has axed its real-time voting competition The Singer Takes It All after just one series.
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NewsFirecracker follows Llewelyn-Bowen to China
Firecracker Films is to follow Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s attempts to launch a lingerie brand in China for BBC2 in one of three orders picked up by the factual producer.
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NewsIn brief: Lime Pictures; The Garden; Nan; Radio 5 Live 606
Lime Pictures is to delve into the world of clairvoyants for Channel 4 and Nan is to return for a two-part series on BBC1. Click for the rest of today’s news round-up.
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NewsMade In Chelsea heads to Beverly Hills
E4 has commissioned a second Made In Chelsea spin-off series – this time based in the affluent climes of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
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NewsChannel 4 returns to The Island for third run
Channel 4 is to head to the The Island with Bear Grylls for a third time after recommissioning the Bafta-winning show.
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NewsC4 raids Objective for head of entertainment
Objective Productions head of comedy Ben Caudell is to become Channel 4 head of entertainment as the commercial broadcaster finalises the team’s new structure.
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NewsBarcroft accesses the KKK for C4
Barcroft Productions has secured access to notorious US race hate group Ku Klux Klan for its first Channel 4 commission.
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NewsWhose Line Is It Anyway? to get stage adaptation
Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Angst Productions and Hat Trick Productions are to turn Channel 4’s hit improvised comedy Whose Line Is It Anyway? into a stage show.
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NewsPaul Abbott developing second series of No Offence
Paul Abbott is developing a second series of C4 drama No Offence as he looks to replicate the success of Shameless, according to the show’s executive producer.
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NewsGeneral election 2015: Tory plans for broadcasting
The Conservative Party is on course to win a small majority at the general election. Here is how its plans for the broadcasting industry stack up.
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NewsC4 orders celebrity lookalike comedy
Channel 4 is to transform its online non-scripted comedy Lookalikes into a 30-minute special for linear television.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest 2015 line-up revealed
BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore, BBC2 boss Kim Shillinglaw and Channel 4 deputy chief creative officer Ralph Lee are among the executives signed up to talk at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsJamie Oliver serves up healthy-eating docs for C4
Jamie Oliver is back on the campaign trail with two Channel 4 healthy-eating documentary projects.
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NewsC4 hires viewer relationship chief
Channel 4 has promoted Charlie Palmer to head of viewer relationship management following the departure of Steve Forde last month.
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NewsE4 shuts down for general election
Channel 4 will shut down its youth-skewing digital channel E4 on the day of the general election to encourage young people to go out and vote.
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NewsC4 sets out model to grow games business
Channel 4’s freshly launched games publishing arm is to take around a 15% share of revenue from developers’ apps to engineer a “win-win” situation in which it drives more traffic to its own titles.