Channel 4 – Page 296
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NewsRamsay to cook Christmas dinner live for C4
Gordon Ramsay will cook a turkey dinner live for Channel 4 on Christmas Day - while Alan Carr will take viewers into the New Year.
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NewsC4 to probe Britishness in Bradford
The Citizenship test will be used as the basis of a social experiment in Bradford which will result in a group of people who failed it put together in a house by Channel 4.
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NewsC4 acquires Half Ton Killer
Mayra Rosales, a 500 kilogram (78 stone) woman, accused of beating her nephew to death is one of the main characters in a US documentary acquired by Channel 4.
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NewsC4 opens online swap shop
Channel 4 Education is launching a fashion community website and mobile application aimed at encouraging sustainable and ethical fashion.
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NewsC4 drops Vacation, Vacation, Vacation
Kirsty Allsopp and Phil Spencer’s holiday show Vacation, Vacation, Vacation, will not be returning to Channel 4 for another series.
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NewsPact and C4 talk equality
Pact and Channel 4 are holding a joint roundtable discussion about the Equality Act a year after its introduction.
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NewsC4 rekindles 2005 ‘gay or straight’ dating format
Dating reality format Playing It Straight is being remade for Channel 4 following its first outing in 2005.
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NewsE4 recruiting 100 viewers to push shows online
E4 has launched a marketing initiative under which 100 viewers will be given access to its shows ahead of broadcast in exchange for promoting them online.
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NewsBFGW back on Dale Farm
Firecracker Films, the producer of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, is back filming on Dale Farm for the second instalment of the Channel 4 series after resolving a dispute.
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NewsC4 follows up SBTV pilot with series order for T4
A T4 pilot charting the success of online youth broadcaster SBTV will be turned into a 5 x 30-minute series for the Channel 4 teen strand.
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NewsC4 links off-peak and daytime commissioning
Channel 4 off-peak commissioning will now sit in the daytime department to make commissioning for the slots more coherent.
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NewsC4 Barb board director to exit
Claire Grimmond, Channel 4 controller of research and insight, is leaving the broadcaster after 18 years.
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NewsCharity Commission starts inquiry after C4 Dispatches
A Channel 4 Dispatches has triggered a Charity Commission investigation into housing charity, the Meridian Foundation.
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NewsC4 defends Comedy Blaps choices
Channel 4 has defended its decision to commission Baby Cow and Objective Productions as part of a comedy shorts project designed to unearth new talent.
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NewsWhitehall hits the road for C4 primetime series
Stand-up comedian Jack Whitehall has secured his first primetime hosting role in an entertainment series for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 unveils Sexperience site
Channel 4 has launched a “digital visualisator” to present the results of the Sexperience survey it commissioned around the fifth series of The Sex Education Show.
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NewsEndemol gains Asian foothold for MPD format
Channel 4 gameshow The Million Pound Drop Live has scored its first format sale in Asia.
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NewsViewers to interact with Dispatches
Dispatches viewers are to be asked to share their experiences of issues raised in the strand by uploading video footage to the Channel 4 website.
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C4 News reporters roles expanded
Channel 4 News has created two new roles as part of the ongoing overhaul of the programme.
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NewsForeign Office calls for Sri Lanka investigation
Channel 4 doc Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields has prompted the Foreign Office to call for the Sri Lankan government to respond the allegations shown in the programme.