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NewsCutting Edge returns with look at darker side of life
Cutting Edge, the Channel 4 documentary strand that spawned breakout success My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, will return in May with films on extradition, lottery winners and female paedophiles.
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NewsEnfield drafted in to direct E4 sitcom pilot
Harry Enfield has been drafted in as the director for new E4 sitcom Sex and the Chippy after the original director Ben Palmer left the show.
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NewsOona King leaves C4 diversity role for seat in Lords
Channel 4 head of diversity Oona King has stepped down from her role after entering the House of Lords.
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NewsBrookside fans call for anniversary DVD
More than 5,000 Brookside fans have signed a petition calling for a commemorative DVD to mark the soap’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsC4 News signs investigations deal
A team dedicated to investigations for Channel 4 News will be funded through a new 12 month deal between Firecrest Films and ITN – the producers of the news programme.
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NewsC4's alternative Christmas message
As a team of midwives prepate to deliver Channel 4’s alternative to the Queen’s Christmas Day message, Broadcast looks back at the station’s festive speeches from the past 17 years.
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NewsKatie Price contacts lawyers over Frankie Boyle joke
Reality star and model Katie Price has asked her lawyers to write to Channel 4 after comedian Frankie Boyle made a “vile” joke about her disabled son.
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NewsC4 film to lift the lid on the 2006 foiled bomb plot
The story behind the foiled bomb plot that permanently changed air travel security has been commissioned as a Raw TV drama documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsDiversity awards: Vote now
VOTE NOW: Broadcast readers can now vote online and decide the Most Groundbreaking Programme in this year’s Cultural Diversity Network Awards.
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NewsC4's Britdoc calls for nature pitches
The Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation is teaming with the National Trust to back a documentary examining humans’ current relationship with nature.
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NewsC4 orders more Supersize vs Superskinny
Channel 4 has ordered a new series of Supersize vs Superskinny for broadcast early next year.
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Being... N-Dubz set for second outing on C4
Members of N-Dubz are to open up their lives for a second series and a Christmas special of their Peep Show-style Channel 4 format.
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NewsBrooke to rejoin Channel 4
Dan Brooke, previously managing director of Discovery UK and indie Rare Day, is to become Channel 4’s first director of marketing, communications and corporate relations.
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NewsC4's Comedy Showcase to return
Channel 4 is planning a third Comedy Showcase season next year – but plans to enter production on full series much earlier than previously.
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NewsUltimate Big Brother line up revealed
Big Brother divorcees Chantelle and Preston have been reunited as they joined the all-star line-up for the final series.
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NewsJohnny Marr writes the theme tune
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has written the theme tune for a TV sitcom for Channel 4.
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NewsHoller joins Studio Lambert's Notting Hill doc
Digital agency Holler is to produce the web content for Channel 4’s forthcoming documentary series Notting Hill.
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NewsBlumenthal may call time on feasting to keep C4 menu fresh
Chef Heston Blumenthal is considering calling time on his Channel 4 Feasts strand to prevent it getting “tired”.
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NewsMumbai director tackles Haiti
The Bafta award-winning director of Terror In Mumbai is to tackle the fallout of the Haitian earthquake for his next project.
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NewsCome Dine with Me app is C4 iPhone first
Channel 4 is launching its first major iPhone app, for hit series Come Dine With Me, to offer fans richer content and open up a newrevenue stream for the broadcaster.