Latest Channel 4 News – Page 199
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NewsSimon Rimmer lands C4 cookery quiz
Sunday Brunch presenter Simon Rimmer is to extend his work for Channel 4 by fronting a daytime cookery quiz show.
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NewsFifteen to One wins full C4 series
Channel 4 is to bring back classic quiz Fifteen to One for a full series following a celebrity special in September.
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NewsToast to return to C4
Channel 4 comedy Toast of London is returning for a second series next year despite recording low ratings for its first run.
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NewsC4 trims comedy budget and cuts back on pilots
Channel 4 is trimming its comedy budget and shaking up the way it develops series in a bid to order fewer pilots and go straight to series more often.
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NewsAward hits but ratings misses
C4 may have picked up a slew of Broadcast Awards nominations but this hasn’t been matched by a flood of viewers.
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NewsSnowman game sequel to use freemium model
Channel 4 has introduced a freemium model for a follow-up game to last year’s Broadcast Digital Award-winning The Snowman and The Snowdog.
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NewsC4 suffers 2013 ratings blues
Channel 4’s all hours share of viewing has tumbled to 5.8% as it endured by far the toughest year in ratings terms of all the UK’s major channels.
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News4Shorts out the gate with celeb skiing shorts
Channel 4 has commissioned a slew of short-form content to support its forthcoming celebrity skiing show The Jump.
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NewsWoolcock examines dog-fighting for C4
Channel 4 has green-lit a Cutting Edge documentary about illegal dog-fighting in the UK from One Mile Away director Penny Woolcock.
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NewsC4 under nations pressure
Channel 4 is facing mounting pressure from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments to significantly ramp up the amount of programming it commissions from the nations.
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NewsTern visits Pet Hospital for C4
Channel 4 has ordered a daytime series set in a pet hospital from Tern Television fronted by John Barrowman.
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NewsC4 buys into Reef's French Collection
Channel 4 has ordered a French-flavoured wheeler dealer daytime series from indie Reef Television.
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NewsC4 goes to the dogs with Tuesday's Child
Channel 4 is to pit dogs and their owners against each other in a series of physical challenges in Tuesday’s Child’s biggest order to date.
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NewsC4 picks up four Film Bazaar titles
Channel 4 has acquired four films that have screened at the Film Bazaar festival including India’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.
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NewsRevealed: 2013’s best acquisitions
From superhero spin-offs to headless horsemen, Broadcast assesses the year’s biggest imports
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NewsMore4 spin-off for Kirstie Allsopp makeover show
Channel 4 is extending its relationship with Kirstie Allsopp after renewing Fill your House for Free and giving a More4 spin-off series the greenlight.
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NewsC4 snares David Blaine special
Channel 4 has acquired David Blaine’s latest US magic special which features appearances from celebrities including Kanye West, Bryan Cranston and Robert De Niro after striking a deal with Ben Silverman’s Electus.
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NewsC4 plans to walk the Nile
Channel 4 is to track adventurer Levison Wood as he takes part in a year-long challenge to walk the length of the River Nile.
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NewsJourneyman ships Scientology doc
Channel 4 doc Scientologists at War, produced by Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer-indie Roast Beef TV, has been sold to a raft of international broadcasters by distributor Journeyman Pictures.