Latest Channel 4 News – Page 224

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    Gervais' Derek wins NY award

    2012-06-06T09:43:00Z

    Ricky Gervais comedy Derek has picked up a major prize at the New York International Short Film Festival.

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    E4 orders celebrity prank show

    2012-06-06T09:32:00Z

    Comedian Lee Kern will prank celebrities in a new series for E4 that will see him setting up outlandish situations to catch them out.

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    Channel 4 signs Hilary Devey

    2012-06-01T14:11:00Z

    Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Hilary Devey has signed an exclusive two-year deal with Channel 4.

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    RSPCA and C4 defend complaints over calf killings

    2012-06-01T12:36:00Z

    The RSPCA has supported C4 over its decision to broadcast the slaughter of calves, which sparked 59 complaints from upset viewers.

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    Hollyoaks lands Nokia smartphone PP deal

    2012-05-31T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks has won its second major product placement deal, and will feature Nokia Lumia smartphones in the programme across four months from July.

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    C4 orders additional Paralympics content

    2012-05-31T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 looks set to increase its coverage of the Paralympics to between 180 and 200 hours, and has commissioned Twofour to make a further six docs for a strand featuring some of Britain’s up-and-coming Paralympians.

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    C4 mixes old and new as campaigns return

    2012-05-31T08:00:00Z

    Cooking, fishing and property are among the themes on Channel 4’s features slate as the broadcaster unveils new commissions and returns to its high-profile campaigning series.

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    ITN’s Dispatches poaches Unreported World editor

    2012-05-31T08:00:00Z

    The series editor of Channel 4 international current affairs strand Unreported World has been poached by ITN to series produce its Dispatches output contract.

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    Studio Lambert to take search for love Undercover

    2012-05-31T08:00:00Z

    Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert is rejigging its undercover take on life experiences in a format for Channel 4 in which a wealthy bachelor ditches his riches to try to find love.

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    C4 chooses MDMA for Drugs Live

    2012-05-29T11:21:00Z

    Channel 4’s controversial Drugs Live will investigate the impact of MDMA on the human body, Broadcast understands.

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    Paralympics to be streamed on C4 online and Sky

    2012-05-28T14:20:00Z

    The Paralympic Games will be streamed on Sky, Channel4.com, as Channel 4 prepares to provide full rolling coverage of the 12 days of action.

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    Comment: a night of Bafta surprises

    2012-05-28T13:28:00Z

    Last night’s Baftas saw a swathe of surprise wins, while ITV1’s controversial Fred West drama Appropriate Adult won a trio of acting awards.

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    Facejacker movie in the works

    2012-05-28T08:30:00Z

    Facejacker star Kayvan Novak has revealed that he is working on plans to turn his Channel 4 prank show into a film.

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    4oD viewers make date with Chelsea and Undateables

    2012-05-25T11:02:00Z

    The third series of Made in Chelsea was the most watched series on Channel 4’s video-on-demand service in April – attracting 2.37m views to the service while The Undateables also featured in the top 10.

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    Hunt warned PM about "caving in to" Sky bid opponents

    2012-05-24T17:40:00Z

    Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a memo to prime minister David Cameron in November 2010 in which he warned against “caving into the Mark Thompson / Channel 4 / Guardian line” over News Corp’s takeover bid for Sky.

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    Sarah Mulvey took her own life, inquest finds

    2012-05-24T10:22:00Z

    The “bright and articulate” former Channel 4 commissioner Sarah Mulvey killed herself with an overdose of opiate toxicity, the coroner hearing the inquest into her death has found.

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    C4’s Comedy Blaps to feature Dr Brown

    2012-05-24T08:30:00Z

    Dr Brown, the creation of mime artist and clown Phil Burgers, will feature in the next set of Channel 4 Comedy Blaps – the broadcaster’s online comedy shorts initiative.

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    4Talent targets areas of youth unemployment

    2012-05-24T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4’s division aimed at helping young entrants into the creative industries is to stage networking events in six areas of high youth unemployment around the country in a bid to attract fresh talent.

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    Embarrassing Bodies apps near 400,000 downloads in one week

    2012-05-23T12:45:00Z

    The new trio of Embarrassing Bodies iPhone apps have been downloaded nearly 400,000 times since the start of the new series of Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic last week.

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    Sarah Mulvey inquest re-opens

    2012-05-22T13:18:00Z

    The inquest into the death of Sarah Mulvey has re-opened with the coroner reiterating that Channel 4 is not an interested party and confirming that it is not investigating any connection between the broadcaster and death of its former commissioner.