Latest Channel 4 News – Page 237
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NewsC4 to pilot comic trio’s Bad Sugar
Sharon Horgan, Julia Davis and Olivia Colman have created a Channel 4 comedy pilot with the writers of Fresh Meat and Peep Show.
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NewsC4 factual candidates emerge
The deputy head of factual role at Channel 4 looks likely to be hotly contested, with multiple contenders emerging, including a raft of internal candidates.
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NewsC4 to use game to select Bank Job contestants
The contestants appearing in Channel 4’s forthcoming The Bank Job will have to be successful in an online head-to-head game to take part in the show.
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NewsC4 probes Queen Victoria’s secrets
The controversial relationship between Queen Victoria and her Muslim Indian servant Abdul Karim will be explored as part of Channel 4’s 2012 history documentary line-up.
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NewsFresh Meat tops 4oD chart
Channel 4 comedy drama, Fresh Meat, was the most watched series on 4oD in October by half a million views.
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NewsGrayson Perry to explore class and taste for C4
Turner prize winning artist Grayson Perry will explore taste and class for Channel 4 in a three-part series due to be shown next year.
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NewsDavid Morrissey to star in C4 riots drama
The riots that engulfed parts of London this summer will be at the centre of the new Channel 4 drama starring David Morrissey.
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NewsC4 orders fifth Supersize
A fifth series of Endemol’s Supersize Vs Superskinny has been ordered by Channel 4.
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NewsC4 orders Hollyoaks specials
Channel 4 has ordered two Hollyoaks specials to be shown over the Christmas period.
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NewsRory Bremner to host C4 gameshow pilot
Rory Bremner is fronting a Channel 4 pilot from Objective Productions called Absolute Zero.
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NewsFilm 4 launches first multiplatform project
Film 4 has ordered its first piece of multiplatform content, an immersive experience written by author AL Kennedy to support forthcoming film Dreams of a Life.
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NewsBBC wins back World Athletics rights
The BBC has won back the rights to the World Athletics Championships from Channel 4 for the next two events – one of which will be held in the UK.
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NewsVernon Kay to front festive Channel 4 show
Vernon Kay is returning to Channel 4 to front live entertainment programme in the run up to Christmas.
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NewsUK wins five International Emmys
BBC1 drama Accused and Channel 4 biopic Mo won International Emmy’s last night as reality producer Nigel Lythgoe received a special prize from Lady Gaga.
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NewsDominique Walker to leave C4
Dominique Walker, the Channel 4 commissioner behind many of Jamie Oliver’s shows, is leaving to join the production community.
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NewsC4 works up 14 ideas from online briefing
International finance, decision-making, consumerism and economics are among the 14 multiplatform project ideas indies are developing for Channel 4 following its first Online briefing.
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NewsCountry House Rescue to replace Watson with Davis
Ruth Watson, the property presenter Channel 4 poached to front Country House Rescue, will be replaced by Simon Davis in the fourth series.
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NewsShine TV hires C4 commissioner
Shine Group has made another high-profile appointment, poaching a Channel 4 commissioner to head a new division at Shine TV.
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NewsC4 appoints Jay Hunt strategy advisor
Channel 4 has appointed former Question Time editor Edward Havard to the newly created role of channel executive, to support chief creative officer Jay Hunt.
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NewsC4 gives True Stories original order boost
Channel 4 will commission 10 True Stories documentaries from next year, more than double the number when the international documentary strand aired on More 4.