Latest Channel 4 News – Page 248
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NewsTiger to lift lid on UK housing for C4 campaign series
Channel 4 has commissioned Tiger Aspect to make a campaigning series that will raise the roof on empty houses in the UK and look at ways to address the country’s burgeoning housing issues.
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NewsC4 Sri Lanka doc sparks outrage and praise
Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, Channel 4’s harrowing film about the final weeks in the country’s civil war, sparked nearly 470 viewer comments of both praise and complaint.
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NewsC4 poaches OMD UK boss
Jonathan Allan has been appointed Channel 4 sales director, taking responsibility for delivering almost £1bn in revenues and overseeing a sales team of around 200 people.
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NewsJon Snow to front Thatcher doc
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow will front a one-off documentary looking at the career of Margaret Thatcher for Channel 4.
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NewsCamelot axed after one series
Camelot, the Arthurian drama currently airing on Channel 4, has been canned after just one series.
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NewsChannel 4 enters F1 race
Channel 4 has opened discussions to acquire the TV rights to Formula 1 when the BBC’s deal expires in two years time.
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NewsC4 follow-up gives Brit teens taste of Amish life
The Amish community of Ohio will take in British teenagers for a Channel 4 follow-up to last year’s Amish: World’s Squarest Teenagers.
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NewsC4 delays decision on Comedy Blaps shorts
Channel 4 online comedy talent initiative Comedy Blaps has been delayed after being inundated with ideas.
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NewsSex advisers take Channel 4 to task over teen show
A group of sexual health advisers and experts will meet with the Channel 4 fact ent commissioning team next week to discuss criticisms of the broadcaster’s sex education programming.
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NewsCentury to make undercover police doc for C4
The undercover policeman who spent seven years posing as an environmental activist is to be the subject of a Channel 4 Cutting Edge film.
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NewsChannel 4 cans Campus
Channel 4 comedy series Campus will not return for a second series after the first failed to attract viewers.
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NewsC4's Sri Lanka doc sparks 118 complaints
Ofcom is investigating Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields following more than 100 complaints that it was misrepresentative and misleading.
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NewsC4 News recruits North of England correspondent
Radio 4 and ITV Tonight reporter Morland Sanders is joining Channel 4 News as North of England correspondent, as the programme continues to refresh the on-screen team.
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NewsCarr locked into C4 for two years
Talkshow host Alan Carr has signed a two-year exclusive deal with Channel 4 that will see him continue to host Chatty Man.
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NewsC4 Education turns to grime
Channel 4 Education has commissioned Windfall Films to produce five online music videos led by political activist Jody McIntyre.
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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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NewsLion TV meets Britain's biggest families for C4
The lifestyle, dynamics and struggles of four of the UK’s biggest families will be the focus of a Channel 4 series this autumn.
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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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NewsC4 and Mixcloud launch athletics soundtrack competition
Channel 4 and Mixcloud have partnered to launch a competition that will use crowd-sourcing to find soundtracks to accompany footage of athletes competing in the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
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NewsUS remake for C4's Sirens
New Channel 4 comedy-drama Sirens is to be remade in the US by Rescue Me star Denis Leary.