All Channel 4 articles – Page 188
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NewsPiers Wenger appointed BBC head of drama
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger has been appointed BBC director of drama commissioning after four years at the ad-supported broadcaster.
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RatingsWales win over N. Ireland helps Euros dominate
SATURDAY: BBC1 and ITV’s Euros coverage dominated the day’s schedule while 2m (14.4%) tuned in to watch Adele headline Glastonbury.
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NewsAbraham: 'C4 is ready for EU fallout'
Channel 4 is prepared for the “complex and unchartered” implications of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, according to chief executive David Abraham.
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NewsC4 in director diversity push
Channel 4 has ramped up its diversity initiative by joining forces with the National Film and Television School to fund three bursary schemes for diverse applicants.
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RatingsC4 EU Debate beats BBC1
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s EU Referendum debate edged out BBC1 at 9pm as ITV’s coverage of the Euros dominated.
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NewsMaggie Brown plans follow up to C4 book
Journalist Maggie Brown is to write a second volume of her history of Channel 4, which will kick off with the decision to drop Big Brother.
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RatingsGogglesprogs caught by 1.9m
FRIDAY: The launch of Channel 4’s Gogglebox spin-off Gogglesprogs failed to come close to its Christmas special, while 6.3m tuned in to see Spain devastate Turkey in the Euros.
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CommentEscape To The Chateau: filming a French fairytale
Ahead of its final episode on Sunday, director Paul Crompton blogs on the experience of creating and making Channel 4 series Escape To The Chateau.
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NewsC4 training scheme focuses on diversity
Channel 4 will only accept individuals who are disabled or from a BAME or socially-disadvantaged background onto its production training scheme next year to improve industry diversity.
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NewsC4 docs to dig up British history
Palaeobiologist Tori Herridge is to front two Channel 4 natural history formats from different producers.
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FeaturesBorn On The Same Day, C4
Tracing the lives of celebrities and ordinary people born on the same day brings a fresh approach to the biography format, says Laura Mansfield
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RatingsUnderwhelming debut for C4's Born On... as Euro 2016 dominates
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s remake of Norwegian format Born On The Same Day struggled to cut through – with just over 1m viewers – narrowly ahead of ITV2’s Love Island.
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NewsC4 plans Grease-style prom night
Channel 4 is to host a 50s-themed live entertainment evening in which Alan Carr will present a screening of classic musical Grease and a live Rydell High-styled dance event.
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NewsC4 bulks up entertainment slate
Channel 4 is locking up seven strangers in a room for the chance to win £10,000 in a new Monkey-produced daytime quiz, while E4 has tasked DJ Charlie Sloth to find the perfect housemate.
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FeaturesGoggledocs
Five of the UK’s top TV documentary-makers watched C4’s factual output in the first week of February. Here they deliver their verdicts in the style of the channel’s hit series Gogglebox
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NewsC4 greenlights nine Cutting Edge docs
A raft of new films have been green-lit for Channel 4’s documentary strand Cutting Edge.
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Ratings24 Hours in Police Custody triumphs for C4
WEDNESDAY: C4’s 24 Hours in Police Custody won the 9pm slot, while Channel 5 matched BBC1 across the hour.
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NewsDiscovery eyes C4 in UK push
Discovery will be in the queue of potential suitors for a privatised Channel 4, as the US broadcasting giant looks to build its presence in the UK.
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NewsC4 rejects Birmingham move proposals
Channel 4 has poured cold water on government proposals to relocate from its Horseferry Road headquarters to Birmingham, arguing it is already sufficiently active outside of the capital.
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VideoVIDEO: Born on the Same Day, C4
Outline Productions has remade the Norwegian format about a disparate group of people who share a birthday