All Channel 4 articles – Page 192
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NewsDCMS meetings offer hints at possible C4 suitors
Culture secretary John Whittingdale, who met with the likes of Viacom, Disney, Warner Bros and Sony last year, has claimed there will be “no shortage” of buyers for Channel 4.
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CommentJohn Whittingdale’s misguided plan
Culture secretary has a solution for C4 - but what’s the problem, asks Chris Curtis
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NewsMuslim docs take centre stage
The BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will go head to head with programming about British Muslim communities amid concerns that broadcasters focus too heavily on extremism.
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RatingsThe A Word bows out respectably
TUESDAY: BBC1 drama The A Word bowed out with its second biggest audience of the series, as Flowers shed viewers for Channel 4.
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NewsWhittingdale: no shortage of C4 buyers
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has said there is no shortage of suitors circling to buy Channel 4 as he gave his clearest indication yet that privatisation is his preferred option for the broadcaster.
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NewsWork begins on Catastrophe series three
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan have started work on a third series of their hit Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe.
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NewsFlintoff and Hornby to lead new era at Optomen
Former Channel 4 colleagues Tina Flintoff and Nick Hornby are to take over at Optomen, as Pat Llewellyn steps down from the All3Media indie after 22 years.
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RatingsFlowers matches Catastrophe
MONDAY: Channel 4’s dark comedy Flowers launched in line with Catastrophe, while Marcella rebounded from a series low.
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NewsChewing Gum creator: TV is too exclusive
Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel has criticised the exclusivity of the TV industry after being named 2016’s breakthrough talent at the Bafta craft awards.
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NewsBafta Television Craft winners unveiled
Russell T Davies, Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan were among the off-screen talent recognised at the Bafta Television Craft Awards last night.
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NewsC4 drops Indian Summers
New Pictures’ colonial drama Indian Summers will not return to Channel 4 for a third series.
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Behind The ScenesFlowers, C4
We found the perfect dilapidated old building to match the ‘otherness’ of our characters’ world - but filming upstairs carried a risk that the floors might collapse, says Will Sharpe
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NewsC4 Muslim doc draws 200 complaints
Over 200 complaints have been made about Channel 4’s controversial documentary What British Muslims Really Think.
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NewsPact calls on C4 to boost kids shows
Pact chief executive John McVay has called on Channel 4’s remit to be sharpened to better cater to young children.
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NewsDavid Abraham accuses Channel 5 of copy-cat commissioning
David Abraham has hit out at Channel 5 for “carpet-bombing” its schedule with benefits-related programming following the success of Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street.
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NewsOfcom appoints C4 deputy chairman
Ofcom has appointed MT (Mary Teresa) Rainey as deputy chairman of Channel 4.
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NewsSarah Beeny enters Four Rooms
Sarah Beeny is to replace Anita Rani as host of the fifth series of Channel 4’s factual format Four Rooms.
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NewsC4 secures free-to-air sales
Peep Show and Spaced are among a number of programmes included in a raft of Channel 4 distribution deals.
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RatingsMuslim doc draws 1.2m to C4
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s Trevor Phillips-fronted documentary What British Muslims Really Think easily beat slot average, while the return of ITV’s crime solving duo Scott and Bailey triumphed at 9pm.
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NewsC4 and C5 ‘open’ to iPlayer distribution plan
Channel 4 and Channel 5 have indicated that they are open to distributing their programming on iPlayer as the BBC advances plans to expand the service to third-party content providers.