All Channel 4 articles – Page 213
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NewsIn brief: Tessa Ross to launch indie
Tessa Ross is returning to television, while Dave has acquired high-profile US comedy Parks and Recreation and Channel 4 has recommissioned two comedies.
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NewsC4 revenue up £30m as viewing share dips to 30-year low
Channel 4’s revenue surged by £30m in 2014 as the broadcaster effectively broke even to meet its financial targets – but its main channel’s share of viewing continued to decline.
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NewsGovernment has ‘no plans currently’ to privatise C4
The government has claimed that there are “no plans currently” to privatise Channel 4.
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VideoVIDEO: The Tribe, C4
Watch the trailer for Renegade Pictures’ fixed-rig documentary located in Ethiopia.
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NewsTrue North invests in drone for property formats
Leeds-based indie True North has invested in a drone to capture footage for shows including its Channel 4 property series Building the Dream.
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Behind The ScenesThe Tribe, C4
With long days, floods and intense heat, C4’s first foreign fixed-rig series took me out of my comfort zone, says Paddy Wivell. But focusing on the basics of storytelling carried us through
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NewsC4 axes The Singer Takes It All
Channel 4 has axed its real-time voting competition The Singer Takes It All after just one series.
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VideoVIDEO: TFI Friday, C4
Chris Evans’ cult classic entertainment show is to return for a live anniversary special.
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NewsFirst Dates scores bumper C4 order
Twenty Twenty has notched up a super-sized order of dating format First Dates for Channel 4.
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RatingsNo Offence slips to 1.3m
TUESDAY: Channel 4 drama No Offence hit its midway point with 1.3m viewers, while Britain’s Got Talent shed 700,000 from last night’s opener.
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NewsFirecracker follows Llewelyn-Bowen to China
Firecracker Films is to follow Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s attempts to launch a lingerie brand in China for BBC2 in one of three orders picked up by the factual producer.
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RatingsITV struggles as The Island ends well
WEDNESDAY: Bear Gryll’s survival documentary The Island bowed out with a series average of 2.4m viewers as ITV suffered a tough night and was overhauled by Channel 5.
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NewsVoltage TV lands C4 funding
Channel 4 has backed Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV as it continues to spend its £20m Growth Fund.
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NewsIn brief: Lime Pictures; The Garden; Nan; Radio 5 Live 606
Lime Pictures is to delve into the world of clairvoyants for Channel 4 and Nan is to return for a two-part series on BBC1. Click for the rest of today’s news round-up.
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RatingsBenefits Street sheds 700k
MONDAY: Controversial Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street slipped by 700,000 as BBC2’s sexual crimes series The Detectives gained ground.
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NewsOfcom clears UKIP drama
Ofcom has rejected 6,000 complaints about Raw TV’s Channel 4 drama, UKIP: The First 100 Days.
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NewsC4 orders mental health series
Channel 4 has commissioned CB Films to make two-part series examining how people live with issues including pyromania, kleptomania and nymphomania.
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NewsC4 takes Million Pound Properties to full series
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Television to make a 3 x 60-minutes series of Million Pound Properties off the back of a successful pilot earlier this year.
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RatingsThe Island and Born Naughty? deliver for C4
THURSDAY: Channel 4 had a strong evening as Born Naughty? debuted with more than two million viewers and The Island with Bear Grylls delivered its best performance of the second series.
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