All Channel 4 articles – Page 271
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NewsPaddy McGuinness to front C4 pilot
Take Me Out host Paddy McGuinness is fronting a Channel 4 pilot which will see him taking a nostalgic look at TV.
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RatingsSuperstar falters at live performance
The first live show of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s hunt for a lead for Jesus Christ Superstar attracted less than half the slot average, while BBC1’s Wallander slipped from last week’s record performance.
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NewsKeith Allen expected to feature in Drugs Live
Keith Allen is being lined up to take MDMA on Channel 4 for controversial programme Drugs Live.
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RatingsAngelos falls well short of slot average
The launch of Angelos Epithemiou’s series on Channel 4 on Friday attracted less than half the viewers of its slot average.
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NewsIan Brady films pulled after hearing delayed
Films about Moors murderer Ian Brady have been pulled from Channel 4 and Channel 5’s schedules due to the delay of a tribunal assessing his mental health.
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RatingsDeferred Bard pegged back
When sport is live, nobody, not even the Bard, is sacred – as Henry IV found out this week.
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NewsFirst Cut moved to More4
The last run of 30-minute First Cut films are being bumped over to More 4 and pushed back to a 10pm slot.
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Behind The ScenesKnockout Scousers, Channel 4
Following three young boxers competing for places in the GB squad was a steep learning curve for a photographer making a first film, says Steve Read
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NewsDispatches seeks digital partner to help engage audiences
Channel 4 current affairs strand Dispatches has issued a tender for a digital company to work alongside the strand’s production companies and help engage new audiences.
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NewsC4 develops Million Pound gesture app
Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop is in line to become the first gameshow to pilot the ability to play along via a gesture-based connected-TV app.
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NewsObjective tests reactions of BBC1 gameshow rejected by C4
A gameshow rejected by Channel 4 is being piloted for BBC1, with Jake Humphrey as the host.
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NewsC4 orders more of ‘pioneering’ Brooker’s Mirror
Channel 4 has compared Charlie Brooker to Dennis Potter and Chris Morris and recommissioned Black Mirror for a second three-part run.
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C4 and PBS offer portal to WWII with October doc
More than 100,000 hours of secret recordings of German prisoners of war from World War II will be the basis of a one-off special for Channel4 and PBS Channel 13 in the US.
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NewsRomany teenager lashes out at Thelma's Gypsy Girls
A Romany traveller who claimed Big Fat Gypsy Weddings was ruining his life has questioned the intentions behind spin-off show, Thelma’s Gypsy Girls.
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NewsC4 News appoints Ben de Pear as editor
Ben de Pear has been appointed as editor of Channel 4 News with immediate effect.
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NewsC5's John Hay moves to C4
Channel 5 factual commissioner John Hay is joining Channel 4 to cover Julia Harrington’s maternity leave.
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NewsBereaved families attack C4 doc Lifers
Channel 4 documentary Lifers has received complaints from two bereaved families who were not notified that the convicted murderers of their relatives would appear in the film.
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NewsKeo orders widen talent pool
Keo Films has secured a raft of commissions for the BBC and Channel 4, and recruited Twenty Twenty’s head of factual and entertainment as head of development.
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NewsNorth One lines up gadget man Fry for C4 tech series
The Gadget Show producer North One is to extend its expertise in the genre for a new Channel 4 series that will be fronted by technophile Stephen Fry.
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NewsC4 working on 20 entertainment ideas in genre overhaul
Channel 4 is developing around 20 entertainment projects after receiving 250 pitches on the back of its wide-ranging brief to overhaul the genre earlier this year.