All Channel 4 articles – Page 285

  • Ricky Gervais
    News

    Ofcom backs C4's risk-taking

    2012-01-23T12:25:00Z

    Channel 4’s risk taking programming has been backed by Ofcom, which has cleared Ricky Gervais’ use of the word “mong” and thrown out more than 160 complaints over Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror.

  • The Bank Job
    News

    Bank Job extended for second series

    2012-01-20T10:08:00Z

    The Bank Job, Channel 4’s latest interactive gameshow will return for a second extended series in February.

  • Gypsy Blood
    Behind The Scenes

    Gypsy Blood, Channel 4

    2012-01-19T12:22:00Z

    Photographer Leo Maguire discovered that film was the only way to unlock the emotional truth of male gypsies’ life - and in their own words.

  • One Born Every Minute
    News

    C4 eyes repeats channel launch on Freeview

    2012-01-19T09:15:00Z

    Channel 4 is expected to launch a new repeats channel on the Freeview platform later this year in an attempt to boost its overall portfolio share.

  • Costa Concordia
    News

    C4 orders Costa Concordia film

    2012-01-18T16:50:00Z

    The Costa Concordia cruise ship accident that has dominated recent headlines will be documented in a fast-turnaround film for Channel 4.

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    News

    Mentorn emails C4 over Dispatches shortlist

    2012-01-17T14:09:00Z

    Mentorn executive Steve Anderson has written to Channel 4 to express disappointment about the way the recently awarded Dispatches contracts were handled, Broadcast has learned.

  • More4
    News

    More 4 rebrand set for launch

    2012-01-17T11:47:00Z

    More 4’s new branding will go live on 23 January ahead of a more prominent push in April.

  • Skins
    News

    Skins characters on Facebook for first time

    2012-01-13T13:18:00Z

    Skins characters are to interact with viewers via their own Facebook Pages for the first time following Channel 4’s reappointment of Somethin’ Else to create a social media presence for the drama.  

  • Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
    News

    Gypsy Weddings tops C4's best of 2011

    2012-01-12T16:27:00Z

    Channel 4’s top three most-watched programmes in 2011 were all part of the Big Fat Gypsy Wedding brand, according to the broadcaster’s consolidated audience figures.

  • Complicit
    News

    C4 tackles ethics of torture in drama

    2012-01-12T09:30:00Z

    The ethical questions facing an MI5 officer involved in the war on terror will underpin a Channel 4 feature-length single drama written by Guy Hibbert.

  • Kevin McCloud
    News

    C4 and Optomen to explore life of self-sufficiency

    2012-01-12T09:30:00Z

    Kevin McCloud is working with All3Media’s Optomen TV to create a series for Channel 4 that will see him attempting to live “off the grid”.

  • Pete Versus Life
    News

    C4's Pete Versus Life falls victim to ratings

    2012-01-12T09:30:00Z

    Channel 4 sitcom Pete Versus Life, starring Rafe Spall, is unlikely to be recommissioned for a third series following poor ratings.

  • Jay Hunt
    The Broadcast Interview

    Jay Hunt, Channel 4

    2012-01-12T09:29:00Z

    After the off-screen drama of 2011, Channel 4 has ‘got its balls back’, according to its chief creative officer. Now it wants to get people talking.

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    News

    C4 planning repeats channel

    2012-01-11T17:42:00Z

    Channel 4 looks set to launch a new station that would show the last seven days most popular programmes.

  • Ciaran Jenkins, Asha Tanna and Fatima Maji
    News

    C4 News names new reporters

    2012-01-11T17:03:00Z

    Channel 4 News has appointed science reporter Asha Tanna and Fatima Maji and Ciaran Jenkins as reporters - completing the on screen recruitment to the programme.

  • Dispatches
    News

    C4 awards Dispatches contracts

    2012-01-10T14:33:00Z

    Channel 4 has awarded Blakeway Productions, October Films, Nine Lives Media and ITN Productions contracts to make programmes for the Dispatches strand in 2012.

  • Kevin Sutcliffe
    News

    C4 confirms Sutcliffe departure

    2012-01-10T12:26:00Z

    Channel 4 has confirmed Dispatches commissioning editor Kevin Sutcliffe is leaving the broadcaster after ten years.

  • Mawaan Rizwan and Amira Kai
    News

    Box TV wins Asian Beats pilot

    2012-01-10T12:08:00Z

    Channel 4 and Bauer Media’s joint venture Box TV has won a TX pilot for a new music show trumpeting the British Asian scene.

  • Jay Hunt
    News

    C4 reveals indie briefing timetable

    2012-01-06T10:49:00Z

    Channel 4 has unveiled the list of indie meetings chief creative officer Jay Hunt will hold across the country in 2012.

  • Gypsy Blood
    News

    Gypsy Blood to be first True Stories film on C4

    2012-01-05T11:47:00Z

    Gypsy Blood, a film tracing the tradition of fist fighting in the traveller community, will be the first True Stories film to be shown on Channel 4.