All Channel 4 articles – Page 310
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RatingsReal King’s Speech draws 2.8m
WEDNESDAY: The real story behind award-winning film The King’s Speech proved a major hit for Channel 4 – but its new Model Agency series struggled.
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NewsC4 to shake up supply base
Channel 4 plans to fling open its doors to small, first-time and regional producers after admitting its supplier base has become too narrow.
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NewsFinance gurus to front Superscrimpers on C4
Channel 4 will ask Financial Times columnist Mrs Moneypenny to help people budget and provide practical financial advice in a series from Endemol’s Remarkable Television.
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NewsOfcom announces new film ad rules
TV channels will be able to show longer advert breaks within films under new rules published by broadcast watchdog Ofcom.
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NewsC4 wins Paralympic World Cup from BBC
Channel 4 has won the rights to broadcast the annual BT Paralympic World Cup from the BBC.
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NewsC4 orders Gypsy Xmas special
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will return to Channel 4 for a one-off Christmas special - with other spin-offs in the pipeline.
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NewsC4 News develops first app
Channel 4 News is to launch its first mobile app as it embraces new platforms. While C4 has previously launched a range of iPhone apps, this will be among the first also available for the iPad.
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NewsC4 pledges extra £6.7m to docs
Schools are to be the subject of the next Channel 4 “fixed rig” series as part of a raft of investment in documentary programming that will include new films from acclaimed directors Patrick Forbes and Kim Longinotto.
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NewsC4 spells out aims for multiplatform orders
Channel 4 is implementing a new framework for measuring the success of multiplatform commissions.
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NewsThe Garden pays visit to A&E for C4 fixed-rig doc
Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple are making their biggest ever fixed-rig show, using 70 cameras to film a London hospital’s accident and emergency department for Channel 4.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings beats Brit Awards
TUESDAY: The final instalment of Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings managed to beat ITV1’s live coverage of the Brits by more than 2m viewers.
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NewsGov't to consider Dispatches allegations
Channel 4 investigation series Dispatches, which featured an alledged assault on a child at a mosque, is to be viewed by the Department of Education.
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RatingsC4 beats ITV with Million Pound Drop Live
FRIDAY: Channel 4 had a strong start to the weekend as Embarrassing Bodies and The Million Pound Drop Live drew more viewers than ITV1.
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NewsKeo hopeful for Fish Fight sequel after site success
Keo Digital is hoping to help secure a return to TV screens for the sustainable fishing season Fish Fight after around 20% of viewers visited the website.
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Behind The ScenesThe Model Agency, Channel 4
The world of modelling was fertile ground for an ob doc. But filming was threatened when the boss had to testify in a war crimes trial, says Jilly Pearce.
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NewsC4 Comedy Lab to wrestle with kabbadi theme
The first Channel 4 Comedy Lab for 2011 is based on kabbadi - the Indian sport that achieved cult status on C4 in the early 1990s.
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NewsCutting Edge returns with look at darker side of life
Cutting Edge, the Channel 4 documentary strand that spawned breakout success My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, will return in May with films on extradition, lottery winners and female paedophiles.
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NewsSilver River examines secrets of art for Channel 4
Channel 4 News culture editor Matthew Cain is to ask whether science can explain the secrets of art in a three-part series for Silver River.
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NewsStaff complain to bosses of divided C4 newsroom
More than 20 Channel 4 News producers and reporters have written to its head to complain about a divided newsroom, poor communication and staff shortages.