All Channel 4 articles – Page 318
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NewsDrop Harry docudrama, says Armed Forces chief
The head of the Armed Forces has written to Channel 4 to demand it does not show a “dramatised documentary” based on what would happen if Prince Harry were to be taken prisoner in Afghanistan.
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NewsBFI in pole position to land UKFC lottery funding role
The BBC and Channel 4 are out of the running to take over the UK Film Council’s (UKFC) lottery funding distribution role, with the British Film Institute emerging as the industry’s favoured solution.
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NewsC4 Diversity team orders TV debut from playwright
Playwright Debbie Tucker Green is to make her TV directorial debut by adapting her own work, Random, for Channel 4.
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NewsPresentable wins order for C4 cost-cutting series
Zodiak-owned indie Presentable TV has won a 20-part daytime commission from Channel 4 - the latest in a string of network shows for the Welsh producer.
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CommentAbraham's first cock-up
Five months into the job and Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has made his first public apology.
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CommentGiant Squid: Inside Nature’s Giants
Edit producer Tom Mustill reflects on the weirdest creature to cross Inside Nature’s Giants dissection table, and for whom losing a metre-long penis is the least of its worries.
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NewsFilm4 budget wins 50% boost
Channel 4 has announced that it will boost Film4’s annual budget to £15m for the next five years.
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NewsC4 ad sales to pass £1bn
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has issued a rallying cry for free-to-air TV and predicted the broadcaster will sell more than £1bn of airtime in 2011.
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NewsC4 unveils interactive marketing push
Channel 4 is to give viewers the chance to assemble on-air messages featuring clips from its biggest stars in its latest marketing campaign.
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RatingsApprentice move proves mixed bag
WEDNESDAY: The Apprentice’s move from spring to autumn had mixed results as its return went up against Grand Designs and Midsomer Murders.
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NewsC4 axes 4iP fund
Channel 4 is to axe its £20m 4iP digital fund and fold its activities into its broader online operations.
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NewsC4 signs Arthurian series
Channel 4 has snapped up the rights to a retelling of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, created by execs behind The Tudors, Torchwood and the film The Departed.
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NewsC4 orders new ent shows from Crook
Crook Productions has won a slate of clip-show orders and is also working on an entertainment pilot for Channel 4 starring Peep Show’s Robert Webb.
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NewsMillion Pound Drop to source players online
Channel 4 is building on the success of interactive game show The Million Pound Drop by casting viewers who play along online as TV contestants.
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NewsLambert: Big Brother successor label damaged Seven Days
Stephen Lambert has admitted the public perception that Channel 4’s Seven Days was a successor to Big Brother may have impacted on the interactive format, which is struggling in the ratings.
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RatingsC5 surge sinks C4 shows
TUESDAY: Channel 4 was beaten by all other terrestrial channels as new format The Wedding House, Gordon Ramsay’s latest series and the rescheduled Seven Days all underperformed.
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NewsHarry 'prisoner' docudrama planned
Plans have been announced for a “dramatised documentary” depicting the results of Prince Harry being captured while serving on the front line in Afghanistan.
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NewsC4 buys Spike Jonze AIDS doc
MIPCOM: Channel 4 has acquired a Spike Jonze-produced documentary about the life-restoring effects of antiretroviral drugs used on people in Africa.
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NewsC4 extends Come Dine With Me deal
MIPCOM: Come Dine With Me is to stay on Channel 4 for at least two more years after ITV Studios signed a new multi-year deal with the broadcaster.
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NewsPeep Show and The Street win Emmy nominations
Channel 4 comedy Peep Show and BBC drama The Street have been nominated for International Emmy’s, with British TV productions gaining a total of nine nods.