Latest Channel 4 News – Page 146
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NewsWinkleman pilots C4 podcast remake
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkelman has fronted a non-TX pilot adaptation of hit podcast Do the Right Thing for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 gets fit with Betty order
Betty is to explore the truth about fitness for Channel 4 with Anna Richardson and The Last Leg star Amar Latif.
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NewsC4 heads down Glory Road with Springsteen doc
Lonesome Pine, the indie established by former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas, is producing a feature-length rock-doc about Bruce Springsteen for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 doubles Naked Attraction order
Channel 4 has supersized its risqué dating show Naked Attraction for a second series.
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NewsFormat fight on the horizon
A fierce battle is brewing to uncover the next generation of fact ent formats, after the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all identified new returners as a top priority.
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NewsC4 orders fast-turnaround Trump doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround Dispatches special from ITN Productions to examine the aftermath of the US presidential election.
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NewsE4 supersizes Celebs Go Dating
E4 has doubled down on Lime Pictures’ dating format Celebs Go Dating with a bumper recommission.
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NewsPrincess to rig family car
Life Stripped Bare indie Princess Productions is to embed a fixed rig in a car to capture the comings and goings of parents who provide a ‘taxi service’ for their children.
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NewsC4 to document MS medical trials
A British patient’s ground-breaking multiple sclerosis medical trial will be recorded for a Cutting Edge documentary.
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NewsRDF to track transgender journeys
RDF is to document a series of transgender journeys across two years for Channel 4.
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NewsC4: we are open for post-Bake Off business
The Great British Bake Off will not eat into Channel 4’s programming budget or result in a dearth of available slots, its head of factual entertainment has told producers.
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NewsDavid Brindley lands BBC factual role
The BBC has hired Channel 4 factual commissioner David Brindley to head its renamed popular factual and factual entertainment department.
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NewsE4 revives Roughcut comedy short
E4 has commissioned People Just Do Nothing indie Roughcut TV to make a comedy series following the success of one of its online shorts.
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NewsCPL preps C4 social experiment
Channel 4 will unite a group of elderly care home residents with a group of four year olds as part of a six-week social experiment.
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NewsGrayson Perry returns to C4
Grayson Perry is to front a series of shorts for Channel 4 after Swan Films tied with the broadcaster’s in-house creative agency 4Creative.
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NewsWhisper recruits C4 commissioning executive
Channel 4 TV events and sport commissioning executive Andy Stevenson has joined sports indie Whisper Films as a development producer.
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NewsPlum builds C4 property series
People who build their own unconventional homes to avoid mortgages will feature in a new Plum Pictures property format for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 locks up 60 Days In deal
Channel 4 has picked the second window rights to controversial US prison series 60 Days In.
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NewsChannel 4 resolution edges closer
The future of Channel 4 is edging closer towards resolution after culture secretary Karen Bradley publicly outlined options for the first time and revealed that she hopes to come to a decision in the “near-ish future”.
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NewsDoc duo launch indie to ‘blur lines’ with drama
The award-winning directors of The Murder Detectives and My Son The Jihadi have joined forces to launch a production business that aims to blur the lines between drama and documentary, and have already picked up two commissions from Channel 4.