Latest Channel 4 News – Page 271
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NewsMarquess exits ‘hell’ for Hollyoaks
Drama veteran Paul Marquess has emerged from a self-confessed “four years of development hell” to become producer of Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks.
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NewsC4 extends Britdoc agreement
Channel 4 has extended its commitment to the Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation for a further two years.
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NewsC4 to update top 100 stand-ups poll
Channel 4 has kicked off a search for the top 100 stand-up comedians of all-time.
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NewsEyeworks UK to film charity event for T4
Channel 4 youth strand T4 is to screen highlights of a major music and fashion event in an advertiser-funded deal with GlaxoSmithKline.
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NewsC4 extends Phil and Kirstie deal
Channel 4 has signed up Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp for a further three years after the BBC attempted to poach the Location, Location, Location presenters.
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NewsC4 to cut back on Dispatches
Channel 4 is cutting back core PSB documentaries strand Dispatches - but has vowed to maintain its overall budget for at least this year.
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NewsThink tank takes aim at BBC3
A political think tank with close links to the Tory party is proposing a massive PSB shake-up that would see the BBC overhauled and BBC3 radically reworked or axed.
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NewsC4 hands Paralympics schedule centre stage
Channel 4 has vowed to “totally immerse” viewers in the 2012 Paralympic Games, which it claims will give the broadcaster a commercial boost as well as playing to its PSB strengths.
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NewsRace for top position at C4 enters final stages
Channel 4 is aiming to appoint a new chief executive in time for next week’s Oxford Media Convention - where former incumbent Andy Duncan is delivering the keynote address.
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NewsC4 Dispatches doc wins most praise in 2009
Peter Oborne’s controversial investigation into Israel lobbyists in the UK was the most praised show on Channel 4 last year, the broadcaster has confirmed.
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NewsC4 commissioner joins indie Betty
Walter Iuzzolino, the Channel 4 commissioner behind Embarrassing Bodies and The Sex Education Show, is leaving the broadcaster to join indie Betty TV.
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NewsC4 to mummify victim of terminal illness
Channel 4 is eyeing up a provocative documentary in which a terminally ill person would volunteer to be mummified upon their death.
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NewsC4 to air 2012 Paralympics
Channel 4 will screen more than 150 hours of coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games after securing the UK multi-platform broadcast rights in a competitive pitch.
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NewsC4 viewers question Queen dramas
Drama-documentary series The Queen was the most divisive programme on Channel 4 last month, with 39 people complaining that it misrepresented the monarch’s life.
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NewsChannel 4 beefs up drama division to spend BB cash
Channel 4 has expanded its drama commissioning team, making two appointments as it gears up to spend its post-Big Brother windfall.
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NewsE4 youth reach surges past Five
E4’s reach among young viewers rose to a record high in 2009, with the digital channel overtaking Five in its share of the key 16 to 34 demographic.
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Boy George denied CBB appearance
Former Culture Club singer Boy George has had his plea to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house rejected.
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NewsC4 and Talk Talk join Project Canvas
Channel 4 and ISP Talk Talk have become partners on IPTV joint venture Project Canvas.
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NewsC4 reorders Brooker panel show
Charlie Brooker’s satirical panel show You Have Been Watching has been recommissioned by Channel 4.
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NewsEx-C4 commissioner launches comedy on shopping channel
Former Big Brother commissioning editor Shed Simove has bought space on the Shop on TV teleshopping channel to launch comedy show Shed Simove: Ideas Man.