Latest Channel 4 News – Page 274
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NewsLiza Marshall quits as head of C4 drama
Channel 4 head of drama Liza Marshall is the latest senior exec to quit the broadcaster for a job in the indie sector following the recent departure of head of comedy and entertainment Andrew Newman.
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News3DD to take musicians back to their roots for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned 3DD to produce a new music series that will see artists such as Snoop Dogg and the Stereophonics revisit locations that inspired their work.
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NewsC4's Lygo outearns PM five times over
Channel 4 director of programmes Kevin Lygo earned five times more than the Prime Minister last year, according to newly published figures.
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NewsO’Grady could return to C4 in chat show deal
Paul O’Grady may be returning to ITV1 - but his indie Olga TV is poised to hang on to the teatime Channel 4 slot that is currently home to his show.
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NewsCandidates line up for C4 entertainment role
Channel 4 has set tongues wagging as it seeks to move swiftly to hire new blood for the entertainment part of Andrew Newman’s commissioning brief.
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NewsC4 takes back seat on co-pros to boost doc series budgets
Channel 4 is scaling back its investment in co-productions for strands such as Bodyshock to boost the budgets for major documentary series such as The Family.
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NewsFilm4 ups Lavender to head of development
Film4 has promoted Sam Lavender to head of development. He replaces Katherine Butler, who was promoted to senior commissioning executive in September.
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NewsC4 to explore dawn of aerial warfare
Channel 4 is to recreate the aerial battles of World War One for a 90-minute documentary from Darlow Smithson Productions.
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NewsToksvig wades into TV ageism row
The television industry does not value older women as much as their male counterparts, and women tend to get ahead by being young and pretty, comedian Sandi Toksvig has claimed.
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NewsC4 chair search enters final stage
Final interviews for the Channel 4 chair take place this week, with former ITV and GCap chair Richard Eyre reported to be in the running.
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NewsC4 to profile Britain's fattest man
Channel 4 is lining up a documentary about “Britain’s fattest man” as he embarks on life-threatening surgery to lose weight.
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NewsJamie to air on Discovery as C4 strikes content deal
Discovery Networks UK has got its hands on Jamie Oliver for the first time after signing a two-year content deal with Channel 4.
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NewsLocation presenter to front DIY Christmas series
Location, Location, Location presenter Kirstie Allsopp will reveal how to have a DIY Christmas in a 3 x 60-minute series for Channel 4.
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NewsAllen named C4 comedy boss
Channel 4 has promoted commissioning editor Shane Allen to head of comedy and acting head of entertainment.
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NewsC4 cleared over care in Boys and Girls Alone
Ofcom has ruled that Channel 4 provided due care to the children in controversial series Boys and Girls Alone, but did not sufficiently reassure viewers of this fact in the first episode.
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NewsO’Grady confirms ITV move
Paul O’Grady has confirmed he is to move from Channel 4 back to ITV next year.
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NewsChannel 4 to revisit The Hospital
Channel 4 is planning to return to Britain’s specialist NHS wards for an extended second run of documentary series The Hospital next year.
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NewsYouTube to host C4 shows
Channel 4 has agreed to make catch-up and archive content available in full-length form on YouTube for the first time.
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NewsRidley Scott readies Red Riding remake
Blade Runner director Ridley Scott is set to direct a Hollywood remake of Channel 4 drama series Red Riding.
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NewsC4 reveals second Family
Channel 4 has unveiled the second family that will go under the microscope in its Bafta-nominated documentary format The Family.