About C4

Channel 4 is a creative greenhouse. 

Click here to read a short booklet which provides a longer-term overview of Channel 4's role in UK broadcasting.

We are a publicly-owned, commercially-funded public service broadcaster. We do not receive any public funding and have a remit to be innovative, experimental and distinctive. Read more about our remit here.

Our overall role is to champion innovation in TV, film & digital – nurturing and growing new ideas, formats, views and voices, faces, talent, audiences and production companies.