Channel 4 awards Stand Up to Cancer production contract to Fulwell 73

31 August 2017

 

Channel 4 has selected Fulwell 73 as the production partner for the live TV fundraiser Stand Up To Cancer following a tendered process. 

 

Stand Up To Cancer, launched as a joint fundraiser between C4 and Cancer Research UK in 2012, is the UK’s fastest growing fundraiser on commercial TV ever and has already raised nearly £40m.  

 

In 2017, Stand Up To Cancer became the first live telethon to win an RTS award and to be nominated for a BAFTA. Stand Up To Cancer programming has ranked amongst the most-watched shows on C4 in recent years, with the live telethon in 2014 and 2016 peaking at 4.8m and 4.3m respectively. The Celebrity Crystal Maze for Stand Up To Cancer was Channel 4’s third most watched show of 2016 with 4.3m. 

 

The TV event will next air in 2018 with Channel 4 supporting the campaign this autumn with a week of dedicated celebrity packed programming, including celebrity editions of Gogglebox, Hunted and First Dates. 

 

Ed Havard, Channel 4’s Head of Entertainment and TV Events, said, “Stand Up To Cancer has grown rapidly to become one of the most successful and channel- defining events on 4. Fulwell produced a pitch for the 2018 show that was full of flair and ambition and we’re thrilled to be joining forces with one of the most talented teams in TV, who are always a joy to work with. Suzi Aplin has for many years been at the heart of Stand Up To Cancer’s success and she has produced award-winning shows that have raised millions of pounds, so it’s especially exciting that she will be back in charge working with Gabe Turner and the rest of the Fulwell operation.” 

 

Gabe Turner, Partner at Fulwell 73, said, “We are honoured and excited to have been given such a tremendous opportunity. Working with Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 on Stand Up To Cancer will be a truly humbling experience and one that we realize how privileged we are to have.”

 

North London based independent production company Fulwell 73 have carved out an enviable reputation producing film, documentaries, commercials and television programmes across a wide range of genres. Recent releases include I Am Bolt (a cinematic sports documentary released globally by Universal), The Class of 92 (also for Universal), and the record breaking One Direction 3D: This is Us; and TV shows featuring global talent, including Justin Bieber, Robbie Williams, One Direction, Jimmy Carr, Michael Mcintyre and Jack Whitehall. They have defied easy categorisation, picking up a hatful of BRIT Awards, National Film Awards and Emmys along the way. They co-produce the phenomenal The Late Late Show with James Corden in the US - the show’s ‘Carpool Karaoke with Adele’ holds the record for the most viewed clip from a late night tv show. The Fulwell 73 team were recently joined by Suzi Aplin, who has been Executive Producer of Stand Up To Cancer for the last four years.

 

About Stand Up To Cancer (UK) 

• Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 
• The campaign returns this autumn with a variety of fundraising activities and a series of special programming on Channel 4
• Launched in the UK in 2012, Stand Up To Cancer funds game-changing research that accelerates new cancer treatments and tests to UK patients, and across the world, to ultimately save more lives 
• More than £38 million has been raised in the UK to date and over 40 trials and projects have been funded, that will involve more than 10,000 cancer patients  
• Research projects include the development of the ‘chemo-package’ to deliver treatment at the best time for the patient; testing arsenic as a weapon to make cancer self-cannibalise; using viruses to seek and destroy cancer cells while boosting the immune system, and much, much more!
• Stars such as Naomi Campbell, Noel Gallagher, Nicole Scherzinger, Pharrell Williams, Tom Hardy, Gillian Anderson, Britney Spears, Idris Elba, Andy Murray, Bradley Cooper, Taylor Swift, Martin Freeman, Jamie Oliver, Kathy Burke, Miranda Hart, Paul O’Grady, Richard Ayoade, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jack O’Connell, Lily James, Rosamund Pike, Sophie Turner, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones and Will Poulter are just some of the talent who have supported Stand Up To Cancer  

 

To find out more about fundraising activities visit Standuptocancer.org.uk or channel4.co.uk/SU2C or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram

 

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