Formats & Music

The Formats department commissions an incredibly diverse range of non-scripted genres from constructed reality and  popular documentaries  to unscripted comedy and studio shows. We particularly focus on young skewing programmes and we commission all of the most successful non-scripted hits on E4.

Increasingly, we intend to commission content  for the ‘whole life’ of a series – which includes social, catch up and  All4 alongside traditional linear viewing.  This is particularly relevant for E4 where we are already seeing our audiences consume their content in new ways and it is crucial that we reflect this at both development and commissioning stages.

Channel 4

For Channel 4 we are looking for big 9pm series which find innovative ways to pose provocative questions – our tent-pole factual thriller series Hunted and BAFTA nominated Celebrity Hunted asks ‘could you disappear in 21st century Britain?’  Hunted continues to be a big hit and is a great example of the kind of ambition we have in this area. We actively want to make things that others have dismissed because they are either considered too difficult to make or just too tricky to navigate.

We are also looking for programmes that demand attention and explore areas that others wouldn’t dare tread. We are happy to create outrage as long as we can clearly justify our actions and outcomes. We want to approach non-scripted in a modern and creative way and we're excited by new filming techniques, technologies, cross-genres and new ways to tell a narrative.

We’re also looking for returnable, mischievous series at 10pm on Channel 4. Across C4, Series like First Dates and Naked Attraction are extremely popular with audiences, but can also be delivered in volume. The Formats department is actively looking for other closed ep series ideas that have potential to land at 10pm and come back in volume.