Shorts: July highlights

24 June 2015

 

Shorts are Channel 4's original short form videos available on All 4, for when you only have time for a five minute fix

Ride massive ocean rollers with a big wave surfer, discover the weird world of ‘Cosplay’, meet the new generation of über-successful teen vloggers, learn how to give up your job and play games full time, and go head-to-head with incredible disabled fighters in these bite-sized videos. Full information, clips and interviews are available on request.

 

AVAILABLE NOW

Internet Famous

www.channel4.com/programmes/internet-famous
Fame, money and trolls… in this six episode series we meet the superstar YouTubers who share their lives online including Fleur de Force, Robin James, The Ugly Face Of Beauty, Niki & Sammy, Talk Becky Talk and Helen Anderson.

-          Becky quit a BBC presenter job to run her YouTube channel, alongside her mum and sister

-          Robin’s hair and fashion channel is more influential than David Beckham - but found a downside to sharing his life online

-          Body image, self-harm and make-up tips are the mix that makes Gracie’s channel so popular

-          Includes the now infamous Ed Milliband YouTube collaboration

 

Man Vs Wave

www.channel4.com/programmes/man-vs-wave

Four-episode series following Big Wave Surfer Al Mennie , an Irishman and pioneer who has discovered and ridden numerous surf spots off the Irish coast and is now developing new ways of finding and surviving extreme surf.

-          Includes details of a top secret surf spot off the coast of Ireland that produces world-class giant waves

 

COMING SOON

In the Future

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/in-the-future

Tim Lovejoy has a passionate belief that the future is not all doom and gloom. In this provocative and revelatory series, Tim shares his excitement in the science and technology that could change our future world for the better and meets the scientists and futurologists involved in making it happen.

The series discovers:

-          Toilet bowls that can play doctor and detect disease

-          Asteroids that might save, not destroy, human civilisation

-          A digital currency that may one day replace money as we know it

-          Houses you can download from the internet, print and build

-          The benefits of our meat coming not from cows but from test tubes

-          How machines will change the way we learn in school

 

Disabled Fight Club – July 2nd 2015

www.channel4.com/programmes/disabled-fight-club (URL not yet live)

Disabled Fight Club is a six part series showcasing six people who are battling their disabilities to participate in some of the most vicious contact sports found in the UK. Each episode provides an insight into the fighter’s world: their family, social group, their wider fighting environment and the unique physical challenges they face. Intense, up-close and personal, the series highlights the more solitary aspects of training…the individual determination, the sweat, and the focus.

-          Dave ‘Nemo’ Llewellyn is the UK's only one armed cage fighter. Dave’s family come from traveller stock and have boxing in their bloodlines

-          Jack West is Britain's first cerebral palsy Mixed Martial Artist superstar. Bullied in school, Jack has now proven disabled people can truly fight back

-          Gina Hopkins suffers from a painful, debilitating and rare neuromuscular condition called Dystonia which severely affects her co-ordination and speech. The 28 year old from Bristol will be one of only 2 UK female fighters competing at an upcoming US tournament

-          Matthew Thorn is an angry man, robbed of any hope of a fighting career and a personal life by a botched operation that has left him with a droning buzzing in his head 24/7 365 for the last 12 years. He has channelled his anger into Bare Knuckled Boxing

 

ProGamers – July 2nd 2015

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/pro-gamers(URL not yet live)

This series explores the people making a fortune from professional gaming and eSports – and those trying to. Following key players in the emerging UK eSport and game streaming industry

-          With 8.7million Youtube fans, Tom ‘Syndicate’ Cassell is one of the world’s most successful and wealthy gamers

-          At 22, Tom Trewren makes enough money from Call of Duty to fund his lifestyle.

-          Adam Simmons is a Paralympic athlete who has a second career as a Starcraft Commentator

-          Riot Gaming are the leading female Call of Duty team in Europe

-          Morgan has an ordinary job in a office, but by night she’s Europe’s best female COD player

-          Kelly streams herself playing videogames, while dressed as a variety of game characters

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WTF is Cosplay? – July 13th 2015

www.channel4.com/programmes/wtf-is-cosplay (URL not yet live)
This series explores the sometimes strange, sometimes sexy world of ‘Cosplay’ (which stands for ‘costume play’), the worldwide phenomenon within which adult participants dress up as, and assume the personality of, a specific character from a comic book, cartoon, film or video game:

-          Nerdlesque: Jo leads a double life as “a mild mannered insurance claims handler” by day and nerdy burlesque dancer by night”

-          Crossplay: Jin transforms himself into a female character more fanciable than any of his good-looking girlfriends

-          Deviant Cosplay: Aaron dons rubber, guns and masks to create his ‘deviant’ characters then sheds it all for provocative nude photos – and his girlfriend joins in.

-          Anime Addict: Daniel is obsessed with anime – and knives, swords, guns and weapons. He has taught himself martial arts to become one step closer to his heroes, and fight off bullies. Struggling with autism, we see how Cosplay has helped him take on life.

 

Notes to editors:

Internet Famous Production Company: Spirit Digital in conjunction with StyleHaul
www. stylehaul.com: StyleHaul is the largest original video destination for fashion, beauty and lifestyle content, with a community of more than 3,500 original creators on YouTube

Man Vs Wave Production Company: NPE MEDIA LTD (Irish, Northern Ireland funding)

In The Future Production Company : ClearStory

Disabled Fight Club Production Company: Big Deal Films

WTF is Cosplay? Production Company: Optimistic Productions Ltd

ProGamers Production Company : Pulse Films Ltd