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Interview with Scarlett Moffatt - Britain’s Tourette’s Mystery: Scarlett Moffatt Investigates

Britain's in the midst of a mystery outbreak of Tourette's. But what's causing this explosion of tics? And why is it appearing out of the blue in young people? Tonight at 10pm on Channel 4, Scarlett Moffatt embarks on an investigation to uncover the potential causes of this medical phenomenon.

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Adrian Lester (ANDREW MAKINDE)

Could you give us a brief outline of the story of “The Undeclared War”? AL: There are lots of stories in it really. The main thrust of the plot is that each episode tracks an escalating cyber war between Britain and Russia, and in every episode, you see the personal as well as the political cost of

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Alex Jennings (DAVID NEAL)

What is David’s story in “The Undeclared War”? AJ: David is the Head of GCHQ, and that post is traditionally – which I didn’t know before filming this – a civil service role and I think on average, people do five or six years in the post. The head of GCHQ is the conduit between the really brainy

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Maisie Richardson-Sellers (KATHY FREEMAN)

What’s Kathy’s story in The Undeclared War? MRS: In “The Undeclared War”, Kathy is a cyber-analyst, and she comes from the NSA – which is the American counterpart to GCHQ, and she’s on attachment in the UK for two years. She comes from a military background and has decided that rather than taking

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Simon Pegg (DANNY PATRICK)

What’s the story of “The Undeclared War”? SP: “The Undeclared War” is about a young student called Saara Parvin who takes a work experience placement at GCHQ at a time when there’s immense upheaval in her own life – and a terrifying geopolitical crisis evolves while she’s there which she becomes

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Hannah Khalique-Brown (SAARA PARVIN)

Tell us Saara’s story in The Undeclared War HKB: The Undeclared War finds Saara when she’s a computer science student at Imperial College London, and she’s just finished her second year when she takes a placement at GCHQ. She joins their malware department for a year – like work experience – and on

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview with Colin Callender (executive producer)

What is the story of The Undeclared War? CC: This is a peeling back of the veil of on a world that we read about in the headlines, but we really don’t understand. What “The Undeclared War” really does is it takes us inside GCHQ which is the nerve centre of cyber warfare – and it puts a face on all

8 Jul 22 Interview

Interview: Peter Kosminsky (creator, writer, director & executive producer)

What is the story of The Undeclared War? PK: The Undeclared War is fiction but based very heavily on research carried out over a number of years. The story is of a young trainee who arrives part way through her university career to do a work experience placement at GCHQ. She’s a talented computer

1 Jul 22 Interview

Ahead of Sunday's live Big Pride Party, Joe Lycett reveals all...

To mark Channel 4’s Proud All Over programming celebrating 50 Years of Pride in the UK, Joe Lycett is hosting a big queer party this Sunday at 9pm, live from his Birmingham hometown. The two-hour inclusive spectacular, which will form the climax of the Pride season, will see the comedian and consumer warrior celebrating all things LGBTQ+ alongside a whole host of famous faces. The show will be full to bursting with Joe’s trademark wit, a barrage of naughtiness, and just a smattering of righting wrongs as Joe is joined by a dazzling line up of celebrity guests including Queer icon Boy George, Heartstopper sensations Joe Locke and Yasmin Finney, comedians Mawaan Rizwan and Rosie Jones and Drag Race queens Lawrence Chaney and Tia Kofi.