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Eduacating Yorkshire headteacher Mr Burton

Channel 4 Commissions Educating Yorkshire 2025, from TwoFour

Ten years ago the nation fell in love with the Bafta and Emmy award winning series, Educating Yorkshire. Millions tuned in every week to watch the students and staff of Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, revealing the unvarnished highs and lows of life in a 21st Century secondary school. Most

18 Jul 24 News Release

An image from Channel 4's social-first content series with Boots, featuring presenter Scarlett Moffatt

Channel 4 to launch new digital ‘Summer Survival’ series with Boots starring Scarlett Moffatt

Channel 4 Sales is launching a new short-form digital series in partnership with Boots – building on its reputation as a leading content partner for brands. In The British Summer Survival Guide, Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt sets out on the streets of the UK, trying to uncover the public’s most

16 Jul 24 News Release

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Channel 4 most accessible ever: all advertising to carry subtitles during the Games

Channel 4 today confirms that all advertising on its network during coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will carry subtitles – enhancing Channel 4’s commitment to making its coverage of the Games the most accessible yet. Today’s announcement builds on its commitment made last week (11 July)

12 Jul 24 News Release

Twenty writers join Channel 4’s nine-month UK-wide New Writers Scheme

Twenty people from across the UK have joined a Channel 4 scheme designed to work with TV drama writers in the West and South West of England and Wales, North of England, and Scotland – providing them with months of expert industry training, mentoring and support to develop their first pilot episode

12 Jul 24 News Release

Channel 4 streaming audience jumps a third year on year in June, accelerating its shift to first public service streamer

Channel 4’s streaming audience grew by nearly one third in June, buoyed by a wide range of hit shows including docudrama The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot and US reality show Dance Moms, which helped it to generate more than four billion viewer minutes in watch time last month. Latest Barb data shows

11 Jul 24 News Release

Channel 4’s Paris 2024 Paralympic Games marketing campaign challenges patronising attitudes

Channel 4’s Paris 2024 Paralympic Games marketing campaign challenges patronising attitudes Channel 4 has unveiled its Paris 2024 Paralympic Games campaign film which challenges people to view Paralympians as elite, world-class athletes, not as competitors “overcoming” their disabilities. The

11 Jul 24 News Release

Channel 4 unveils ground-breaking presenting line-up and biggest-ever broadcast plans for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Channel 4 unveils ground-breaking presenting line-up and biggest-ever broadcast plans for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games More than 1,300 hours of live sport across Channel 4, More4 and Streaming Rose Ayling-Ellis and Ellie Simmonds make Channel 4 presenting debuts Young, emerging talent to report on

11 Jul 24 News Release

Channel 4 appoints Ruth Brougham as Streaming Business Director

Channel 4 today announces the appointment of Ruth Brougham as Streaming Business Director. In this newly created role, Ruth will join Channel 4’s Executive Team and will report to Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Allan. Ruth, who will be based in Leeds, will help to set and lead Channel 4’s

10 Jul 24 News Release

Channel 4 recommissions To Catch A Copper

Channel 4 announces a second series of To Catch a Copper, its hit three-part documentary which for the first time ever went behind the scenes of the police scrutiny system to show the bad behaviour and criminality of some officers, and how their misconduct is held to account.   The series, which was