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AJ Odudu and Mo Gilligan return for a summer of The Big Breakfast

Wakey wakey, rise and shine! Summer Saturdays will get off to a raucous start as Channel 4’s seminal morning entertainment show The Big Breakfast bursts back on to our screens. Over four weeks on Saturday mornings in August the show will return, produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios

26 May 22 News Release

E4 to say Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine

One-off special to air on Wednesday 8th June at 8pm on E4 and All 4 Set to air on E4 and All 4 before the final episodes on 8th June, this 1x60’ special (produced by Wise Owl Films) will rejoice in the show’s very best moments and explore what turned it into a much-loved staple on our screens

26 May 22 News Release

Nationwide Building Society to sponsor 2022 England International Games on Channel 4

Nationwide Building Society will sponsor Channel 4’s 2022 coverage of England’s UEFA Nations League games which will broadcast on free to air television for the first time this year. The deal, brokered by media agency Wavemaker, will see Nationwide Building Society sponsorship span programming

26 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 Commissions new body positivity format from Betty TV

Anna Richardson and Yinka Bokinni are joining forces to educate the nation about our bodies. Naked Education is a body-positive, educational series aiming to normalise all body types, champion people’s differences and break down stereotypes. Fronted by Anna Richardson and Yinka Bokinni, the 6x60

25 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 announces Stephen Fry WW2 gay resistance doc

Channel 4 and Stephen Fry are to tell the incredible true story of how a group of misfits, including a gay artist, a lesbian musician and Jewish activists pulled off one of the most daring and far-reaching acts of sabotage in the history of the Dutch resistance. This 1x90 documentary will foreground the stories of artist Willem Arondeus and cellist Frieda Belinfante who lived openly gay lives in the Netherlands.

24 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 commissions documentary about life in Derry from Tyrone Productions

Channel 4 has commissioned Northern Ireland’s Tyrone Productions to make a single authored documentary The Real Derry: Jamie-Lee O'Donnell. This timely documentary will follow Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, one of the stars of Channel 4’s award-winning comedy series Derry Girls, as she explores how things have changed since she grew up in Derry.

24 May 22 News Release

More4 commissions Darcey Bussell's Royal Roadtrip

With 2022 marking the Queen’s unprecedented 70 year reign, Dame Darcey Bussell is embarking on an epic royal road trip for More4 in tribute to the longest reigning monarch in British history.

23 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 announces The Dog Academy – a new dog training series for some of Britain’s most uncontrollable pooches and their overwhelmed owners

On behalf of the many dog owners across the country in despair over their unruly pets, this summer Channel 4 is opening a new institution – The Dog Academy. The series was commissioned from the broadcaster’s Global Format Fund, the ringfenced spend designed to stimulate the creation of original new formats from UK-based indies for UK and International audiences.

23 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 announces The Greatest Auction – an exciting new take on the fast-paced world of the auction room

In this brand-new take on the world of auction, the most extraordinary items, the most fascinating backstories and the fast-paced thrill of the auction room will be brought together in a new eight-part series – The Greatest Auction. The series was commissioned from the broadcaster’s Global Format Fund, the ringfenced spend designed to stimulate the creation of original new formats from UK-based indies for UK and International audiences.