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Screen Scotland and Channel 4 join forces to find a new entertainment show from Scottish indies

Channel 4 and Screen Scotland are launching a strategic development and pilot production initiative for Scotland-based indies. Phil Harris, Head of Entertainment and Events at Channel 4, Steven Handley, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, at Channel 4 and Dani Carlaw, Head of Unscripted, Screen

17 May 22 News Release

The Greatest Snowman will return!

The hit celebrity competition format The Greatest Snowman will return to our screens for a second outing later this year. The one off special, made by Southshore for Channel 4, averaged 1.8million viewers over ninety minutes when it aired last Christmas. The show was particularly successful with

17 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 gets political with Make Me Prime Minister (w/t)

We all have opinions on what our politicians should be doing with their time in office but how many of us actually have the skills to run the country? What does it take to fight for what you believe in and convince others to back your ascent to power? Channel 4 has commissioned a new competitive

17 May 22 News Release

Voltage and Roku Originals team up with Channel 4 on ‘Tempting Fortune’

Temptation has led to the fall of man since we were wandering around the garden of Eden. Now, in a new six-part Channel 4 series from Voltage and Roku Originals the only test a group of 12 strangers will face is simple: to resist. The series will debut in the U.K. on Channel 4 and exclusively on The

17 May 22 News Release

Saatchi & Saatchi partners with Channel 4 to put the spotlight on Modern British talent for 2022 New Creators’ Showcase

Saatchi & Saatchi partners with Channel 4 to use its legendary Cannes showcase to champion emerging talent from global creative centres, starting with the UK. For the past 32 years, the Saatchi & Saatchi New Creators’ Showcase (formerly known as the New Directors’ Showcase) has provided a platform

17 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 doubles order for Waddell's new series of Britain's Most Expensive Homes

Following the huge success of series one of Britain’s Most Expensive Houses, which averaged at over 1.5 m per episode, Channel 4 has doubled its previous order and commissioned a new 8x60-part series from the award-winning, Belfast-based, Waddell Media.

17 May 22 News Release

Miriam Margolyes & Alan Cumming return to Channel 4 to get Lost in Scotland and Beyond

“TV’s new golden odd couple” - The Guardian “My heart usually sinks if I see the words ‘a celebrity goes to Scotland’, but this was terrific” - Sunday Times “In the pantheon of celebrity road trips, this is among the superior versions" - Financial Times Following a successful first outing for ‘TV’s

17 May 22 News Release

Channel 4 commissions David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count

Comedian and writer David Baddiel is to front a part polemic, part personal documentary for Channel 4 that explores why, in his opinion, anti-Semitism is often seen as a lesser form of racism.

17 May 22 News Release

Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont hunt the perfect celebrity couple

Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are on a quest to find perfect couples. Not regular couples, showbiz and comedian couples. Celebrity spouses just like them. Jon and Lucy’s Perfect Couples (working title) is a new comedy panel show from Manchester-based King of Sunshine Productions, pitting celebrity couples against each other in a series of mischievous rounds to discover who is the perfect couple.