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Joe Lycett becomes Channel 4's Travel Man

Comedian Joe Lycett is to replace Richard Ayoade as the Travel Man when the show’s original long weekender packs his bag for one last series. Richard’s final, ninth series, will air later this year. Joe picks up the passport baton for his debut series which will air in 2020. Each episode takes a

3 Jul 19 News Release

Channel 4 marks Apollo 11 anniversary in moonumental style

July 16th marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, the first mission to land men on the Moon. It was a monumental event, when the world came together to see if we could accomplish our greatest adventure ever. Channel 4 will air two documentaries with incredible news archive from around

28 Jun 19 News Release

Channel 4 sends female adventurer to the jungles of Congo in Extreme Tribe: The Last Pygmies

Channel 4 and Renegade Pictures reveal the lives of one of the most extraordinary societies on earth, in a new three-part series. EXTREME TRIBE: THE LAST PYGMIES [3 x 60’] follows first-time presenter, Livia Simoka – a former anthropological film-maker - as she spends five months living with a Pygmy

28 Jun 19 News Release

Celebrity line-up revealed for Channel 4 and Stand up to Cancer's Sink or Swim (w/t)

With one in five British adults being unable to swim and one in three children leaving school without being able to swim, Channel 4 and Twofour, part of ITV Studios, today reveal the line-up for the new large-scale celebrity series, Sink or Swim (w/t) in support of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Joining

26 Jun 19 News Release

Channel 4 reveals new Specialist Factual line-up

Picture: Kristin Scott Thomas in My Grandparents’ War Channel 4 bolsters its specialist factual slate by announcing a range of new programmes that tackle big questions of identity, memory and what makes us human. What Makes a Murderer? (w/t) looks at whether advances in neuroscience can help us to

25 Jun 19 News Release

Every One's a Windsor, Baby

The Windsors is back. But things have changed: The Fab Four are now the Feuding Four

24 Jun 19 News Release

Britain's breast implant scandal: Channel 4 Dispatches

Monday 24th June, 8pm, Channel 4 Dispatches investigates the true impact of breast implants, whether some women’s implants are making them ill, and reveals that over 250 women are preparing to bring a class action over possible links to breast cancer. This Dispatches investigation has also persuaded

21 Jun 19 News Release

Sidse Babett Knudsen, Mark Lewis Jones, Joanna Scanlan, Genevieve Barr join Sarah Lancashire in The Light (w/t)

Shaun Parkes, Adrian Scarborough, Eiry Thomas, Nabhaan Rizwan and newcomer Jade Croot also feature in the cast of Jack Thorne’s brand new 4-part drama

20 Jun 19 News Release

First Cut 2019 winner announced at Sheffield Doc/Fest

Channel 4’s Factual Team has awarded Ashley Francis-Roy the prestigious First Cut pitch prize at the 2019 Sheffield Doc/Fest. He has won a 1x60 First Cut commission, a one month paid development, a mentorship with an indie and a week’s training at the National Film and Television School. Ashley’s