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Channel 4 serves up sixth series of Friday Night Dinner

Channel 4 has commissioned Big Talk Productions and Popper Pictures to produce a sixth series of the critically-acclaimed and multi-award winning comedy, Friday Night Dinner with Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal returning as the Goodman Family, with Mark Heap as Jim. Friday

10 May 19 News Release

Channel 4 announces second Jason Fox commission with Return to Afghanistan with Jason Fox (w/t)

Hot off the heels of last year’s nail biting series, Meet the Drug Lords: Inside the Real Narcos, former elite Special Forces soldier, Jason Fox will go back to Afghanistan nearly a decade after he last set foot in the country. Produced by Plum Pictures, Return To Afghanistan With Jason Fox (W/T)

3 May 19 News Release

Channel 4 commissions The Hunt for Jihadi John

Channel 4, in conjunction with HBO, have co-commissioned a feature documentary about the controversial extremist Jihadi John. Nutopia, in association with Livedrop Media, have been commissioned by Channel 4 Current Affairs Commissioner Siobhan Sinnerton to produce The Hunt for Jihadi John. The film

2 May 19 News Release

Oscar powerhouses Hopkins and Colman command adaptation of Florian Zeller’s stage hit The Father

Academy Award winning duo, Anthony Hopkins (Westworld, The Pope, The Silence of the Lambs) and 2019 Winner, Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Night Manager, The Crown, Murder on the Orient Express) will star in Florian Zeller’s movie adaptation of his worldwide stage play hit The Father. Principal

2 May 19 News Release