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Channel 4 commissions factual entertainment series, The Surjury

Channel 4 has commissioned a striking new factual entertainment series from Gobstopper Television in Manchester, where a 12-strong jury of the public must decide if people get the cosmetic surgery they’ve always dreamed of. From bum-lifts to nose jobs, sculpted abs to breast enlargements, The

30 Jan 19 News Release

Critically acclaimed series Prison set to return to Channel 4

Paddy Wivell’s critically acclaimed series Prison has been recommissioned from Spring Films for Channel 4 by Commissioning Editor Rita Daniels. Prison offers unprecedented access to life behind bars with a rare access to a Woman's prison, the series produced and directed by Paddy Wivell tells the

30 Jan 19 News Release

Keeley Hawes, Sally Phillips, Jill Halfpenny join Year of the Rabbit

Channel 4’s up-coming comedy, Year of the Rabbit, has gone in to production with an outstanding guest cast. The new 6x30 comedy, which is produced by Objective Fiction out of OMG Scotland with international partners IFC and all3media international, sees BAFTA-winning actor Matt Berry play Detective

28 Jan 19 News Release

Shipwrecked - Series Overview

On two remote islands, two rival tribes, the Tigers and the Sharks, battle against each other in the ultimate popularity contest in paradise. In each episode new arrivals land ashore where they’ll spend a day and night with each tribe. Both the Tigers and Sharks will do whatever it takes to win the

24 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 and PBS Frontline secure global exclusive from Emmy-award winning filmmakers Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts

Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts’s first feature documentary, For Sama, produced by Channel 4 News/ITN Productions, has been commissioned by Channel 4 and PBS Frontline, it was announced today (Thursday). For Sama is a powerful account of one woman’s inspirational

23 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 launches “Dynamic TV” - a European first in VoD ad targeting

Boots and Suzuki are first brands on board Channel 4 today announced the launch of Dynamic TV - a brand new ad innovation which enables potentially thousands of variations of data-driven creative to be served across big screen devices like smart TVs for the first time, as well as on mobile and

22 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 Board meets in Leeds for first time and launches new partnership with City Region

Channel 4 and the Leeds City Region will today hold a joint reception to celebrate the city being chosen as the broadcaster’s new National HQ – hosted by Channel 4’s Chair Charles Gurassa and Chief Executive Alex Mahon together with Leader of Leeds City Council Cllr Judith Blake CBE and Chair of the

22 Jan 19 News Release

Film4’s The Favourite joint-leads Oscar nominations with 10; Cold War also bags 3 nominations

Film4 backed films secured 13 Oscar nominations today, the second highest number of nominations the organisation has ever received in one year. The Favourite was nominated for Best Picture and Directing (Yorgos Lanthimos); Olivia Colman continued her run of success with a nomination for Actress in a

21 Jan 19 News Release

Sue Bruce-Smith receives Bafta Special Award

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has presented a Special Award to Sue Bruce-Smith, Deputy Director at Film4, at BAFTA’s headquarters, 195 Piccadilly, at a tribute event on Friday. BAFTA Trustee and co-president of Cornerstone Films, Alison Thompson, presented Bruce-Smith with