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Film4 titles win 16 awards at the BIFAs

Film4 enjoyed a triumphant night at the British Independent Film Awards last night, with five Film4 backed productions taking home 16 of the 24 competitive awards, including a record breaking 10 wins for Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite. Bart Layton’s American Animals and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were

30 Nov 18 News Release

Channel 4 embraces the power of purple for #PurpleLightUp

Channel 4 will be embracing the power of purple to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the worldwide #PurpleLightUp campaign on 3rd December. The day encourages people to recognise disability by wearing purple and businesses to mark the day by using purple in their logos, on

30 Nov 18 News Release

Thames, Motion and E4 set the ultimate relationship test with Baewatch (w/t)

Everyone can recall that nerve-wracking first time they met the in-laws. But what if the make or break moment is already taking place and you have no idea? For brand-new E4 series BAEwatch [w/t], Thames and Motion Content Group will test unsuspecting couples who not only think they have the perfect

29 Nov 18 News Release

Nick Lee promoted to Head of Series Acquisitions

Channel 4’s Director of Commercial Affairs, Martin Baker, today announced the promotion of Nick Lee to Head of Series Acquisitions. Reporting into the Director of Commercial Affairs, this newly created role will be responsible for the creation and roll out, deal terms and delivery of the strategy

27 Nov 18 News Release

Factual & Drama Christmas Highlights 2018

World’s Most Extraordinary Christmas Dinners For some people, Christmas dinner is more than just a meal. This brand new programme looks at some of the lengths people go to make their Christmas days special, from the astronaut who’ll be in space on the big day to feeding a submarine crew under the

23 Nov 18 News Release

Celebs Go Dating Season 6 singletons revealed

E4’s Celebrity Dating Agency is back as seven celebrities get ready to put their hearts on the line for love… It’s time to meet E4’s seven unlucky-in-love Celebrity singletons as Celebs Go Dating Season 6 returns to your screens next year. On the journey to find ‘the one’ are popstar and Jungle

23 Nov 18 News Release

Hollyoaks announces radicalisation storyline

Channel 4 Soap Hollyoaks is to explore the issue of radicalisation into far right extremism to raise awareness of a growing concern in parts of Britain. As the Home Office increases funding into initiatives in major cities to counter anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic sentiments Hollyoaks will examine

23 Nov 18 News Release

Celebs Go Dating confirm new dating agent

Broadcast Journalist, TV Presenter and Life Coach Anna Williamson joins dating expert Paul Carrick Brunson at the Celebrity Dating Agency Celebs Go Dating returns to E4 next year for its sixth series with a brand new dating expert. Television presenter and best-selling author Anna Williamson will

22 Nov 18 News Release

Channel 4 announces line up of new arts programmes

Channel 4 bolsters its arts slate by announcing a range of new programmes tackling contemporary issues with the question of identity as a central theme. For Grayson Perry being an outsider is at the heart of Culture Wars (w/t), which sees the acclaimed artist and broadcaster travel across the US