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More4 commissions Phil Spencer’s History of Britain in 100 Homes

In an ambitious new series for More4, Phil Spencer will be taking a grand tour of the country’s most historical households in a bid to tell the story of Britain in 100 Homes. Phil will unearth our nation’s architectural ancestry through 100 properties across the country. Each home will tell a story

16 Jan 19 News Release

Robert James-Collier & Charlie Hardwick join Ackley Bridge

Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Charlie Hardwick (Emmerdale) are joining the teaching staff at Ackley Bridge College and are bound to ruffle some feathers. With the school being taken over by The Valley Trust it’s a new era with deputy head teacher Martin Evershed (Robert James-Collier) and

15 Jan 19 News Release

Stath Lets Flats returns to C4 for your viewing pleasure

Britain’s worst letting agent Stath will once again be unleashed on the London property market, as writer-performer and rising star Jamie Demetriou's (Fleabag, Paddington 2) Stath Lets Flats is recommissioned by Channel 4 for a brand new 6 x 30 series. The hopeless Greek-Cypriot lettings agent will

14 Jan 19 News Release

Rick and Morty get schwifty on Channel 4, E4 and All 4

New series of Emmy award-winning Rick and Morty to premiere exclusively on Channel 4 in the UK Seasons 1-3 will be broadcast on E4 from February A huge catalogue of Adult Swim shows to be available on All 4 The brand new and highly anticipated fourth series of Emmy, Critic’s Choice and IGN award

10 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 and HBO to air Leaving Neverland (w/t)

CHANNEL 4 AND HBO TO AIR LEAVING NEVERLAND w/t For Immediate Release Jan. 10, 2019 Channel 4 and HBO have co-produced award-winning director Dan Reed’s LEAVING NEVERLAND, a two-part documentary about two men who recount their experiences of being sexually abused by Michael Jackson. When allegations

10 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 appoints its new Head of Sport

Channel 4 has announced that Pete Andrews will be its new Head of Sport. Pete is a Royal Television Society award winner and has more than 20 years’ experience of working in sports production covering top sporting events. He will lead on all of Channel 4’s sports coverage which includes the 2020

9 Jan 19 News Release

Suzuki named new sponsors of Channel 4’s Gogglebox

Suzuki will sponsor Channel 4’s hit entertainment show Gogglebox in an exclusive multi-million pound partnership brokered by 4Sales and media agency, the7stars. The deal will run from January 2019 and includes bespoke idents which will launch when the Bafta award winning series returns next month

9 Jan 19 News Release

Film4 backed The Favourite leads BAFTA nominations with 12; 21 nominations in total for Film4 and Channel 4

Five Film4 backed films received a total of 20 nominations for the 2019 BAFTA Awards, announced this morning, including 12 for frontrunner THE FAVOURITE. Director of Film4 Daniel Battsek commented: “Following her Golden Globes success we are delighted that (Queen) Olivia Colman continues to reign

8 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 acquires full ownership of The Box Plus Network

Channel 4 today announced that it has acquired full ownership of The Box Plus Network, buying the remaining 50% stake in the network that it did not previously own from Bauer Media Group. Since 2007, Channel 4 has owned a 50% stake in The Box Plus Network, which produces and broadcasts seven UK