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CHANNEL 4 APPOINTS CHARLIE PERKINS AS HEAD OF COMEDY

Channel 4 has appointed Charlie Perkins as Head of Comedy. Charlie will report directly into Chief Content Officer Ian Katz and will manage a team comprising newly promoted Commissioning Editor Laura Riseam and Commissioning Executive Joe Hullait. Charlie will also oversee the appointment of a new Senior Commissioning Editor.

24 Jun 22 News Release

Channel 4 announces Lyra – an emotive, intimate portrait of the life and death of journalist Lyra McKee

Lyra McKee was a celebrated Belfast investigative journalist. Internationally published, she had a track record of giving communities - who had either been silenced or forgotten - a voice. She shone a light on difficult issues, specific to Northern Ireland: post-conflict suicide, equal rights for

24 Jun 22 News Release

4creative have created bespoke copy-led ad campaigns celebrating regional Prides around the UK

Tom Allen helps Channel 4 spread Pride nationwide in ‘Proud All Over’ campaign

Brand film with Tom Allen: https://youtu.be/FfScbqZokLg Channel 4 is marking the 50th anniversary of the Pride movement by celebrating over 80 Pride celebrations around the nation, which are happening alongside the major city events. The concept has come from 4creative, the Channel’s award-winning

24 Jun 22 News Release

Mel Giedroyc invites celebrities to The Really Really Rude Puppet Show (w/t) for Channel 4

New series where Mel Giedroyc invites a different celebrity to read an piece of creative writing where the celeb is the lead protagonist

24 Jun 22 News Release

Denise Van Outen looks at Britain’s middle aisle obsession for Channel 4

Channel 4 has commissioned Secrets of the Middle Aisle (w/t), a brand-new programme lifting the lid on how discount retailers Lidl and Aldi have created the ultimate impulse buys

23 Jun 22 News Release

Taskmaster reveals brand new Series 14 contestants

Dara Ó Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican will take on the most absurd show on television

23 Jun 22 News Release

Strawberry Blond TV wins double commission for Channel 4 and More4

Strawberry Blond TV has been commissioned to make Huge Homes with Hugh Dennis for More4 and Strangers on a Plane for Channel 4.

23 Jun 22 News Release

Reverend Richard Coles to explore grief for Channel 4

When Reverend Richard Coles’ husband David died at the end 2019, he became a widower at the age of 57 and found himself alone for the first time in 12 years. As someone who is surrounded by death in his profession, he thought he’d be well equipped to deal with it but when it happened to him, he realised he wasn’t. Now, in Good Grief?, a new one off documentary, Rev Coles is exploring the subject of grief and how to live with it positively. We will join him on a literal and metaphorical journey across the choppy waters of bereavement as he endeavours to open up the conversation about grief.

22 Jun 22 News Release

Comedian Eddie Kadi to explore the high-end, glossy and exclusive side of Ghana in Crazy Rich… Ghanaians (w/t)

Think playground for Idris Elba, Naomi Campbell, Ed Sheeran and Liam Payne and you might think Monaco, St Barts or maybe even Hvar, but you probably don’t think Accra. After Crazy Rich... Ghanaians (w/t), you just might.