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Channel 4 launches all-new digital-first brand, Channel 4.0

Channel 4 is to launch an all new digital-first brand, Channel 4.0. The new content destination will be home to masses of fresh new social formats and returners, all rooted in youth culture, with playful mischief at their heart. The content will have a core focus of reaching, engaging and

19 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4 and the LEGO Group launch new digital series featuring Judi Love, Aisling Bea, Rhys James, and Katherine Ryan

Channel 4 and the LEGO Group, the iconic Danish toy manufacturer, are joining forces to launch Kids Rebuild the Future, a brand-new short form digital series for the broadcaster’s social media channels. The four-part series, produced by Kalel Productions, features comedians Judi Love, Aisling Bea

17 Oct 22 News Release

Eyecatching boarded up poster celebrates new Channel 4 drama

An attention-grabbing billboard stunt by Channel 4’s award winning in-house creative team has brought the broadcaster’s newest drama Somewhere Boy to life. The outdoor campaign by 4creative has portrayed the series by physically boarding up an out of home site to hide the hero of Somewhere Boy

14 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund invests in Warp Films

Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund has invested in Warp Films, the prolific indie behind impactful film and TV such as This Is England, Four Lions, and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. In its twenty years, Sheffield-based Warp Films has played a key role in British film and moved into TV with This is

14 Oct 22 News Release

Francis Bourgeois to explore the world of British trainspotting in new Channel 4 digital series

Francis will be joined on his adventures across the UK by celebrity pals including Aisling Bea, Sam Ryder and Jesse Lingard. TikTok superstar Francis Bourgeois is hitting the tracks for a unique 5-part Channel 4 digital series, Trainspotting with Francis Bourgeois, produced by Untold Studios. Across

13 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4 commissions more for More 4 from Big Circus Media

Channel 4 has signed a major new two year commissioning deal with Big Circus Media, the company set up by Matt Baker and Gareth Collett in 2020. The indie will deliver a minimum of nine commissions to the broadcaster in 2023 and 2024. This multi-year, multi-series commitment demonstrates the strong

13 Oct 22 News Release

Hollyoaks welcomes 4Schools winners onto set

A team of students from a Wigan school met stars from Channel 4’s Hollyoaks after winning the broadcaster’s inaugural national 4Schools competition. The students from St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School visited the set of the popular drama and met several of the show’s stars and production

13 Oct 22 News Release

The Cast of Channel 4's Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama Are Revealed

Michael Sheen, Natalia Tena, Chanel Cresswell, and Simon Coury star Channel 4 today announces the cast of the Chalkboard produced Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom drama, a dramatisation of the 2022 High Court battle that gripped the UK and was reported on around the world. BAFTA-winning actress Chanel

12 Oct 22 News Release

The fifth baker leaves the tent

The nation’s most famous tent was pitched in the grounds of Welford Park once again. Presenters Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas returned to lead the latest batch of bakers through brand new challenges set by Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. In Tuesday night’s episode of The Great British Bake Off