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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.

22 Jun 22 News Release

Channel 4 embeds legacy of The Black To Front Project with more new commissions and targets

Unapologetic and Crazy Rich… get commissioned in addition to The Big Breakfast Brand new Commissioning Guidelines and Manifesto launched to drive change behind the camera following Sir Lenny Henry Centre recommendations Channel 4 commits to ensuring at least 20% of its editorial decision-makers are

22 Jun 22 News Release

Channel 4's Indie Growth Fund invests in Glasgow-based indie Freedom Scripted

Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund has invested in the Glasgow-based independent production company Freedom Scripted. Founded in 2018 by former BBC, STV and World Productions development producer Mike Ellen, Freedom Scripted focuses on high end contemporary drama and has a range of projects currently in

21 Jun 22 News Release

Flabbergast TV commissioned to make Love My Face (w/t)

Channel 4 has commissioned Flabbergast TV to make a new life-affirming series, marking the Glasgow-based company’s first commission for the Channel following its Emerging Indie Fund discretionary award last year.