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Countdown celebrates its 40th anniversary with guest hosts

Baroness Floella Benjamin, Sir Trevor McDonald, Reverend Richard Coles and Moira Stuart host the iconic show To mark Channel 4’s 40th anniversary, iconic daytime show Countdown is set to welcome a string of new faces to the presenter’s chair for a month long run of special episodes. Alongside its

25 Oct 22 News Release

Luke Mcfarlane bolsters Channel 4 Factual Entertainment

Channel 4 has appointed Luke Mcfarlane as commissioning editor in Alf Lawrie’s Factual Entertainment department, to help it expand its reality output. Luke is an experienced and award-winning TV executive with extensive experience across reality, factual entertainment, and live studio shows. He has

24 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4 Commissions Rumpus Media to Produce Munya Chawawa Documentary

How to Survive a Dictator produced by Rumpus Media for Channel 4, follows Comedian Munya Chawawa as he makes a documentary about Zimbabwe’s notorious dictator, Robert Mugabe. The one-hour programme follows Munya whose original plans were thwarted, as with his bags packed and flights booked, his

20 Oct 22 News Release

Statement on Channel 4 News

“Channel 4 has a strict code of conduct for all its employees, including its programming teams and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches seriously. Following an off-air incident Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been taken off air for a week.” Notes to Editors: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

19 Oct 22 News Release

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