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Channel 4 launches virtual 4Skills Work Experience & expands 4Schools to help students & young people discover their creative career

Channel 4 is supercharging its commitment to encourage young people to target a career in the broadcast industry through a new work experience programme and an expansion of its successful 4Schools project. The broadcaster is introducing an online work experience programme which helps young people

23 Jan 23 News Release

Voting opens on The National Comedy Awards 2023 for Stand Up To Cancer shortlist

Susan Wokoma, Jordan Gray and Lenny Rush named Comedy Breakthrough Star Award winners

18 Jan 23 News Release

Hollyoaks IRL: Women's Safety - Attacked and Ignored series two of BAFTA-nominated digital factual strand launched

BAFTA-nominated docu-series produced by Lime digital recommissioned by Channel 4 Launch episode features campaigner Zan Moon and Actress, Nikki Sanderson Hollyoaks IRL: Series two can be watched from Wednesday 18th January on Hollyoaks' Youtube, Facebook, and TikTok Hollyoaks IRL (In Real Life)

18 Jan 23 News Release

Outline Productions Brings Remarkable Places to Eat to Channel 4 in Partnership with Poretti

Outline Productions (a Tin Roof Media company) is bringing its food and travel format Remarkable Places to Eat to a new home at More 4 and Channel 4, in partnership with Italian beer brand Birrificio Angelo Poretti. Each episode of Remarkable Places to Eat sees one of Britain’s best-known foodies –

13 Jan 23 News Release

An image of the 'Stream Free 4000' portable unisex urinal on top of a box, which reads 'Stream Free 4000, Stream Free while you stream freely on All 4. Portable unisex design! Stream on your sofa! Stream in front of your Gran! Stream all over your office!'

Channel 4 goes with the flow with new All 4 comedy campaign

Stream freely with the Stream Free 4000 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk99g8hrets A playful new campaign by Channel 4’s award winning in-house creative agency 4creative launches on 14th January to promote the broadcaster’s brilliant comedy content on All 4. A brand-new conceptual trail

13 Jan 23 Interview

Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples - Interview with Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont

Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont tell us about their new show, Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples, airing Friday 13th January at 9pm on Channel 4 & All 4.

11 Jan 23 News Release

Fan-favourite Colin Murray named as Countdown host

Colin Murray today confirmed he is to remain as the permanent host of Countdown, the UK’s longest running TV quiz show. The show continues to delight viewers with December 2022 securing the best month’s share for the series in over a decade. Colin, who has hosted the show since summer 2022

10 Jan 23 News Release

Janine Thomas appointed Commissioner Editor in Documentaries

Janine Thomas, has been appointed as Commissioning Editor and will directly report to Head of Documentaries Alisa Pomeroy. She will support Rita Daniels by taking on the day-to-day running of the career defining strand First Cut, freeing up Daniels to focus on new blue-chip documentary series

5 Jan 23 News Release

Statement from Channel 4 in response to a decision and statement by the Government

We welcome the Government’s decision that Channel 4 will remain in public ownership. This decision provides a firm basis on which to establish the sustainable direction of Channel 4, safely in the hands of the British people. DCMS having thoroughly examined the business case concluded that the