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Channel 4 opens 25 creative career opportunities for disadvantaged young people in Leeds and Manchester

Channel 4 is offering 25 more career-changing opportunities to young people based in the north of England. Twenty-five young people from disadvantaged backgrounds will have the chance to kickstart a career in the creative industries after Channel 4 set up a range of partnerships with businesses

27 Jun 22 News Release

Channel 4 announce new Kevin Spacey Documentary Series from Roast Beef Productions

Channel Four has commissioned a series from Roast Beef Productions about Kevin Spacey. ‘Spacey Unmasked' (w/t) will take a forensic look at one of the most powerful and respected actors in the world. From his childhood to his emergent success on Broadway and his meteoric rise to stardom, through to

27 Jun 22 News Release

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 Interview

One Question: Interview with Claudia Winkleman

One Question – Friday 24th June, 8pm, Channel 4 & All 4

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