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Conservative party members suspended, pending investigation, after Dispatches uncovers fresh concerns of Islamophobia

TX: DISPATCHES, 8PM, MONDAY 8 JU LY 2019, CHANNEL 4 A Dispatches investigation looking at the battle for the Tory Party reveals concerns the Conservatives have lurched further to the right, and uncovers fresh allegations of Islamophobia within the party. The programme, Dispatches: Battle For The

8 Jul 19 Interview

The Lateish Show - Mo Gilligan Interview

You’ve got your own series! How does that feel? Amazing. I guess it’s been two years in the works, so the fact that it’s just a couple of weeks away, it now feels like “Yeah, this is really happening!” Doing photo shoots and stuff. It’s really happening. It feels amazing, I’m just really looking

5 Jul 19 News Release

Joe Lycett becomes Channel 4's Travel Man

Comedian Joe Lycett is to replace Richard Ayoade as the Travel Man when the show’s original long weekender packs his bag for one last series. Richard’s final, ninth series, will air later this year. Joe picks up the passport baton for his debut series which will air in 2020. Each episode takes a

3 Jul 19 News Release

Channel 4 marks Apollo 11 anniversary in moonumental style

July 16th marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, the first mission to land men on the Moon. It was a monumental event, when the world came together to see if we could accomplish our greatest adventure ever. Channel 4 will air two documentaries with incredible news archive from around

2 Jul 19 Video

The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick Episode 3 Clips

The Supervet:Noel Fitzpatrick Wednesday at 8pm An emergency for a small dog with a very big heart This week: Laura rushes to Fitzpatricks with her soulmate, therapy dog diminutive dachshund Olive, after she suddenly loses the use of her back legs. The clock is ticking as she's rushed to surgery

28 Jun 19 Interview

Extreme Tribe: The Last Pygmies: Interview with Livia Simoka

Explain a bit about your new series. What’s the idea? I’ve worked on anthropology-type programmes for years. I’ve spent time with indigenous people all over the world. Then, a couple of years ago, I was in Siberia for The Return of the Woolly Mammoth, shooting the technical taster tape out there. I

28 Jun 19 News Release

Channel 4 sends female adventurer to the jungles of Congo in Extreme Tribe: The Last Pygmies

Channel 4 and Renegade Pictures reveal the lives of one of the most extraordinary societies on earth, in a new three-part series. EXTREME TRIBE: THE LAST PYGMIES [3 x 60’] follows first-time presenter, Livia Simoka – a former anthropological film-maker - as she spends five months living with a Pygmy

28 Jun 19 News Release

Celebrity line-up revealed for Channel 4 and Stand up to Cancer's Sink or Swim (w/t)

With one in five British adults being unable to swim and one in three children leaving school without being able to swim, Channel 4 and Twofour, part of ITV Studios, today reveal the line-up for the new large-scale celebrity series, Sink or Swim (w/t) in support of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Joining

26 Jun 19 News Release

Channel 4 reveals new Specialist Factual line-up

Picture: Kristin Scott Thomas in My Grandparents’ War Channel 4 bolsters its specialist factual slate by announcing a range of new programmes that tackle big questions of identity, memory and what makes us human. What Makes a Murderer? (w/t) looks at whether advances in neuroscience can help us to