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Channel 4 commissions more for More 4 from Big Circus Media

Channel 4 has signed a major new two year commissioning deal with Big Circus Media, the company set up by Matt Baker and Gareth Collett in 2020. The indie will deliver a minimum of nine commissions to the broadcaster in 2023 and 2024. This multi-year, multi-series commitment demonstrates the strong

13 Oct 22 News Release

Hollyoaks welcomes 4Schools winners onto set

A team of students from a Wigan school met stars from Channel 4’s Hollyoaks after winning the broadcaster’s inaugural national 4Schools competition. The students from St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School visited the set of the popular drama and met several of the show’s stars and production

13 Oct 22 News Release

The Cast of Channel 4's Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama Are Revealed

Michael Sheen, Natalia Tena, Chanel Cresswell, and Simon Coury star Channel 4 today announces the cast of the Chalkboard produced Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom drama, a dramatisation of the 2022 High Court battle that gripped the UK and was reported on around the world. BAFTA-winning actress Chanel

12 Oct 22 News Release

The fifth baker leaves the tent

The nation’s most famous tent was pitched in the grounds of Welford Park once again. Presenters Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas returned to lead the latest batch of bakers through brand new challenges set by Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. In Tuesday night’s episode of The Great British Bake Off

12 Oct 22 News Release

Modern Family joins E4 family

ICONIC SERIES TO BE AVAILABLE ON CHANNEL 4’S FREE TO AIR CHANNEL FOR FIRST TIME Modern Family to air on E4 and catch up on All 4 From Monday 24th October Multi-award-winning documentary-style sitcom, Modern Family will be available on Channel 4’s free-to-air channel for the very first time

12 Oct 22 News Release

E4 to broadcast GRM Daily Rated Awards 2022

THE AWARDS CEREMONY WILL BE BROADCAST ON TUESDAY 25TH OCTOBER AT 10PM HOSTED BY BIG ZUU AND JULIE ADENUGA With performances from ArrDee, Clavish, Ms Banks, K-Trap, Knucks, Blade Brown, SL, Dreya Mac and Ivorian Doll E4 will broadcast the Rated Awards, Britain’s premier award ceremony for black music

11 Oct 22 News Release

Award-winning global hit series The Handmaid’s Tale returns to Channel 4 for its fifth series

TV Times **** The Financial Times ***** The Guardian - “ impressive, inventive drama that pushes unfamiliar buttons with great skill” Channel 4 is officially set to return to Gilead with the fifth series of the multi-Emmy®, Golden Globe® and BAFTA Award winning series The Handmaid’s Tale airing

7 Oct 22 News Release

Six indies join Channel 4 and TV Collective Indie Accelerator programme

Six indies join Channel 4 and TV Collective Indie Accelerator programme After a competitive application process six indies have been selected to take part in Channel 4 and The TV Collective’s second Indie Accelerator programme. The successful indies are: Miran Media, Ratchet, Acclaimed Content

7 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4 and major UK consumer brands help viewers tackle the cost-of-living crisis with money saving ads

Channel 4 today reveals an exclusive collaboration with seven brands to help combat the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in a one-of-a-kind ad break, which will run during Steph’s Packed Lunch and Gogglebox on Friday 7th October. The bespoke ad break will feature ads from Boots, Co-Op, giffgaff, Go