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Hollyoaks enjoys scorching summer ratings as viewers flock to the soap in July

Channel 4’s digital-first soap has seen its biggest week of this year so far in July with viewing figures up +21% YoY. The youth skewing show has also seen VOD views increase by over +50% this year compared to 2023 (average views per episode, Jan-June 24, same period in 2023) Across the year to date

26 Jul 24 News Release

More4 to cast on with new competitive knitting series ‘The Game of Wool’

Knitting needles at the ready, as Channel 4 commissions brand-new crafty competition series The Game of Wool for More 4.

26 Jul 24 News Release

Promotional image for the 2024 social series of Secret Life of 5 Year Olds

Channel 4 partners with E.ON Next to revisit beloved format The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds

E.ON Next partners with Channel 4 on the social first series Ground-breaking partnership concepted by Mindshare and produced by Banijay UK’s DSP live on Channel 4’s YouTube from the 26th July Channel 4 Sales’ Social Branded Entertainment division – the most viewed branded entertainment publisher in

26 Jul 24 News Release

Ricochet to ask ‘What’s The Big Deal?’ with Natalie Cassidy

Channel 4 has commissioned Brighton and Glasgow-based indie Ricochet to make ‘What’s The Big Deal?’, a four-part consumer affairs show fronted by actress, mum and all-around ‘hun’, Natalie Cassidy.

26 Jul 24 News Release

Bowled Over Media to make second ‘Narrow Escape’ on Channel 4

Brighton-based Bowled Over Media has been recommissioned with GroupM Motion Entertainment to make a second series of Narrow Escapes for Channel 4 Daytime.

25 Jul 24 News Release

Image featuring Channel 4's brief for the 2024 Diversity in Advertising Award, Inclusive by Design

Channel 4’s Diversity in Advertising Award 2024 challenges brands to make TV ads accessible and ‘Inclusive by Design’

2024/25 brief encourages advertisers to shape campaigns around accessibility and inclusion Winning brand to receive over £1 million of advertising space across Channel 4’s portfolio Ninth edition of the competition since 2016 builds on previous representation themes including LGBTQIA+

25 Jul 24 News Release

Channel 4 Commissions Dame Judi & Jay: The Odd Couple From Hungry Jay Media

Despite being born nearly 40 years apart, and taking very different journeys in life, stage and screen legends Dame Judi Dench and Jay Blades walked away with a friendship for life after a chance meeting three years ago. Keen to learn more about each other’s backgrounds and upbringings, the

24 Jul 24 News Release

Channel 4 and Lidl team up with Joe Swash and ‘The Batch Lady’ Suzanne Mulholland in a brand new money and time-saving mealtime series Buy It, Batch It, Cook It (w/t)

Channel 4 has commissioned Buy It, Batch It, Cook It (w/t) from South Shore Productions Cardiff and Lidl. Bestselling food author and social media sensation Suzanne Mulholland also known as The Batch Lady, joins forces with presenter and bestselling cookbook writer Joe Swash in the brand-new six

23 Jul 24 News Release

Made in Bondi royalty revealed

Meet the elite sun-kissed cast of the brand-new series Made in Bondi