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Paddy Wivell interview for Prison

You made a three part series about HMP Durham. The first two parts were on over the summer. Why the delay for this one? We were waiting for an outstanding court case to finish. The person involved in that was the main contributor in the third episode, so we’d potentially be in contempt of court if

10 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 and HBO to air Leaving Neverland (w/t)

CHANNEL 4 AND HBO TO AIR LEAVING NEVERLAND w/t For Immediate Release Jan. 10, 2019 Channel 4 and HBO have co-produced award-winning director Dan Reed’s LEAVING NEVERLAND, a two-part documentary about two men who recount their experiences of being sexually abused by Michael Jackson. When allegations

10 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 appoints its new Head of Sport

Channel 4 has announced that Pete Andrews will be its new Head of Sport. Pete is a Royal Television Society award winner and has more than 20 years’ experience of working in sports production covering top sporting events. He will lead on all of Channel 4’s sports coverage which includes the 2020

9 Jan 19 News Release

Suzuki named new sponsors of Channel 4’s Gogglebox

Suzuki will sponsor Channel 4’s hit entertainment show Gogglebox in an exclusive multi-million pound partnership brokered by 4Sales and media agency, the7stars. The deal will run from January 2019 and includes bespoke idents which will launch when the Bafta award winning series returns next month

9 Jan 19 News Release

Film4 backed The Favourite leads BAFTA nominations with 12; 21 nominations in total for Film4 and Channel 4

Five Film4 backed films received a total of 20 nominations for the 2019 BAFTA Awards, announced this morning, including 12 for frontrunner THE FAVOURITE. Director of Film4 Daniel Battsek commented: “Following her Golden Globes success we are delighted that (Queen) Olivia Colman continues to reign

9 Jan 19 Video

The Secret Life of the Zoo S7 Ep1 Clip

The Secret Life of the Zoo returns tonight at 8pm Meet Noel Gallagher - no, not that one, this one, a pinstripe damba, or mono-browed fish. All the damba fish in Chester Zoo's oasis of an aquarium are named after heavily-browed humans and it's hoped that Frida Kahlo may prove the perfect partner

8 Jan 19 News Release

Channel 4 acquires full ownership of The Box Plus Network

Channel 4 today announced that it has acquired full ownership of The Box Plus Network, buying the remaining 50% stake in the network that it did not previously own from Bauer Media Group. Since 2007, Channel 4 has owned a 50% stake in The Box Plus Network, which produces and broadcasts seven UK

7 Jan 19 Interview

Interview with Nathanael Watt, 26, architecture student and Ismail Haruna, 27, architectural technologist both from Nottingham for the new series of Hunted

Why do you want to take part in Hunted? Ish – There are many reasons, but the main reason is the good we will be able to do if we win. For the fun factor as well because we’ve watched the show and it’s totally different when you watch. Now we get to put what we think we should do into practice and

7 Jan 19 Interview

Interview with Paul James, 48, construction manager from Hertfordshire and Nick Batchelor, 51, lead youth worker from Kent

How will you succeed? What tactics will you employ? And are there any tactics from previous series of Hunted that you hope to replicate or avoid? Nick – We are not going to replicate any of them, because not many of them have won and we don’t intend to be those who have failed. What tactics will we