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Interview with Simon Bird for The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited

It’s ten years since The Inbetweeners first appeared on TV. How has it changed your life? In lots of ways. I always wanted to perform comedy and be an actor. Before The Inbetweeners I assumed that was a pipe dream. As we were making The Inbetweeners I thought it was a pipe dream as well to be honest

18 Dec 18 Interview

Interview with James Buckley for The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited

It’s ten years since The Inbetweeners first appeared on TV. How did it change your life? I don’t know really. I got paid, and I was in this successful show, but I’m not really sure how much it’s changed my life other than that. I feel like I’m the same person. It was good fun doing it! What had you

17 Dec 18 News Release

Tori Parry joins Film4 as Head of Physical Production

Film4 has appointed experienced line producer Tori Parry as their permanent Head of Physical Production. Parry has been in the role since June on an interim basis, and succeeds Tracey Josephs who left the organisation to join The Ink Factory. Parry has 20 years’ experience as a freelance co-producer

17 Dec 18 News Release

Broadcasters publish joint guidance note on Ofcom out-of-London definitions

The UK’s PSBs (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) have today (Friday 14th December) published a joint guidance note on the application of Ofcom’s out of London (OOL) definitions in order to give greater clarity to the independent production sector. Together the PSB’s invest hundreds of millions of

17 Dec 18 News Release

First look pictures for 'Traitors'

Traitors (previously known as Jerusalem) will air on Channel 4 and globally on Netflix outside of the U.K. and Ireland (and China where Netflix is not available) in early 2019. First look images for Traitors are released today. Created by multiple award-winning playwright and screenwriter Bash Doran

17 Dec 18 Interview

Ashley Banjo Interview for Flirty Dancing

What is Flirty Dancing about? It's like a blind date, but rather than meet up with somebody and then do something more conventional like go to a bar or to a restaurant, you don't speak to this person. You don't know who they are. You don't even quite know where you'll meet them, but you'll bump into

16 Dec 18 News Release

Kate Thomas joins Channel 4 Daytime commissioning team

Head of Daytime, David Sayer, has appointed Kate Thomas to the role of Commissioning Editor, Daytime. Kate joins in February. Previously Creative Director at Welsh indie Boom, Kate looked after winning new network commissions across multiple genres, including factual for ITV and the BBC, kids for

14 Dec 18 News Release

New Pictures Released for Pure

A refreshingly honest, funny C4 drama about getting to know your mind and your mates, set for early 2019 Twenty-four year old Marnie (newcomer Charly Clive) has ‘bad’ thoughts all the time and she can’t tell anyone. Her mind is XXX-rated and intrusive thoughts are piling up inside her head. It turns

13 Dec 18 News Release

Channel 4 appoints Yasir Mirza as Head of Inclusion and Diversity

Yasir Mirza has been appointed as Channel 4’s Head of Inclusion and Diversity. Yasir will work closely with Chief Human Resources Officer, Caroline Ross, and with teams across the business to help Channel 4 develop a more inclusive and diverse culture. This new role will lead on delivering Channel 4