News | Channel 4

Beyond Z: The Real Truth About British Youth - Speech by Alex Mahon, Chief Executive, Channel 4

Today we are bringing together Gen Z young people and our media industry so that we hear directly from 13 to 24-year-olds about what it really feels like to be young in Britain right now. I have been kind of obsessively thinking about this over the past couple of years and I feel it’s something

28 Oct 22 News Release

Final star-studded line up confirmed for Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand Up To Cancer

The multi award-winning Gogglebox returns once again with a very special celebrity edition for Stand Up To Cancer. Spice Girl and patron of Women’s Aid, Melanie B MBE and her pal, comedian, writer and TV presenter, Ruby Wax are the final famous faces joining the famous sofa tonight as part of

26 Oct 22 News Release

Countdown celebrates its 40th anniversary with guest hosts

Baroness Floella Benjamin, Sir Trevor McDonald, Reverend Richard Coles and Moira Stuart host the iconic show To mark Channel 4’s 40th anniversary, iconic daytime show Countdown is set to welcome a string of new faces to the presenter’s chair for a month long run of special episodes. Alongside its

25 Oct 22 News Release

Luke Mcfarlane bolsters Channel 4 Factual Entertainment

Channel 4 has appointed Luke Mcfarlane as commissioning editor in Alf Lawrie’s Factual Entertainment department, to help it expand its reality output. Luke is an experienced and award-winning TV executive with extensive experience across reality, factual entertainment, and live studio shows. He has

24 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4 Commissions Rumpus Media to Produce Munya Chawawa Documentary

How to Survive a Dictator produced by Rumpus Media for Channel 4, follows Comedian Munya Chawawa as he makes a documentary about Zimbabwe’s notorious dictator, Robert Mugabe. The one-hour programme follows Munya whose original plans were thwarted, as with his bags packed and flights booked, his

20 Oct 22 News Release

Statement on Channel 4 News

“Channel 4 has a strict code of conduct for all its employees, including its programming teams and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches seriously. Following an off-air incident Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been taken off air for a week.” Notes to Editors: Krishnan Guru-Murthy

19 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4 launches all-new digital-first brand, Channel 4.0

Channel 4 is to launch an all new digital-first brand, Channel 4.0. The new content destination will be home to masses of fresh new social formats and returners, all rooted in youth culture, with playful mischief at their heart. The content will have a core focus of reaching, engaging and

19 Oct 22 News Release

Channel 4 and the LEGO Group launch new digital series featuring Judi Love, Aisling Bea, Rhys James, and Katherine Ryan

Channel 4 and the LEGO Group, the iconic Danish toy manufacturer, are joining forces to launch Kids Rebuild the Future, a brand-new short form digital series for the broadcaster’s social media channels. The four-part series, produced by Kalel Productions, features comedians Judi Love, Aisling Bea

17 Oct 22 News Release

Eyecatching boarded up poster celebrates new Channel 4 drama

An attention-grabbing billboard stunt by Channel 4’s award winning in-house creative team has brought the broadcaster’s newest drama Somewhere Boy to life. The outdoor campaign by 4creative has portrayed the series by physically boarding up an out of home site to hide the hero of Somewhere Boy