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Channel 4.0 Launches Innovative New Digital Format Clone Heads

Channel 4 has commissioned Clone Heads, an innovative and irreverent new two-part comedy game show with a post-apocalyptic twist for the 4.0 channel. Hosted by Specs Gonzalez Clone Heads sets a post-apocalyptic stage for competition between social media influencers who become 'commanders' of clone

21 May 24 News Release

Channel 4 and YouTube team up to bring Paris 2024 Paralympic Games coverage to even more viewers

With more than 1300 hours of coverage and up to 18 concurrent streams, Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube channel will carry every televised moment of the Paralympics for the first time The move continues Channel 4’s support for the Paralympic Games as official media partner and complements streaming and

20 May 24 News Release

Graphic which shows Channel 4's social channel performance in Q1 2024, with a still image from 60 Days on the Estates.

Channel 4 trebles viewing of TV shows on YouTube and digital-first hits on Channel 4.0

Growth builds on social leadership among UK commercial broadcasters in 2023 Docs including To Catch A Copper drive growth in episode views on YouTube Harry Pinero’s Worst In Class boosts Channel4.0 as it passes 25m Q1 views Channel 4 delivered a three-fold year-on-year increase in UK viewing of full

17 May 24 News Release

Still image of transgender woman applying E45 cream in Diversity in Advertising Award winning advert

E45 launches its Channel 4 Diversity In Advertising Award campaign, spotlighting Transgender journeys

Skincare brand E45 today unveils its Channel 4 Diversity in Advertising Award-winning campaign – shining a light on the lived experiences of Trans people with a new TV ad debuting tonight (Friday 17 May), backed by over £1 million worth of commercial advertising airtime across the Channel 4 network

16 May 24 News Release

Promotional image from My Sexual Abuse The Sitcom, featuring comedian Mark O'Sullivan sitting on a bench.

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom and My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (The Actual Sitcom)

This bold and moving documentary from award-winning producers Swan Films follows writer and comedian Mark O’Sullivan (Lee and Dean, Tell Me Everything) as he writes and directs a sitcom about the sexual abuse he survived as a child, and the court case that led to the conviction of the man who abused

16 May 24 News Release

Channel 4 unveils line-up of new comedy Blaps and Playgrounds

Channel 4 has announced the newest additions to its roster of short-form comedy Blaps and the introduction of a new stepping-stone for cutting-edge comedy talent with Playgrounds. A backbone of Channel 4’s First For Funny campaign and adding to a historically vibrant collection of online shorts, the

14 May 24 News Release

Gen Z favourite Channel4.com becomes made-for-streaming destination under new Fast Forward strategy

Channel4.com refreshed to become more accessible and programming-led All Channel 4 streamers set to benefit from more personalised experience, plus more box sets, first-looks and bingeable, talkable content Changes to Channel 4 streaming will enhance offering for Gen Z viewers From today, Channel4

10 May 24 News Release

Channel 4’s streaming audience jumps more than a fifth in April, boosted by returning favourites and slate of innovative new shows

Channel 4 streaming grew 22% year-on-year in April – with a total of 6.5 billion viewer minutes – according to new BARB data. The new figures show viewing among 16-34s was up 15% year on year to 1.7 billion viewer minutes, as Channel 4 streaming reached more young viewers (16-34) than any other

10 May 24 News Release

In red capitalised text across the bottom of the screen is 4LOVE and above it are four photos in black and white. On the far left you see a women in a wheelchair pointing at a man, the next image is a close up of a young man's face with sweeping hair, then you see a woman smiling with a light up sign above her head and the final image shows a woman with two small buns on her head talking into a microphone and looking a bit perplexed..

Film4-backed short film collection 4Love now available on Channel 4 streaming

Today Film4 is delighted to announce the 4Love collection is now available on Channel 4 streaming and will be released on YouTube from the 15th May. These ground-breaking short films all tackling the theme of ‘love’ are from deaf, disabled and neurodivergent filmmakers Ella Glendining and Jessi