Channel 4
Hollyoaks counts down must-watch weeks as soap goes off air
July 23, 2020 | David FarnorE4 is counting down the “must-watch weeks from Hollyoaks history as the Channel 4 soap goes off air.
The Chester drama is joining BBC’s EastEnders in having a short break in transmissions, after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted filming and left … Read More
Derren Brown celebrates 20 years with Channel 4 special
July 18, 2020 | David FarnorDerren Brown will return to Channel 4 this summer with a live stunt and a viewer-voted retrospective. Celebrating 20 years on Channel 4, the multi-award-winning trickster will surprise one unsuspecting viewer as part of Derren Brown, 20 Years of Mind … Read More
Girl Powered: Channel 4 commissions Spice Girls documentary
July 14, 2020 | David FarnorChannel 4 has commissioned a new documentary series about the Spice Girls.
Provisionally titled Girl Powered: The Spice Girls, the series tells the complete story of the best-selling girl band of all time.
Using hundreds of hours of archive footage … Read More
Channel 4 commissions Damilola: The Boy Next Door
July 13, 2020 | David FarnorTo mark the 20th anniversary of Damilola Taylor’s tragic murder on the North Peckham Estate, Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary.
The poignant and reflective film will be presented by Yinka Bokinni DJ, radio presenter, writer and former resident … Read More
Channel 4 orders Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared series
July 9, 2020 | David FarnorChannel 4 has ordered a new series based on the YouTube show Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.
The cult hit has been viewed over a quarter of a billion times. Part-educational programming, part-existential nightmare, the mixed-media trip moves from kids-show … Read More
Channel 4 airs nightly short films exploring race in Britain
June 15, 2020 | David FarnorChannel 4 is airing short films exploring race in Britain every night this week.
Director of Programmes Ian Katz ordered a series of short and long-form original films in response to the death of George Floyd in the US and … Read More
Murder in the Carpark: Channel 4 to explore Daniel Morgan murder in new series
June 10, 2020 | David FarnorChannel 4 is continuing its investment in the true crime genre with Murder in the Carpark, a series investigating the 1987 murder of Daniel Morgan.
On 10th March 1987 the private investigator was brutally murdered with an axe in the … Read More
E4 to air Big Brother: Best Shows Ever this June
June 9, 2020 | David FarnorE4 will air Big Brother: Best Shows Ever this June in a fortnight celebrating the 20th anniversary of the reality TV show.
Big Brother launched on 18th July 2000 on Channel 4, presented by Davina McCall. Locking up contestants in … Read More
Hollyoaks leads Channel 4 line-up on Snapchat
June 7, 2020 | David FarnorChannel 4 is heading to Snapchat with a wave of shows being reworked for the social video platform – and Hollyoaks is leading the way.
More than 300 short-form edits of Channel 4 content will stream on Snapchat’s Discover platform … Read More
Emilia Fox to host Channel 4 true crime series
June 3, 2020 | David FarnorEmilia Fox will host a new true crime series for Chanel 4.
The three-part series, with the working title In the Footsteps of Killers, will return to the scene of unsolved murders with the Silent Witness star and criminologist Professor … Read More