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Channel 4
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Channel 4 unveils access documentary slate
Channel 4 has unveiled a slate of access documentaries that investigate policing, mental health, the…
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Channel 4 commissions Barcroft Studios for slate of ‘4Real’ films
Channel 4 has commissioned Barcroft Studios for a slate of short-form digital shorts under the…
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Channel 4 commissions Arrow’s ‘Gay Dog And Other Animals’
Channel 4 has commissioned Arrow Pictures for an hour-long film exploring gay behaviour in animals. …
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Pact UK unveils accelerator programmes alongside Leeds HQ
UK trade body Pact has unveiled two accelerator programmes for producers based outside London on…
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Channel 4, HBO partner for ‘Jihadi John’ doc
Months following the success of Michael Jackson two-parter Leaving Neverland, Channel 4 and HBO are…
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Show of the Week: The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes
The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes is a Red Arrow – distributed social experiment format that…
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Show of the week: Drag Lab
Distributor: Hat Trick International Producer: Summer Films Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Logline: A British drag…
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Channel 4 to adapt NBC’s ‘Songland’ format
UK broadcaster Channel 4 (C4) is set to adapt NBC’s songwriting competition format Songland. C4…
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Channel 4 gets ‘Banged Up’ Stateside with BriteSpark
Channel 4 has commissioned Argonon Group-backed BriteSpark Films for a three-part social experiment series that…
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Channel 4: Jackson doc on track to be most streamed show
Dan Reed’s Leaving Neverland doc about Michael Jackson is on track to become Channel 4’s…
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Michael Jackson episode pulled from ‘The Simpsons’
The Simpsons producers have pulled an episode featuring the voice of Michael Jackson days after HBO…
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Michael Jackson doc draws 2.4m to Channel 4 amid London protests
Dan Reed’s feature doc Leaving Neverland garnered a peak audience of 2.4m for the UK’s…
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Kew Media receives “unprecedented” interest in Jackson doc
Kew Media Distribution says it has received “unprecedented” interest in Channel 4/HBO doc Leaving Neverland…
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My5, All4 bolster services with content deal, SVOD function
Viacom-owned catch-up service My5 has struck a content deal with Israeli cable group Hot. The…
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Discovery strikes deal with C4 for Jamie Oliver content
Discovery has signed a significant deal with the UK’s Channel 4 to acquire a catalogue…
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Michael Jackson estate threatens HBO with $100m lawsuit over Leaving Neverland
Michael Jackson’s estate is threatening to sue HBO for $100m over its controversial sex abuse…
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C4 becomes The Goldbergs’ UK home as spin-off series lands at E4
Channel 4 channels and platforms will become the UK home for ABC comedy The Goldbergs…
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Show of the week: Teachers Training to Kill
Training Teachers to Kill follows the heated debate taking place in school boards around the…
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BriteSpark hires Channel 4 commissioner as director of programmes
Argonon-owned BriteSpark Films has appointed Channel 4 commissioner Tom Porter as its director of programmes….
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Kew lands int’l rights for C4 & HBO’s Leaving Neverland
Kew Media Distribution has secured the international rights – excluding the UK and US –…
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C4 sets up for Rick and Morty premiere, teams up with Adult Swim
Adult Swim’s hit toon Rick and Morty is set to make an exclusive UK premiere on…
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“Purposeful” formats, CEE scripted on the rise in 2019
International TV research consultancy K7 Media has unveiled its predictions for 2019, forecasting that Disney+…
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All4 picks up NBC sitcom 30 Rock
Channel 4 has picked up hit NBC comedy 30 Rock for its streaming service All 4….
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C4 ups Nick Lee to head up series acquisitions
Channel 4 has promoted acquisitions manager Nick Lee to head up series acquisitions. Lee will…
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Channel 4’s Horan: bring me “bigger, fewer” and international ideas
Channel 4’s newly installed factual boss Danny Horan is keen to do away with “pragmatic…
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Exclusive: Channel 4, Discovery partner on Ice Age doc
Warner Bros-owned producer Renegade is making a 90-minute doc on an expansive discovery of Ice…
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C4 greenlights Training Teachers to Kill from Sundog
Channel 4 (C4) Factual has commissioned 60-minute doc Training Teachers to Kill from Sundog Pictures. The…
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Op-ed: Putting real words to true crime in ‘verbatim drama’ The Interrogation
Four actors. One room. An interrogation based word-for-word on real transcripts. Story Films co-founder Dave Nath…
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Screen Yorkshire opens Film & TV office post-C4 move
Following Channel 4’s decision to locate its national headquarters in Leeds, Screen Yorkshire is to…
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Channel 4, Facebook partner for weekly news show
Channel 4 has partnered with Facebook for a weekly news show, months after the social…