Channel 4


TV3 in New Zealand & UK’s C4 among Perpetual pre-sale deals with Marmalade Sky

Australia’s Perpetual Entertainment and Jimmy Humphrey’s Marmalade Sky TV have linked up to strike five pre-sale deals with broadcasters in the UK and Down Under. Jimmy Doherty’s New Zealand Escape (4 x 60 minutes) has been pre-sold to Channel 4 in the UK and TV3 in New Zealand, while true crime show The Murder of […]

‘Derry Girls’ creator Lisa McGee reunites with Hat Trick for next Channel 4 show

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has reunited with Hat Trick Productions to set her next project for UK broadcaster Channel 4, which has ordered her new comedy-thriller, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast. Written and created by McGee, the 8 x 60-minute comedy series will follow Saoirse, Robyn and Dara who have been friends […]

E4 enters ‘Love Triangle’ with UK version of Banijay dating format

E4 in the UK has commissioned a local version of Love Triangle, the relationship format that debuted on Australia’s Nine Network. Produced for Channel 4-owned E4 by Banijay’s Workerbee, the 10 x 60-minute series will see six singles asked to choose a love match from just two options. One potential partner embodies each single’s usual […]

C4 moves docs commissioning editor Janine Thomas to youth strand ‘Untold’

The UK’s Channel 4 has named Janine Thomas as commissioning editor for its youth strand, Untold. Thomas will work across current affairs for Untold, which is into its second season and has been behind shows such as Inside The Shein Machine, Jessie Lingard, Life After Love Island and The Secrets Of UK Prisons. She replaces […]

News round-up: BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’; France TV, RAI & RTBF enter ‘The Age Of Anger’; ‘Baltic Crimes’ sells into 95 countries

BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’ BritBox International in the US and Canada and Acorn TV in Australia and New Zealand have picked up British crime drama Granite Harbour, following deals with Eccho Rights. Produced by LA Productions, in association with Dopamine, the series launched on BBC1 and BBC Scotland in December […]

UK’s Channel 4 defends CEO’s record pay deal & sets September to detail new content needs

Channel 4 in the UK handed its CEO Alex Mahon a record-breaking pay deal last year, despite the broadcaster pulling back content spending against a “challenging” economic landscape. The public broadcaster, which is ad funded, confirmed in its annual financial report released yesterday that former Shine CEO Mahon had been awarded just under £1.5m in […]

Channel 4 explores plight of endangered species with Levison Wood docuseries

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a docuseries following explorer and writer Levison Wood as he tracks down some of the most iconic and endangered animals on the planet. The 3 x 60-minute series, Levison Wood: Walking With… (working title) is being co-produced by UK-US firm October Films and Blackmane Media and will follow Wood to […]

BBC & Channel 4 seek ‘noise’ & ‘mischief’ for digital teen audiences

UK broadcasters the BBC and Channel 4 have shared their digital content strategies for teen audiences, with calls for “noisy” and “mischievous” shows. Speaking at the Children’s Media Conference (CMC) in Sheffield today, Cerys Griffiths, head of content production at BBC Education, which is behind the British pubcaster’s education campaigns and educational support portfolio, including […]

UK’s Channel 4 & Disney strike 1,000 hour deal for shows incl ‘Abbott Elementary’, ‘Bones’, ‘Empire’ & ‘The X-Files’

Channel 4’s UK-based streaming service has picked up 10 Disney shows – totalling 1,000 hours – amid the Mouse House’s evolving distribution strategy, with series including Abbott Elementary, Bones, Empire, Alias and Scandal set to be available. Cult classic The X-Files, the US remake of The Killing, Cold War drama The Americans and sitcom Grown-Ish […]