Channel 4 Sales has secured Furniture Village as the sponsor of the Quality Entertainment strand across UKTV and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) channels. Effective immediately, Furniture Village will sponsor over 2,600 hours of content across UKTV’s Alibi, Eden, Gold, U&W and U&Drama plus WBD’s Really and HGTV. This partnership is a continuation of Channel 4 […]

Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary, The Trial of Lucy Letby (working title), directed by Emmy award-winning and BAFTA-nominated director Daniel Bogado and produced by Blast Films. The documentary will examine the case of Lucy Letby, a 34-year-old former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital who, in August 2023, was convicted of […]

Channel 4 reports that its social audience is going from strength-to-strength in 2024, passing 1.6 billion UK views, powered by a trebling (+331 per cent) in UK views of full episodes on YouTube. Across the year so far shows including First Dates, Gogglebox, Hollyoaks and 60 Days on the Estates have driven 65 million UK […]

Channel 4 Sales has announced TUI as the sponsorship partner for Married at First Sight UK season 4, which returns to the UK later this summer. The global leisure and travel company will team up with the hit reality show, with the TUI brand featuring on E4 and Channel 4 streaming, and across E4 and […]

Channel 4 has commissioned a single observational documentary from Welsh production company Afanti Media taking an exclusive look at the first sailing of Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. At 20 decks high, almost 1,200 feet long and nearly 250,000 gross tons in volume, Icon of the […]

Based on the book by novelist Sarah Moss, Channel 4 has commissioned Summerwater, a new six-part drama series from Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund and Glasgow based production company Freedom Scripted, which has been adapted by screenwriter John Donnelly (The Assessment, Utopia) and will be directed by Robert McKillop (The Following Events Are Based on […]

Hollyoaks, Channel 4’s flagship soap, is keeping viewers gripped and coming back for more, as it enjoyed strong viewing for the start of July with figures up +21 per cent YOY alongside a growth in 16-34 viewing of +8 per cent YoY. These figures contain Channel 4 viewing in the previous 12 months, reflecting that […]

UK PSB Channel 4 has confirmed that all advertising on its network during coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will carry subtitles – enhancing Channel 4’s commitment to making its coverage of the Games the most accessible yet. The announcement builds on its recent commitment that every broadcast of live sporting action from the […]

Barb data shows Channel 4’s streaming audience in June is up 30 per cent on the same month last year. Meanwhile, the channel continues to grow its overall audience, attracting new digital natives while migrating existing viewers to digital platforms, with 3 per cent year on year growth in viewing across streaming and linear combined […]

Channel 4 has announced the appointment of Ruth Brougham as Streaming Business Director. In this newly created role, Brougham will join Channel 4’s Executive Team and will report to Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Allan. Brougham, who will be based in Leeds, will help to set and lead Channel 4’s streaming operations, product team and roadmap, […]