Channel 4 News will host a national television debate featuring the five main political parties ahead of the upcoming local elections. The hour-long debate will take place in Hull on 29 April 29th, ahead of polling day on May 1st. Presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy will host the televised debate live on Channel 4 News, with a […]
Channel 4 Sales has landed a new partner for the Channel 4 weekly light entertainment format Sunday Brunch, with the Yorkshire-based coffee brand Taylors of Harrogate becoming the show’s new sponsor. The long-term deal will commence from Sunday 6 April, lasting until October 2026. As sponsors of the show, Taylors idents will run during the […]
Channel 4 has secured wine retailer Laithwaites as the launch partner of its upcoming social-first food and drink channel, Channel 4 Served – part of a multi-platform partnership including sponsorship of food programming across Channel 4 and UKTV that has already commenced. Channel 4 Served launches in May across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, offering chef […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to question Channel 4 Chief Executive Alex Mahon and Chair Sir Ian Cheshire on the work of the broadcaster. The regular scrutiny session on April 1st will give MPs the chance to examine Channel 4’s performance and its role as one of the UK’s […]
Channel 4 has acquired suspense thriller Long Bright River from Sony Pictures Television. Based on Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel, Long Bright River is an eight-part limited drama which tells the story of Mickey, a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighbourhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins […]
Channel 4 has commissioned its first digital original drama to broadcast on Channel 4’s YouTube, as well as Channel 4 Streaming and linear. Beth is a three-part science fiction drama written and directed by Uzo Oleh, executive produced by Anna Higgs and produced by Dark Pictures and GroupM Motion Entertainment. The series stars Nicholas Pinnock and […]
Channel 4 Sales has announced it will invest in an advertising emissions measurement tool for its advertisers, as it continues to put sustainability at the top of its agenda. Partnering with Scope3, the sustainable technology platform, Channel 4 Sales will be the first commercial team within a major broadcaster to offer advertisers emissions data about […]
HiddenLight Productions, co-founded by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sam Branson and Chelsea Clinton, has announced the international release of its real time feature doc The Cranes Call via GATHR. The GATHR partnered release is timed for the film’s screening at the Cinema for Peace World Forum in Berlin on March 17th hosted by Hillary Clinton. The […]
Channel 4 has announced that it will continue to broadcast Crufts until 2029. The channel has broadcast coverage of the annual dog show since 2010. Channel 4 has also announced that the independent production company Sunset+Vine will continue to produce its coverage of Crufts. Pete Andrews, Channel 4’s Head of Sports, commented: “Crufts is a […]
Channel 4’s commercial arm, Channel 4 Sales, has launched an competition for Certified B Corporations (‘B Corps’) in the UK, giving them the chance to win free advertising airtime as part of its commitment to sustainability. Channel 4 Sales has partnered with B Lab UK, the non-profit company behind the UK B Corp movement, to […]