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   CHANNEL FOUR STATEMENT OF PROMISES 2004/5
Arts, Comedy, Entertainment and Drama

Arts
In Arts, 2004 sees the culmination of the Castleford project, an ambitious public space makeover of Castleford in Yorkshire in conjunction with local government and other agencies. 2004 also sees a major three part series on Van Gogh, Alain de Botton's Status Anxiety series, The Voice, and a new series of The Art Show. Following the success of Operatunity, Musicality will look for the next star of the musical stage. Performance highlights in 2004 are DV8's Cost of Living and The Rough Guide to Choreography.

Comedy and Entertainment
New shows for 2004 include Garth Marenghi, Green Wing, The Last Chancers and the next Jimmy Carr series. Peter Kaye returns with Max and Paddy, Avid Merrion with Bo Selecta and Rory Bremner with Bremner, Bird and Fortune. Derren Brown will be back with a second series of Mind Control.

Drama
Channel 4 will broadcast 38 episodes of new drama in 2004/5, with new series including Shameless, No Angels and NyLon. Teachers and Hollyoaks continue. Omagh, Sex Traffic and Hamburg Cell are the major drama events in 2004/5.

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