Welcome to Documentaries – below you will find what individual commissioners are looking for – what I hope unifies us all is the search for films and programmes that have a real identity.
The best way to work out who we are what we stand for is to watch our recent output – the films we are proudest of. We hope they illustrate our commitment to commissioning a broad range of subject areas, with close attention to finding new and challenging ways of telling stories:
A Child’s Life
Help Me, Help My Child
The Secret Millionaire
Seven Sins of England
Truly Madly Deeply
Pram Face
Wedding Page
Meet the Foxes
Tony Robinson - Me and My Mum
Breaking Up with the Jones
Lie of the Land
Once Upon A Time In Iran
We believe these programmes show a commitment to make programmes that are popular and purposeful – all the time pushing the boundaries.
The department is a microcosm of Channel 4: its output ranges from the very silly to the highly provocative, the angry and emotional to the funny, the popular to the challenging – always seeking out that streak of innovation or discomfort that characterises the Channel. This is the department that came up with Faking It, Wife Swap and Jamies School Dinners – we are constantly looking to continue that tradition.
Our immediate needs – and they are real – are series for mid 2008/9 – these should be bold events in the schedule – with striking propositions that will get noticed. We are in a period of transition where we do not quite know what comes next: once it was soapdocs, then formats…. Now what? We are looking for the big and the bold – and hope to foster the conversations that will find them.
We are also open to ideas for seasons: again these should have real attitude with a sense that they are giving the Channel a voice and an opinion – not simple a season “about” something.
We are also looking for mischievous entertaining ideas for strips or strands or singles for 10pm – maybe presenter led – with a real sense of taking the audience on a surprising, witty and naughty journey.
In the Arts I am looking to support Jan Younghusband in her continued to journey to reinvent arts on television – as prime time events and documentaries such as Operatunity or Ballet Changed My Life or as great acts of commissioning with films like the opera Klinghoffer and the forthcoming Exodus.
Hamish Mykura, Head of Documentaries
Editorial Administrator: Chloe Lambourne
The best way to work out who we are what we stand for is to watch our recent output – the films we are proudest of. We hope they illustrate our commitment to commissioning a broad range of subject areas, with close attention to finding new and challenging ways of telling stories:
A Child’s Life
Help Me, Help My Child
The Secret Millionaire
Seven Sins of England
Truly Madly Deeply
Pram Face
Wedding Page
Meet the Foxes
Tony Robinson - Me and My Mum
Breaking Up with the Jones
Lie of the Land
Once Upon A Time In Iran
We believe these programmes show a commitment to make programmes that are popular and purposeful – all the time pushing the boundaries.
The department is a microcosm of Channel 4: its output ranges from the very silly to the highly provocative, the angry and emotional to the funny, the popular to the challenging – always seeking out that streak of innovation or discomfort that characterises the Channel. This is the department that came up with Faking It, Wife Swap and Jamies School Dinners – we are constantly looking to continue that tradition.
Our immediate needs – and they are real – are series for mid 2008/9 – these should be bold events in the schedule – with striking propositions that will get noticed. We are in a period of transition where we do not quite know what comes next: once it was soapdocs, then formats…. Now what? We are looking for the big and the bold – and hope to foster the conversations that will find them.
We are also open to ideas for seasons: again these should have real attitude with a sense that they are giving the Channel a voice and an opinion – not simple a season “about” something.
We are also looking for mischievous entertaining ideas for strips or strands or singles for 10pm – maybe presenter led – with a real sense of taking the audience on a surprising, witty and naughty journey.
In the Arts I am looking to support Jan Younghusband in her continued to journey to reinvent arts on television – as prime time events and documentaries such as Operatunity or Ballet Changed My Life or as great acts of commissioning with films like the opera Klinghoffer and the forthcoming Exodus.
Hamish Mykura, Head of Documentaries
Editorial Administrator: Chloe Lambourne
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