Programme Management's Practical Guide
This is a practical guide which we hope will make the delivery and transmission of your programme as straightforward as possible. If you have any comments or if there is any other useful information that you would like us to include please contact Fiona Maxwell 020 7306 8522. Due to the changing work environment, in the event that one of the attached documents has become out of date, there is a Programme Management information line that you can call 020 7306 3879.

Programme Running Times
Advertising sales require internal parts to be of a similar duration where editorially possible. First and last parts can be shorter where necessary.

Programme Running Times for Education Programmes
Channel 4 Education is now altering its delivery requirements regarding part breaks and running times in order to bring our programmes more in line with the rest of the channel, so please read this document.

Foreign Language Subtitling: Channel 4 Guidelines
You must subtitle your programme prior to delivery to Channel 4, please observe the following guidelines in accordance with our house style. Films, animations and arts programmes use the Gill Sans font, size 28 TV lines, with a dropshadow outline. Maximum 38 characters per line. Factual programmes and Programmes for the Deaf use the Arial Narrow font, size 30 TV lines, with a ghost box. Maximum 42 characters per line.

Full Technical Requirements
View the full technical requirements in the Technical Requirements document.

Programme Delivery Info
Outlined here are some general measures you can take to ensure that you programme meets all the Channel's delivery requirements.

Technical Requirements
This document outlines the technical parameters of all programmes that are checked for compliance with our delivery specification, which are based upon OFCOM guidelines and recognised television broadcast standards documents.