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Channel 4 and Lloyds Bank launch Black in Business offering more than half a million pounds of free advertising to Black entrepreneurs

Channel 4 and Lloyds Bank today launched Black in Business – a new initiative to help boost up to five Black owned businesses with TV advertising airtime worth £100,000. In addition to receiving £100,000 worth of airtime, each of the five business owners will also have a creative bespoke TV advert

25 May 23 News Release

Jimmy Carr presents I Literally Just Told You

Channel 4’s I Literally Just Told You is recommissioned for a third series

I Literally Just Told You, Channel 4’s Jimmy Carr fronted primetime comedy gameshow will return for a third series. The show, which was created by Richard Bacon and produced by Expectation, has seen audiences grow with each series on both linear viewing and VOD. The celebrity spin-off that aired at

24 May 23 News Release

Culinary experts Ravneet Gill and Mike Reid join Michel Roux Jr as judges on Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef

The brand-new cooking competition comes to Channel 4 Thursday 8 June at 8pm

24 May 23 News Release

Channel 4 brings iconic blocks back together for single brand streaming future

Channel 4 is boldly bringing all its digital, social, and linear channels together under one single brand as All 4 becomes ‘Channel 4’, elevating the broadcaster’s streaming-first commitment for the digital age. Audiences will enjoy a more seamless and connected viewing experience across all of

23 May 23 News Release

Voice Cast Announced as Everyone’s Favourite Family Cat, Mog, Comes to Channel 4 for Christmas 2023

Claire Foy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adjoa Andoh, Miriam Margolyes, Maggie Steed, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Higson provide the voices for Channel 4’s and Universal Pictures Content Group’s special animated adaptation of Judith Kerr’s much-loved classic children’s book Mog’s Christmas from the producers

22 May 23 News Release

Ben Zand & Min, Untold Secret World of Boy Racers

UNTOLD strand returns with series of noisy, bold, youth-focused journalism

Channel 4’s UNTOLD strand returns for a second series of the back of a successful first series, which saw record-breaking streaming figures on All 4. The second UNTOLD series will feature investigations into topics ranging from boy racers to breast reduction surgery, and debt from luxury spending

18 May 23 News Release

Channel 4 expands its Content Creatives training programme with 30-plus placements in Leeds and Manchester

Channel 4’s northern-based Content Creatives training programme will offer more than 30 people from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to kick-start their careers in the creative industry. Content Creatives has opened up recruitment for the scheme which offers 24-weeks of a full-time, fully paid

18 May 23 News Release

Alex Mahon speech to Media and Telecoms 2023 & Beyond Conference

Since I spoke here a year ago, quite a lot has happened to Channel 4. It certainly hasn’t been dull The positive is that throughout all the political tumult we have focussed on one simple question: why are we here? A core part of our purpose is that Channel 4 has a unique duty to a unique audience

17 May 23 News Release

Channel 4 commissions Ade: My Week in the Whitest Place on Earth (w/t), a new film by Ade Adepitan exploring one of the most extreme communities on the planet

Channel 4 commissions Ade: My Week in the Whitest Place on Earth (w/t), a new film by Ade Adepitan exploring one of the most extreme communities on the planet Decades since the apartheid system was dismantled, Ade Adepitan travels deep into rural South Africa to discover what lies beyond the borders