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Phil Harris appointed as Channel 4 Head of Entertainment

Channel 4’s Director of Programmes, Ian Katz has appointed Phil Harris as Head of Entertainment. Phil joins Channel 4 from Thames where he has been Creative Director for the UK’s biggest entertainment indie since 2017. He will take up his role early next year, reporting to Karl Warner, Controller of

20 Aug 19 News Release

Breaking into Britain - Channel 4 Commissions Smuggled [w/t]

As the UK prepares to ‘take back control’ of its borders and end freedom of movement for EU citizens, Channel 4 has commissioned a new two-part series exploring how effective Britain’s border security really is. The security of the UK’s frontiers is a major political concern, but very little is

20 Aug 19 News Release

Renowned Maitre D’ Fred Sirieix to host brand new series Snackmasters

Renowned Maitre D’ Fred Sirieix to host brand new series Snackmasters Setting some of the country’s top chefs an extraordinary challenge Renowned Maitre D’ Fred Sirieix has set some of the country’s top chefs an extraordinary challenge – to work out the secret recipes behind Britain’s best-loved

20 Aug 19 News Release

Channel 4 talent campaign showcases genuine viewer complaints

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19 Aug 19 News Release

Channel 4 commissions Ben Wheatley’s hilarious & unsettling satire Generation Z

A brand new 6-part series written and directed by Ben Wheatley, Generation Z sees rapacious baby boomers and disaffected teenagers at each other’s throats…this time quite literally. First they ate your dreams of a brighter future, now they want to eat you… In Generation Z, Ben Wheatley brings his

18 Aug 19 News Release

Channel 4 commissions landmark series The World According to Paul Dacre (w/t)

‘Boring doesn’t pay the mortgage. Sensation does.’ Paul Dacre Channel 4 has commissioned a landmark series, 3 X 60’, from Rogan Productions in which, for the first time, Paul Dacre will lift the lid on 26 years of being at the centre of politics, culture and newspapers as editor of the Daily Mail.

16 Aug 19 Video

Animal Rescue Live: Supervet Special – The Last Night!

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15 Aug 19 Video

THE SUPERVET REDUCED TO TEARS AT PLIGHT OF PUPPY FARM ANIMALS

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15 Aug 19 News Release

Joe Lycett returns to dole out another dose of consumer justice

Channel 4 announces a new series of Joe Lycett's widely acclaimed consumer series, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back