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Channel 4 acquires crime thriller Long Bright River starring Amanda Seyfried from Sony Pictures Television

Starring Emmy Award® winner and Academy Award® nominee Amanda Seyfried, Channel 4 has acquired suspense thriller Long Bright River from Sony Pictures Television. Based on Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel, Long Bright River is an eight-part limited drama which tells the story of Mickey

25 Mar 25 News Release

Channel 4 statement on Hamdan Ballal

“We are deeply disturbed by reports that Hamdan Ballal, the co-director of Oscar winning documentary No Other Land, which aired on Channel 4, has been injured while being attacked by settlers in the West Bank, and that he has been subsequently detained by Israeli authorities. Ballal is a remarkably

21 Mar 25 News Release

Nicholas Pinnock and Abbey Lee to star in Channel 4’s first digital original drama, Beth, from writer-director Uzo Oleh

Channel 4 has commissioned its first digital original drama to broadcast on Channel 4’s YouTube, as well as Channel 4 Streaming and linear. Beth is a three-part science fiction drama written and directed by Uzo Oleh (Edicius), executive produced by Anna Higgs and produced by Dark Pictures and GroupM

20 Mar 25 News Release

Channel 4 explores Nazi occupation of Channel Islands in two-part series from Minnow

To mark the 80th anniversary of the eventual Liberation of the islands, ‘Britain Under the Nazis: the Forgotten Occupation’ (w/t) tells the story of one the most controversial periods in WW2 British history, utilising eye-witness accounts from those who lived through it. In June 1940 Britain

20 Mar 25 News Release

Channel 4 Sales introduces broadcast industry-first advertising emissions tool

Channel 4 Sales has announced it will invest in a broadcast industry-first advertising emissions measurement tool for its advertisers, as it continues to put sustainability at the top of its agenda. Partnering with Scope3, a sustainable technology platform, Channel 4 Sales will be the first

19 Mar 25 News Release

Channel 4 releases first look images from upcoming drama Trespasses starring Lola Petticrew, Tom Cullen and Gillian Anderson with further cast announced

From BAFTA award-winning and double Oscar-nominated Wildgaze Films ( Brooklyn, An Education), and in association with All3Media International , first look images have been released for Trespasses, a forbidden love story set against the backdrop of the Troubles, which is coming to Channel 4 to stream

12 Mar 25 News Release

Channel 4 Press Notice: John Balson

Channel 4 was shocked and saddened by John Balson’s tragic death, and in June instructed the external law firm, RPC, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding it. RPC reviewed Alaska TV’s (Alaska) and Channel 4’s exercise of their respective duties of care towards John Balson and

11 Mar 25 News Release

First look images released for Dreamers, new dance school drama coming this month to Channel 4

First look images for Dreamers have been released by Channel 4. Produced by the award-winning Duck Soup Films ( Lost Boys & Fairies ), the 6x30’ coming-of-age drama series created by Lisa Holdsworth, who also serves as writer and executive producer, alongside writer Gem Copping, will air on Channel

10 Mar 25 News Release

New Channel 4 daytime series to offer ‘magnifique’ prize of a French mansion in Chateau DIY: Win the Dream

Channel 4 and Spark Media North building on hit daytime series with a brand-new competition series offering twelve pairs of Brits the chance to win their own chateau in France. Since 2018, Channel 4 daytime series Chateau DIY has thrown a spotlight on gutsy and talented Brits who have been willing