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Channel 4 to find Britain’s secret geniuses with Alan Carr and Susie Dent

Channel 4 is to launch a major new competition format show to spotlight the country’s undiscovered brainboxes. It is estimated that there are thousands of people in the UK with the brains of a genius, from all walks of life and backgrounds – who don’t even know it. Secret Genius will see Alan Carr

14 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4 to give away a fortune in new reality format The Inheritance

Where there’s a will, there’s a payday. Twelve strangers arrive at a grand English country estate, lured by one irresistible opportunity: to inherit a chunk of a vast fortune. The fortune belonged to a glamorous benefactor known only as The Deceased who has left video messages for the players from

13 Feb 25 News Release

Mitchell & Webb are back on Channel 4 with a brand-new sketch show, teaming up with next generation of comedy writers and performers

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a brand-new sketch show, which sees them combine forces with a host of exciting and innovative future stars, marking a bold return to British sketch comedy with an innovative merging of comedy minds across generations. Mitchell & Webb

13 Feb 25 News Release

Russell T Davies returns to Channel 4 with brand new drama Tip Toe

“I used to walk into rooms and go, ta-daa! Now I walk on tip toe. In case I get seen.” Channel 4 has commissioned a powerfully resonant new original drama, Tip Toe, from the multi award-winning Russell T Davies ( It’s A Sin, Queer as Folk, Doctor Who ), produced by Quay Street Productions (part of

13 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4 Unveils Bold New Content Slate at the Broadcaster’s very first Extravagander

Channel 4 Unveils Bold New Content Slate at the Broadcaster’s very first Extravagander Russell T Davies returns to Channel 4 with five-part drama, Tip Toe Reality to take centre stage with The Hunt: Prey vs Predator and The Inheritance Mitchell & Webb return to sketch alongside UK’s best new comedy

13 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4 unleashes The Hunt: Prey vs Predator. A thrilling new reality adventure competition from CPL Productions and GroupM Motion Entertainment

Hunt the Money. Hunt Each Other. Survive the Game. From CPL Productions, the masterminds behind Married at First Sight UK, with GroupM Motion Entertainment, comes The Hunt: Prey vs Predator - a heart-pounding, high-stakes game of predator versus prey, where there is only one rule – hunt or be hunted

12 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4’s social audiences thrive, driven by YouTube and Channel 4.0

Channel 4 led British broadcasters’ embrace of social in 2024, as YouTube audiences for full episodes of hit shows such as First Dates, Murder Case: Digital Detectives and Grand Designs swelled by more than two-and-a-half times (+169% year on year). Newly released data for 2024 highlights Channel 4

12 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4 commissions Falling, a new original drama from Jack Thorne

Produced by The Forge Entertainment ( National Treasure, The Buccaneers, Marriage ), a Banijay UK company, Falling is a major new six-part drama written by acclaimed BAFTA award-winning writer Jack Thorne ( Help, Kiri, His Dark Materials ) who brings his first ever love story to Channel 4. Anna is a

12 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4 announces adaptation of the best-selling novel The Rachel Incident from Caroline O’Donoghue

Channel 4 has commissioned an adaption of The Rachel Incident, from the New York Times bestselling novelist, podcaster and screenwriter Caroline O’Donoghue. The eight-part series will be produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with the award-winning Element Pictures (