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It shows 6 people standing in a room. David Amodio as Head of Sales and Jay Kassam as Head of Business Operations & Revenue Innovation, Rak Patel, Chief Commercial Officer, Sam Hicks, Head of Advertiser Strategy; Ed Chalmers, Head of Trading; and, Barry John, Head of Advertising Operations

Channel 4 Sales Completes Senior Team with Appointments from Amazon and Reddit

Channel 4 Sales has completed its new senior leadership team, appointing David Amodio as Head of Sales and Jay Kassam as Head of Business Operations & Revenue Innovation. David and Jay join Channel 4 Sales’ senior leadership team in January, under the leadership of Chief Commercial Officer Rak Patel

4 Dec 25 News Release

Channel 4 appoints Laura Marks as Head of Digital Commissioning

Channel 4 has announced the promotion of Laura Marks to the role of Head of Digital Commissioning following the departure of Sacha Khari. Reporting to Ian Katz, Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer, Glasgow-based Laura Marks will oversee the commissioning and development of all original digital content

3 Dec 25 News Release

Channel 4 releases first look images of Daisy Haggard and Bella Ramsey in new thriller Maya, as filming wraps in Scotland

Channel 4 has released the first look images for Daisy Haggard ( Boat Story, Back to Life ) and Two Brothers ( The Tourist, Fleabag, The Assassin ) brand new thriller Maya. Co-led by Daisy Haggard and Bella Ramsey ( The Last of Us, Time ) the 6x60’ fictional drama is written by Creator Daisy Haggard

3 Dec 25 News Release

Channel 4 hires journalist behind Gregg Wallace expose for the Dispatches Investigations Unit

Sophie Barnes Joins Channel 4 from The Telegraph’s Investigations Team Sophie Barnes will join the four strong Dispatches Investigations Unit as a Senior Journalist. The unit works alongside indies to deliver significant agenda setting investigations for Dispatches, Untold and the wider current

3 Dec 25 News Release

Africa Cup of Nations 2025 to air exclusively on Channel 4

Broadcaster wins exclusive rights to all AFCON matches marking the first time the tournament is on free-to-air television in full in the UK, with Mo Salah’s Egypt taking on South Africa at 3pm on Boxing Day on Channel 4.

1 Dec 25 News Release

Channel 4 releases first look images from series two of comedy Big Mood starring Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West

First look images have now been released for the second series of Dancing Ledge Productions’ (Prisoner 951, The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings) hit comedy Big Mood. Written and created by Camilla Whitehill, the six-episode series will air on Channel 4 next year. Returning cast members include

28 Nov 25 News Release

Vicky Pattison joins Stand Up To Cancer 2025 presenting line-up for live fundraising show on Channel 4 on Friday 12th December

Presenter and podcaster Vicky Pattison joins Adam Hills and Hannah Fry presenting live from Stratford, East London, for an unmissable night of television, the climax to a week of fundraising and extraordinary celebrity challenges as part of this year’s campaign by Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK.

27 Nov 25 News Release

Hit Channel 4 comedy 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown set for refresh with Rob Beckett and Judi Love added to the line-up

8 Out of 10 Cats team captain Rob Beckett will become a permanent captain on ‘Cats Does Countdown’ Judi Love joins the ensemble as a regular returning guest The comedians will appear alongside host Jimmy Carr, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent, Jon Richardson, Joe Wilkinson and a plethora of guest comics 8

26 Nov 25 News Release

Channel 4’s Hollyoaks celebrates record-breaking viewing highs

Hollyoaks’ 30th anniversary week delivers the show’s strongest performance in years The Hollyoaks/Brookside crossover episode on the Wednesday 22nd October is the best Hollyoaks episode for consolidated Inds 000s [645k] since Oct 2021 and best for share [5.8%] since February 2020 The special soap