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Channel 4 commissions landmark film on gang grooming featuring devastating stories of survivors

21 years ago Anna Hall was the first person to expose a pattern now known as gang grooming in her groundbreaking documentary Edge of the City. The multi award-winning filmmaker now returns with Groomed: A National Scandal , a powerful new film for Channel 4 on the explosive issue of gang grooming

10 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4 to increase commissions from Nations-based indies & boost impact across the UK

Channel 4 has announced a range of measures to increase commissions from production companies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales - including £35 million of ringfenced content spend - as part of its strategy to boost its impact across the UK. The strategy to increase commissions from Nations

10 Feb 25 News Release

Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West to return for series two of Channel 4 hit comedy BIG MOOD

Written and created by Camilla Whitehill and produced by Fremantle’s Dancing Ledge Productions ( The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings ), Big Mood will be returning to Channel 4 for a second outing. Nicola Coughlan ( Bridgerton, Derry Girls ) will return as Maggie and Lydia West ( It’s A Sin

7 Feb 25 News Release

Channel 4 Sales announces the return of Rimmel London as Made in Chelsea sponsor

Rimmel London has returned as Made in Chelsea ’s official sponsor, as Channel 4 Sales announces a new partnership with the beauty brand, part of the leading global beauty powerhouse Coty. From 7 February, Rimmel London will sponsor Made in Chelsea series across programming on E4 and Channel 4

3 Feb 25 News Release

Matt Baker follows farming fortunes in a new series of Channel 4’s Our Dream Farm

Big Circus series, ‘Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker’ will return to Channel 4 in 2025 with a new series. This 8x60 series follows The National Trust as it searches for a new tenant of a 600-acre farm in the spectacular Eryri, (formerly Snowdonia), North Wales. Filmed in and around the farm, the

31 Jan 25 News Release

Four Black-owned businesses secure over half a million pounds of Channel 4 advertising airtime and business mentoring from Lloyds

Four Black-owned businesses have been selected as the winners of Channel 4’s Black in Business 2024 initiative, backed by Lloyds to connect Black entrepreneurs with the transformative power of TV advertising and business mentoring. Now in its second year, the 2024 edition saw an exceptional standard

30 Jan 25 News Release

It shows Alex Mahon speaking into a microphone and standing behind a lectern.

Speech by Alex Mahon, Chief Executive, Channel 4

Gen Z, beyond any other generation, defies easy pigeonholing. We have been researching and studying them for five years and know that individuality, identity and inequality are overriding themes in their experiences. [1] Today we are sharing our latest research. It shows the environment that young

30 Jan 25 News Release

Channel 4 CEO: Urgent Industry Action and New Regulation Needed to Protect ‘Gen Z’ From False Information Online

Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon today delivered an impassioned call for urgent joint industry action and new regulation to ensure young people can find verified, independent news easily on social media. The call to action follows new Channel 4 research revealing the scale of the challenges facing Gen Z in

30 Jan 25 News Release

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer – new judge and new bakers revealed!

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will return to Channel 4 this spring with a star-studded line up, and a new judge!