News | Channel 4

Joe Lycett's bid to be a pub landlord as he applies for licence to run a one hour a week pub*

(*ALSO NEW TV SERIES FOR CHANNEL 4) Career comedian Joe Lycett is currently applying for a licence to sell and serve alcohol - because he’s setting up his own pub. And it’s a pub with a difference - because it will only be open for an hour a week. During that hour, it will operate as the setting for

25 Jun 26 News Release

Channel 4.0 expands supplier base with three new digital original pilots

Channel 4 announces three new original pilots for entertainment digital channel Channel 4.0 from GRM, V2L8 and Renaissance Studios , all ethnically diverse-led independent production companies and sees the channel foster new partnerships with more producers in the space. The new 20-minute-long

23 Jun 26 News Release

Image shows the logos in order of Universal Ads, Channel 4, ITV and Sky on a pastel ombre background

Comcast’s Universal Ads Launches in the UK with Channel 4, ITV & Sky to Simplify Access to Premium TV Advertising for SMEs

For the first time, small and medium sized businesses can run a single campaign across ITV Media, Sky Media, and Channel 4 Sales Universal Ads makes buying premium TV advertising "as simple as social," allowing campaigns to go live in minutes from a single self-service platform The launch represents

23 Jun 26 News Release

Ellie Winstanley appointed as Untold Commissioning Editor

Ellie Winstanley has been appointed as Commissioning Editor Current Affairs for Channel4’s Untold strand. Beginning initially on a 6-month FTC, she will directly report to Louisa Compton, Head of News and Current Affairs, Specialist Factual and Sport. Now in its fifth series, the muti award

23 Jun 26 News Release

First Look at Nicola Coughlan and Joe Cole in Channel 4 drama ‘I am Helen’

Channel 4 is today releasing a first look image of Nicola Coughlan and Joe Cole in I Am Helen (2x60), which will air later this year. Created, written and directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker, Dominic Savage and produced by award winning Me+You Productions, the latest instalment of the critically

22 Jun 26 News Release

Channel 4 announces casting for Mog’s Bad Thing from Lupus Films

Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Adjoa Andoh, Amelie Law and Teddy Skelton to return John Thomson, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan and Amelia Theodorou join the cast for this seasonal special Channel 4 today announces the cast of Mog’s Bad Thing , Lupus Films’ hand-drawn animated adaptation of

22 Jun 26 News Release

Left - Emma Harte, Right - Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn and Jessica Reynolds to Return for Series Two of Channel 4’s Hit Drama A Woman Of Substance

Produced by The Forge Entertainment ( National Treasure, The Buccaneers, Marriage ), a Banijay UK company, Brenda Blethyn ( Vera, Pride and Prejudice ) and Jessica Reynolds ( Kneecap, The Wolf, The Fox & The Leopard ) are to return to Channel 4 in a second series of A Woman of Substance as the

22 Jun 26 News Release

New More4 series follows family salvaging business in The Reclaimers: Made in Suffolk

Channel 4 has commissioned The Reclaimers: Made in Suffolk, a five-part series from Rare TV that will air on More4, following a family-run business giving once loved items a new purpose.

22 Jun 26 News Release

Channel 4 expands its ad tech offering with five new partnerships

-Channel 4’s premium ad inventory will be available across Amazon Ads, FreeWheel, Hawk, PubMatic and Yahoo DSP, significantly broadening programmatic opportunities for advertisers - Channel 4 today announces a series of deals that see its VOD-ad-inventory become available across five new major