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20 Jul 26 News Release
A promotional collage centered on the text, "Channel 4 Diversity in Advertising Award 2026 – Authentic Representation of Class." Around the logo are stills from various adverts featuring people from different backgrounds and life experiences, including a child sleeping, a military pilot, women in conversation, a football fan posing with a presenter, a woman with Down syndrome, an office worker with a sticky note on their forehead, a close-up of a woman touching her shoulder, a young person with a buzz cut,

Channel 4 encourages new thinking on class representation with next iteration of Diversity in Advertising Award

Channel 4 Sales has today launched the eleventh edition of its annual Diversity in Advertising Awards, offering £1 million worth of advertising airtime to support work that champions more authentic representation in advertising. This year’s iteration focuses on class, asking brands and agencies to

16 Jul 26 News Release

New Channel 4 series sees Fred Sirieix uncover the secrets behind the world's greatest hotels

Hospitality expert Fred Sirieix travels the globe, checking into the world's most spectacular hotels before stepping behind the scenes to discover the people, precision and passion that create truly unforgettable stays. Fred's Ultimate Hotels, a brand-new four-part series fronted by hospitality

16 Jul 26 News Release

Channel 4 appoints Simon Rexworthy as Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer

Channel 4 today announces the appointment of Simon Rexworthy as Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer, reporting to Chief Executive Priya Dogra and joining its Executive Committee. Simon, who joins later this month, will lead Channel 4's corporate strategy, as well as its transformation and

15 Jul 26 News Release
Headshots of Paddy Considine, America Ferrera, Alex Hassell and Kit Harington

Paddy Considine, America Ferrera, Alex Hassell and Kit Harington to lead Ronan Bennett's Army of Shadows for Channel 4, Studiocanal and Two Cities Television

Co-produced by STUDIOCANAL ( Playing Nice, Families Like Ours ) and Two Cities Television (Blue Lights, Patrick Melrose ) and written by BAFTA award-winning Ronan Bennett ( The Day of the Jackal, MobLand), filming has begun in Manchester, Liverpool, London and Paris on powerful and provocative new

15 Jul 26 News Release
Cohan van Dijk smiling on the kiteboard in the sea.

Channel 4 and North Sails partner on first social branded entertainment for Channel 4 Sport channels, produced by Finite Films & TV

Channel 4 today announces it has partnered with North Sails on Force of Nature , a three-part adrenaline-fuelled branded entertainment series. Produced by Finite Films & TV, the series marks the first social branded entertainment commission to air exclusively across Channel 4 Sport’s digital

15 Jul 26 News Release

Nine emerging businesses shortlisted for Black in Business 2026

Channel 4, in partnership with Lloyds, has announced the nine businesses shortlisted for Black in Business 2026. Following a highly competitive application process, nine businesses have been shortlisted from applications received from across the UK. Four winners will each receive £200,000 worth of

14 Jul 26 News Release

Channel 4’s Celebrity Hunted returns this August with all-star line-up

Factual entertainment thriller, Celebrity Hunted, returns to Channel 4, in aid of Stand Up To Cancer , with a star-studded line-up of celebrity fugitives. Produced by Shine TV (part of Banijay UK), the celebrity fugitives are set to go on the run in early August. The celebrities confirmed to be

10 Jul 26 News Release

Channel 4 unveils new Channel 4.0 summer slate, with agony aunt Nella Rose dating your situationships and celebrities finding the next gen star

Along with two new original series, two successful pilots get further commissions. Savagery returns as 20 more episodes of Savage Sundays are ordered. Channel 4 has unveiled a jam-packed summer slate for digital entertainment channel Channel 4.0, with orders for four production companies to deliver

9 Jul 26 News Release

Channel 4 commissions pilot Your Time Starts Now from Alex Horne

Channel 4 are piloting a new play-at-home gameshow, Your Time Starts Now (w/t), devised and developed by Alex Horne, creator and host of BAFTA and Rose D’Or winning Taskmaster and Andy Devonshire, founding Series Director on shows including The Apprentice, The Great British Bake Off and Taskmaster