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Hollyoaks announces radicalisation storyline

Channel 4 Soap Hollyoaks is to explore the issue of radicalisation into far right extremism to raise awareness of a growing concern in parts of Britain. As the Home Office increases funding into initiatives in major cities to counter anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic sentiments Hollyoaks will examine

23 Nov 18 News Release

Celebs Go Dating confirm new dating agent

Broadcast Journalist, TV Presenter and Life Coach Anna Williamson joins dating expert Paul Carrick Brunson at the Celebrity Dating Agency Celebs Go Dating returns to E4 next year for its sixth series with a brand new dating expert. Television presenter and best-selling author Anna Williamson will

22 Nov 18 News Release

Channel 4 announces line up of new arts programmes

Channel 4 bolsters its arts slate by announcing a range of new programmes tackling contemporary issues with the question of identity as a central theme. For Grayson Perry being an outsider is at the heart of Culture Wars (w/t), which sees the acclaimed artist and broadcaster travel across the US

22 Nov 18 News Release

Channel 4 Factual commissions Training Teachers to Kill

Channel 4 Factual has commissioned from Sundog Pictures (1x60 mins) Training Teachers to Kill. This timely and shocking documentary will witness the heated debate playing out in real time where school boards in America are seriously considering arming their teachers for the first time in order to

22 Nov 18 News Release

"The Arrival of Universal Credit" (w/t)

Channel 4 Documentaries has commissioned Blast! Films to make a four-part series exploring the impact of the new Universal Credit benefits system on one of the first 'guinea-pig' towns to experience life under the government's flagship new social welfare policy. Universal Credit is arguably the most

22 Nov 18 News Release

Filmmaker Rungano Nyoni awarded the sixth Wellcome Screenwriting Fellowship in partnership with BFI and Film4

Fellowship worth £30,000 lets screenwriters explore intersection between science and health Inspires narratives about the human condtion Current fellow Michaela Coel uses her award to explore states of consciousness Wellcome, London, 21 November 2018: Tonight at the annual celebration for the

21 Nov 18 News Release

Vince Russell appointed as Channel 4 Finance Director

Channel 4 today announced the appointment of Vince Russell as Finance Director, reporting to Chief Operating Officer, Keith Underwood. Vince was most recently Director of Converged Products at Sky where he led Sky’s entry into the UK mobile market, creating and implementing a successful launch

20 Nov 18 Video

The Secret Life of the Zoo Episode 4 Clips

This week there's something stirring in the meerkat nest box as first-time parents Beagle and Huskie get ready to welcome their tiny new pups. And young mum, spider monkey Kiara, is getting to grips with her little daughter Laura. The Secret Life of the Zoo continues Wednesday 21st November at 8pm

20 Nov 18 News Release

Channel 4 reconnects with a Celebrity Call Centre Christmas Special

The Celebrity Call Centre is re-opening its ‘phone lines for the festive season, in partnership with Age UK, with eight new stars tackling dilemmas large and small, from Christmas quandaries to troublesome affairs of the heart. Taking calls from the great British public this time round will be