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Channel 4 to tell the extraordinary story of the Mitford sisters in three-part series

This three-part documentary series from BAFTA-winning producers Swan Films will tell the story of the famous, and notorious, Mitford sisters. The six daughters of an English peer and cousins to the Churchills, these distinguished socialites had ringside seats to some of the most extraordinary and

20 May 25 News Release

Channel 4 in ground-breaking UK-First with Channel 4.0 Video Content Coming to Spotify

Channel 4.0 programming launching on Spotify this week Distribution on Spotify strengthens Channel 4’s youth offering and reach Continues Channel 4’s innovation record pioneering digital distribution firsts to reach new audiences, especially young people Channel 4 today announced a ground-breaking

19 May 25 News Release

Babatunde Aleshe and Finlay Christie on a pebble beach on the island of Ireland.

Channel 4 and Tourism Ireland team up for third time for Coast to Coast series with Babatunde Aléshé and Finlay Christie

Channel 4 today announced the recommission of its branded entertainment series in collaboration with Tourism Ireland, fronted by Babatunde Aléshé and Finlay Christie. The third partnership, Coast to Coast: The Scenic Route, will showcase a new set of travel routes within the island of Ireland

19 May 25 News Release

Channel 4 Sales unveils shortlist of sustainable businesses up for winning free airtime

Channel 4 Sales has today revealed which businesses have been shortlisted in its competition with B Lab UK, the non-profit behind the UK B Corp movement. The competition gives Certified B Corporations (“B Corps”) in the UK the chance to win airtime worth £600,000. 10 businesses made the shortlist

17 May 25 News Release

Channel 4 launches its most audacious survival show yet – by handcuffing strangers to each other

Jonathan Ross returns to Channel 4 to run this daring and ultimately heart-warming social experiment A famous phrase says “hell is other people” – can eight pairs of strangers survive being handcuffed to one another for weeks? Will they learn to love one another? Channel 4 has commissioned

16 May 25 News Release

Channel 4’s groundbreaking digital-first documentary strand ‘UNTOLD’ returns with hard-hitting new season featuring a sextortion investigation with Jordan Stephens, Confessions of a Prison Officer (w/t) and Chloe Burrows fronted dating documentary

Channel 4’s acclaimed digital-first documentary strand UNTOLD is back with a bold new season that dives deep into some of the most pressing, provocative, and underreported issues shaping modern life. Available to stream first on Channel 4’s digital platforms, UNTOLD pushes boundaries with

16 May 25 News Release

CHANNEL 4 CREATES A FAST TRACK ALTERNATIVE COURT TO HELP BRITAIN RESOLVE CIVIL DISPUTES

Channel 4 announces the commission of ‘The Court’(W/T), a bold, revolutionary and emotionally charged series that will take viewers inside the civil justice system as never before. Produced by the multi-award-winning Wall to Wall Media (Who Do You Think You Are?, Long Lost Family), this first-of-its

15 May 25 News Release

Channel 4 commissions new comedy series Schooled

Schooled, written and created by Delia-René-Donaldson has been greenlit for a six-part series by Channel 4. The series was commissioned as part of Channel 4 and GroupM Motion Entertainment’s Diverse Indies Fund, a ring-fenced fund set up to support small and medium sized ethnically diverse-led

15 May 25 News Release

Patience to return to Channel 4 for a second series

Ella Maisy Purvis returns and Jessica Hynes joins as new detective Frankie Monroe Produced by Eagle Eye Drama ( The Couple Next Door, Professor T ), filming has commenced on a second series of hit drama Patience. Series one, which aired earlier this year, is Channel 4’s biggest drama of 2025 so far