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Channel 4’s Hollyoaks celebrates record-breaking viewing highs

Hollyoaks’ 30th anniversary week delivers the show’s strongest performance in years The Hollyoaks/Brookside crossover episode on the Wednesday 22nd October is the best Hollyoaks episode for consolidated Inds 000s [645k] since Oct 2021 and best for share [5.8%] since February 2020 The special soap

26 Nov 25 News Release

Stand Up To Cancer 2025 launches moving Tribute Mile to honour lives lost to cancer

A national call to honour loved ones: People across the UK are invited to take part by dedicating a lantern to someone who has been lost to cancer. Each lantern will bear a personalised tribute and photograph, creating a shared expression of love, loss and hope, stretching one mile through the park. Four unique lantern designs are available for personalisation online.

26 Nov 25 News Release

It is the frontcover of the Disability Comms Guide and Playbook which has this title on the top left hand corner with the logos for Channel 4, Bupa, Purple Goat and Initiative underneath. A person with Down Syndrome is shaking hands with another person.

The groundbreaking digital Disability Comms Guide and Playbook from Channel 4, Bupa, and Purple Goat is now available for brands and agencies

Channel 4 Sales’ highly-anticipated Disability Comms Guide and Playbook , created in partnership with Bupa, Purple Goat and Initiative, is now available for the advertising industry to access. Built off the back off the Paralympic Games legacy, this guide offers practical and up-to-date guidance

26 Nov 25 News Release

King of Sunshine and Channel 4 embark on a picturesque rail expedition through Norway this Christmas

Channel 4 invites viewers to come aboard another celebrated railway journey this December, following the Bergen Oslo railway as it traverses from Norway’s coast to the capital in Nordic Train at Christmas.

26 Nov 25 News Release

Winter Paralympics 100 days to go: Channel 4 secures broadcast rights for Milano Cortina 2026

Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 marks Channel 4’s eighth consecutive Paralympic Games broadcast since London 2012, continuing its mission to bring Paralympic sport to mainstream audiences and champion disability representation across the UK media landscape.

25 Nov 25 News Release

Channel 4 and Sainsbury’s launch festive branded entertainment series with Chris Ramsey

Channel 4 has joined forces with Sainsbury’s to bring viewers some festive cheer in a brand-new entertainment series, Chris Ramsey’s Alternative Christmas Guide. Hosted by British comedian Chris Ramsey, the show is all about embracing the joy of throwing a Christmas party, with minimal effort, whoever the guests happen to be…

24 Nov 25 News Release

Hamleys opens its doors for Channel 4’s festive Top Toys special

ITN Productions has been commissioned to produce Top Toys of all Time (w/t), a 1 x 90’ documentary for Channel 4 which will air as part of its Christmas schedule. The documentary celebrates the greatest toys of all time and features father/daughter Jonathan Ross and Honey and mother/son Alison

20 Nov 25 News Release

Tom Towelling announced as the winner of The Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award 2025

Photo credit: Matt Radcliffe On Thursday 20th November, standout comedians from across the UK performed at St George’s Hall in this year’s City of Culture, Bradford, to compete for The Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award 2025 – hosted by Edinburgh Comedy Award winning comedian Amy Gledhill. The Sean

20 Nov 25 News Release

Channel 4 Sales and Great Strike Long Term Ad Sales Partnership

Channel 4 Sales has been appointed as an advertising sales partner in the UK and Ireland for the Great Network, owned by Narrative Entertainment, the UK’s largest independent free-to-air broadcaster. The multi-year partnership, kicking off in January 2026, expands Channel 4 Sales’ scale, bringing