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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

13 May 25 News Release

First look images released for new Channel 4 comedy Pushers starring Rosie Jones

Written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, first look images have been released for Pushers (previously announced as Disability Benefits ) which is coming to Channel 4 next month. Produced by Merman Television and 2LE Media, Pushers is based on an award-winning Comedy Blap and stars Rosie Jones in

11 May 25 News Release

Channel 4 commissions Bonnie Blue documentary

The Bonnie Blue Story [W/T] is a Magnificent Pictures production, directed by Victoria Silver and edited by Kate Spankie. The Executive Producer is Mark Henderson and the commissioning editor for Channel 4 is Tim Hancock.

8 May 25 News Release

Channel 4 launches programmes to boost commissioning talent and indie growth in the Nations and Regions

Channel 4 has today announced the launch of two Nations and Regions initiatives to strengthen commissioning talent and help production companies maximise their potential. The schemes – the Junior Commissioning Editor Programme and Business Boost – are run by Channel 4’s development and training