Channel 4

David Brindley Set To Be Named Channel 4 Content Chief

David Brindley is set to land one of the biggest jobs in UK television, overseeing programming at pubcaster Channel 4.

Deadline•Stewart Clarke6 Oct

Pierre review – David Harewood’s twisty noir is an instant crime classic

Harewood has always had star power to burn – and he well and truly ignites this bold, sharp show about working in the police as a person of colour.

The Guardian•Ellen E Jones5 Oct

Alan Cumming Sheds His ‘Traitors’ Kilt for ‘Tip Toe’, a Searing Parable of Homophobic Backlash: TV Review

The words “you lot” come up quite often in “Tip Toe,” the five-episode limited series coming to Starz after an initial run on Channel 4 in the U.K. earlier this year.

Variety•Alisoncolleherman2 Oct

BBC Told By Lawmakers To Stop Paying “Over The Odds” For U.S. Shows Like ‘Scooby-Doo’

The BBC should stop outbidding commercial rivals for foreign content acquisitions, according to an influential group of British lawmakers.

Deadline•Jake Kanter1 Oct

• neutral toward BBC · 82%

Callum Scott Howells & Gabrielle Creevy Leading Adaptation Of Vanessa Savage Thriller ‘The Night They Vanished’ For BBC Studios & Channel 4

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a Sin star Callum Scott Howells and Gabrielle Creevy (Black Doves) are leading an adaptation of Vanessa Savage’s romantic thriller The Night They Vanished for BBC Studios and Channel 4.

Deadline•Max Goldbart30 Sept

Channel 4 Teaming With Stroke Association On Doc Series Spotlighting Young People Recovering From Strokes

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is teaming with the Stroke Association on a documentary sereis looking at young people living with the aftermath of a stroke.

Deadline•Max Goldbart30 Sept

Paramount+ Buys British A24 Series ‘It Gets Worse’, ‘Major Players’ & ‘The Ministry Of Time’

Paramount+ has gone shopping for a trio of A24 scripted TV shows. The streamer took U.S. and select international rights on comedy It Gets Worse, coming-of-age drama Major Players and the adaptation of The Ministry of Time.

Deadline•Jesse Whittock29 Sept

UK's Channel 4 won't merge with BBC, but content sharing on table, CEO says

• neutral toward BBC · 99%

Channel 4 CEO Priya Dogra Open To Putting Shows On BBC iPlayer — Just Don’t Mention A Merger

The Great British Bake Off could be back on the BBC one day, according to Channel 4’s chief executive.

Deadline•Jake Kanter29 Sept

• neutral toward Channel 4 · 93%

Channel 4 Boss Says Network Still Hasn’t Found a New Chief Content Officer: ‘I’m Looking for the Next Messiah’

Channel 4 boss Priya Dogra says she’s “looking for the next Messiah” to replace outgoing chief content officer Ian Katz. “You will hear hopefully in the coming weeks,” Dogra said, speaking at the Royal Television Society conference in London.

Variety•K.J. Yossman29 Sept

Sony Chief Wayne Garvie: “It’s Very Difficult To See How Channel 4 Survives In Present Form”

Channel 4 must embrace radical change or face extinction. That’s the message from Sony Pictures Television president Wayne Garvie, who said that it is “very difficult to see how Channel 4 survives in its present form.” Speaking at the Royal…

Deadline•Jake Kanter29 Sept

• neutral toward Sony · 97%

Should the BBC and Channel 4 Merge? Sony Pictures Television’s International Production Boss Wayne Garvie Thinks So

The ongoing difficulties faced by the U.K.’s public service broadcasters could be partially alleviated by a dramatic merger between two of the four main players, the BBC and Channel 4.

Variety•Alex Ritman29 Sept

• critical toward BBC · 90%

Stations by Louise Kennedy review – a superb follow-up to Trespasses

This tale of broken hearts and broken people moves from the Troubles of 70s Northern Ireland to an unforgiving London of squats and payphones Louise Kennedy’s first novel, Trespasses , was one of those rare triumphs, a debut that was not only…

The Guardian•Clare Clark29 Sept

‘Inbetweeners’ Stars Making ‘Boys To Men’ Doc About Growing Up For Channel 4

EXCLUSIVE: Hit British comedy The Inbetweeners has re-entered the zeitgeist lately with the unveiling of a new Netflix movie.

Deadline•Max Goldbart28 Sept

‘I’ve never watched a whole episode of Peep Show’: Matt King on surviving a stroke and reviving Super Hans

The actor is returning to his character in the cult Channel 4 sitcom with a new autobiography – despite barely watching the series.

The Guardian•Rich Pelley28 Sept

Break Clause: two lovers flatshare during a breakup – and it makes for totally refreshing TV

They sign a rental contract, and then their relationship immediately collapses. This funny comedy-drama from Mexican-American comic Lara Ricote tackles real life in a way most sitcoms daren’t I’ve been at more than one party where a stranger has told…

The Guardian•Rhik Samadder26 Sept

TV tonight: inside the UK’s response to alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza

Dispatches gains access to unpublished Whitehall documents. Plus: hippos, googly eyes and yelling at art – it can only be Taskmaster.

The Guardian•Phil Harrison, Hannah Verdier, Jack Seale, Priya Elan and Hannah J Davies24 Sept

TV tonight: Nigella enters the Bake Off tent – and causes quite a stir

Lawson sets the first challenges for the eager new contestants, with mixed results. Plus: the final episode of 70 Up.

The Guardian•Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison and Priya Elan22 Sept

‘A losing battle’: will UK public service broadcasters survive amid US onslaught?

Jobs and programme budgets in firing line at BBC, Channel 4 and ITV as they are outgunned by YouTube and Netflix “I wouldn’t be surprised if the BBC or Channel 4 disappeared,” says one of the thousands of TV staff at risk of redundancy, as British…

The Guardian•Mark Sweney19 Sept

Channel 4 Rules Out Reviewing Record Executive Pay Amid Dramatic Job Cuts

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has no plans to review record levels of executive pay in recent years despite the UK network’s ambition to radically reduce its cost base.

Deadline•Jake Kanter17 Sept