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Exclusive-Britain's BBC, Channel 4 discuss broader tie-up to cut costs, sources say

Reform probe clears Farage aides caught in donations sting

The Metropolitan Police is still investigating information broadcast by Channel 4.

Oct 7, 2026 · byPOLITICO Europe

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. He is being lined up to replace Ian Katz, who leaves this month having been the broadcaster’s longest-serving Chief Content Officer. Channel 4 declined comment. Broadcast was first with the news. Following a long interview […]

Oct 6, 2026 · byDeadline

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. What a brilliant milestone for Black British cop drama Some of us are too young to have seen David Harewood play Othello at the National Theatre in London back in ’97. It was the first time, on that stage, that Shakespeare’s Black lead was played by a Black actor – as opposed to a white one in blackface makeup. Even if you missed that groundbreaking performance, on the basis of Harewood’s star power in the London-set crime drama Pierre, you can be assured he blew the roof off. Pierre’s co-writer Roy Williams may not be the Bard, but he is another highly acclaimed playwright with an interest in how Black men fare in this country. Pierre on Channel 4 isn’t exactly Othello at the National, either, but it is another cultural milestone in the story of Black British crime drama. Continue reading...

Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Guardian

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. Most often, they’re directed at queer and trans people, and not in a friendly way: “It’s always sex with you lot,” Manchester electrician Clive […]

Oct 2, 2026 · byVariety

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. ITV, Sky, and Channel 4 have been critical of the BBC for using licence fee cash to outspend rivals for shows like Schitt’s Creek. Now, UK Parliament’s cross-party Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has sided […]

Oct 1, 2026 · byDeadline

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. Cameras have rolled in Wales on the six-part series that tells the story of Anna (Creevy), whose world is blown apart when she […]

Sep 30, 2026 · byDeadline

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. Trauma: My Broken Brain follows three young survivors through the most frightening days of their lives and the grueling journey back to independence. Every five minutes someone in the UK suffers […]

Sep 30, 2026 · byDeadline

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 first told you about Leo Reich’s Channel 4 and Crave comedy It Gets Worse in February last […]

Sep 29, 2026 · byDeadline

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

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. Speaking at the Royal Television Society London Convention, Priya Dogra said she was open-minded about putting Channel 4 shows on iPlayer as the commercial broadcaster looks to reach as many viewers as possible. Asked if Channel […]

Sep 29, 2026 · byDeadline

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. “I can’t pin down the time because it’s an incredibly important decision for me. It’s an […]

Sep 29, 2026 · byVariety

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 Television Society London Convention, Garvie was asked who Channel 4 needs to partner with to […]

Sep 29, 2026 · byDeadline

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. Speaking at the RTS London Convention, Sony Pictures Television’s international production chief Wayne Garvie argued that for Channel 4 — the publicly-owned, commercially-funded network struggling with […]

Sep 29, 2026 · byVariety

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 rapturously received by critics but adored by readers around the world. A story of forbidden love set during the Troubles in 1970s Belfast, it was an international bestseller, translated into more than 20 languages. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s prize and scooped debut fiction of the year at the British Book awards. A four-part television adaptation with Gillian Anderson aired last autumn on Channel 4. Inevitably Kennedy found herself lauded as an overnight success – much was made of her 30-year career as a professional chef – but in fact she had been writing short stories for a decade and to considerable acclaim; her first collection, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac, was published in 2021. Included in that book was Belladonna, the story of Róisín, a young girl from Belfast who moves south with her mother and, ostracised by her new classmates, becomes friendly with the couple who live across the road. Like Briony Tallis in Ian McEwan’s Atonement, the prickly and precociously bright Róisín misinterprets the dynamic of her neighbours’ marriage to disastrous effect. Continue reading...

Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Guardian

‘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. Stars Joe Thomas and James Buckley are taking advantage with a Channel 4 documentary dealing with the show’s favorite topic, adulting. Thomas and Buckley, who can both be seen in the new movie, are fronting Joe […]

Sep 28, 2026 · byDeadline

‘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. He talks about his ‘terrifying’ hospital stay and why strangers still shout at him about crack being ‘moreish’ Super Hans is back! What’s he been up to since we last saw him? Splitting up with Molly , the twins, the moped -rental business in Macedonia … Well, Super Hans finds a legal loophole in the marriage certificate, which means it’s null and void and … hang on … I’m basically telling you the whole plot of the book! Is the book just you, Matt King, writing on behalf of Super Hans? Or does your inner Super Hans just come out and write it for you? It’s neither. He comes around my house every morning. I put the kettle on, he borrows my computer and off he goes. I don’t know what he gets up to. I usually try to get out of the way, go for a nice walk. Continue reading...

Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Guardian

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 me they are still living with their ex, even sharing a bed. I don’t judge. I’ve experienced this myself. I remember a sad, uncanny time at the end of a relationship. Untangling our lives but not our bodies, supporting the other through their worst pain while trying to ignore the fact that the worst pain is you. But sometimes these strangers tell me they have been living this way for months, perhaps years, and my empathy flips to horror. “What the hell is going on in your house?” I think. I found answers in Break Clause (Thursday, 10pm), a new Channel 4 dramedy. It’s the story of sweethearts Ben ( Samuel Bottomley ) and Lil ( Lara Ricote ), Leeds University graduates who decide to transplant their lives to London. On the eve of moving, there’s an incident that leads to a terrible confession in the hallway of their new flat. Ben and Lil break up – in the presence of their estate agent, who tells them the paperwork is irrevocable. They will have to live together for six months until the contract break clause. That’s awkward! But can tenancy rights correct a relationship wrong? Continue reading...

Sep 26, 2026 · byThe Guardian

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. Here’s what to watch this evening 11.05pm, Channel 4 With Donald Trump cheerleading for a far-right Israeli government, the horror in Gaza has represented an extreme moral and political hazard for successive UK governments since the Hamas attacks of October 2023. However, they’ve played a difficult hand pretty badly. This film gains access to internal Whitehall documents to offer an insight into Britain’s compromised response to alleged Israeli war crimes. Phil Harrison Continue reading...

Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian

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. Here’s what to watch this evening 8pm, Channel 4 Nigella Lawson enters the tent as a new judge and all it takes is her saying “sumptuous” to crack Noel Fielding: “I think I might be pregnant.” Chocolate stout cake is the first task for the eager batch of bakers – with one of them daring to put a twist on Nigella’s own recipe. They then need to recreate a coffee and walnut cake from a picture, before doing their self-portrait cake showstoppers. You will gasp in horror at least twice. Hollie Richardson Continue reading...

Sep 22, 2026 · byThe Guardian

‘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 broadcasters face what has rapidly become a fight for survival against US digital rivals. “My generation grew up with Netflix and YouTube … Honestly, I feel like it is a losing battle.” Continue reading...

Sep 19, 2026 · byThe Guardian

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 understands that Channel 4’s board is not giving active consideration to reducing the pay packets of top executives amid a broader strategic review at The Great British […]

Sep 17, 2026 · byDeadline

Ex-BBC presenter questions role of Royal Family in new documentary

John Humphrys, who presented Today and the Nine O'Clock News, heads a new Channel 4 documentary on the topic.

Sep 16, 2026 · byBBC

Polling turns politics into one big game. There are too many of them – and that does us no good | Jonathan Liew

Surely that’s the lesson the Reform polling furore should teach us. Politics should be about actually helping people, not mastering the line on a graph Solemn faces all round. We will listen. We will learn. We will hone and improve. Yes, it’s time for the latest bout of profound soul-searching in the UK polling industry following the allegations raised by the recent Channel 4 investigation that a polling firm reportedly failed to declare that three polls it published before the local elections in May were commissioned by Reform. By now these reckonings are becoming a regular occurrence in the wake of big elections: pollsters gather in a room, nibble biscuits, ritually self-flagellate, and pledge to learn all the right lessons from the electorate they’ve just catastrophically misread. Yet for all its very public ignominies, political polling is one of those rare and precious industries that somehow manages to keep failing upwards. You might think that after botching the 2015 and 2017 general elections , the 2016 Brexit vote and the 2021 London mayoral poll, we might have learned better than to trust in the mystical magic graph. In this parallel universe Keir Starmer is now sitting on a colossal 318-seat majority, as forecast by Survation in its final MRP poll on the eve of the 2024 general election, overstating the actual result by a mere 144 parliamentary seats. Jonathan Liew is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Guardian