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British broadcaster Channel 4 has said that it will no longer work with Ant Middleton, the star of its successful SAS: Who Dares Wins show, after his comments on the Black Lives Matter movement and the coronavirus pandemic. Middleton has become a major television star in the UK after first appearing in military…

A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies has said that the success of his AIDS crisis series It’s A Sin is partly the result of his decision to only cast gay actors in lead roles. The five-part Red Production Company drama landed on HBO Max last month after notable success in the UK, where it garnered a string…

What We Do in the Shadows actor Matt Berry will revive his cult character, Steven Toast, after six years — and the comedy has been swooped up by the BBC after it originally aired on Channel 4. BBC One and iPlayer have commissioned Objective Fiction to make six-part Toast of Tinseltown (working title), which will…

UK broadcaster Channel 4 is to remake CNBC’s The Profit in what represents the first international adaptation of the business investment show. British production company Kalel Productions is adapting the format as a four-part series, in which serial entrepreneur Eric Collins offers investment to four struggling UK…

Channel 4 has promoted its programming boss Ian Katz to chief content officer in a sweeping reorganization aimed at helping the UK broadcaster secure 40% of its £985 million ($1.3 billion) revenue from sources other than traditional TV advertising by 2025. Katz will have total authority over editorial decision making…

It’s A Sin, the searing new AIDS crisis series from A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies, has premiered in stellar fashion for UK broadcaster Channel 4 ahead of the show’s launch on HBO Max next month. Set in 1980s London, the five-part drama follows a group of young friends as they embrace the capital’s gay…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has back-tracked on its decision to commission a second season of Victorian-era comedy crime caper Year Of The Rabbit after the coronavirus pandemic forced the British broadcaster into £150M ($205M) of content cuts. Channel 4 renewed Matt Berry’s Year Of The Rabbit in February last year, funding…

Kelly Webb-Lamb, Channel 4’s deputy director of programs and head of popular factual, is leaving the British broadcaster after five years. A senior figure in the UK industry, Webb-Lamb said it was time for “new adventures” after working hand-in-glove with Channel 4’s content chief Ian Katz for the past three years of…

Russell T Davies, the creator of Channel 4 and HBO Max’s upcoming AIDS crisis series It's A Sin, has spoken out about the importance of casting gay actors as gay characters. Starring Years & Years frontman Olly Alexander, the series is already winning rave reviews and, during a publicity blitz ahead of its January 22…

Disney+ is continuing its push into internationally-produced originals by hiring Channel 4 commissioner Sean Doyle to be its point-person for unscripted producers in Europe and Africa. Doyle, the deputy head of features and formats at Britain’s Channel 4, will become Disney’s director of original production for…

UK media regulator Ofcom has warned that the British government urgently needs to overhaul broadcasting laws if public service broadcasters, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5, are to survive in the age of streaming. Ofcom published early findings from its landmark review of public service broadcasting today…

British broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled plans to launch a £30M ($40M) Global Format Fund to secure a bigger cut of international content sales as it bids to generate 40% of its revenue from non-TV advertising sources. The Format Fund, detailed today as part of Channel 4’s so-called Future4 strategy, will involve…