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Alex Mahon, the chief executive of British broadcaster Channel 4, has attacked the streaming giants for stuffing their platforms with indistinct “trans-territory filler” and putting their commercial needs above all else. In a speech at the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention on Thursday, Mahon took the…

Sky and Channel 4 have cemented and extended their unusual content partnership in the UK. In September 2018, the two broadcasters agreed a groundbreaking deal under which Channel 4 got access to Sky original Tin Star and rights to motor racing sport Formula 1. In return, Comcast’s Sky was able to carry Channel 4 box…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has said it is bringing back Love Productions format The Great Pottery Throw Down after it was canceled by the BBC last year. A Channel 4 spokeswoman told Deadline that The Great Pottery Throw Down will broadcast next year on both its main channel and More4. Casting is already well underway, while…

Naomi Ackie, who is starring in forthcoming Star Wars: Episode IX movie and Game of Thrones prequel, has joined the cast of the second season of The End of the F***ing World. Ackie, who starred in Lady Macbeth, plays Bonnie, an outsider with a troubled past and a mysterious connection to Alyssa, played by Jessica…

Channel 4's Head of News and Current Affairs Dorothy Byrne is only the sixth women to give the well-respected MacTaggart lecture, the keynote address at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. Previous speakers include Rupert Murdoch, Ted Turner and Norman Lear. Byrne addressed a range of issues during her speech…

British broadcaster Channel 4has unveiled its latest programming slate including a Muslim punk comedy, a three-part doc series about Russian President Vladimir Putin and a reality series set within a Namibian tribe. The shows were announced by Channel 4 at the start of the Edinburgh International Television…

Kill List director Ben Wheatley has created a Brexit zombie drama for UK's Channel 4 – his first television project since directing episodes of Doctor Who. The broadcaster has commissioned six-part series Generation Z. It will feature "rapacious" baby boomers and "disaffected" teenagers at each other's…

Benedict Cumberbatch, Tamsin Greig, David Oyelowo, David Walliams and Paul Whitehouse have been set as voice cast for Channel 4's animated Christmas special, The Tiger Who Came To Tea. Lupus Films is producing after striking a deal last year with HarperCollins Children’s Books to adapt the classic story by the late…

Channel 4 has said that will be a "continual investor" in British content in light of competition from the likes of Netflix and Amazon and has defended airing risky formats that highlight public service issues. Chief executive Alex Mahon, speaking in front of a Department of Digital Culture, Media and Sport committee…

Kristin Scott Thomas-fronted documentary My Grandparents' War is set to travel the world after distributor DRG took the rights to the C4 series. The four-part series, produced by British indie Wild Pictures, sees Hollywood stars including The English Patient star Scott Thomas and Bridge of Spies star Mark Rylance…

Westworld and Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen has joined Channel 4 and Hulu drama The Light (w/t). Babett Knudsen, who plays Theresa Cullen in the HBO sci-fi thriller, is joining Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire in the four-part series, which is the follow-up to National Treasure and Kiri. The cast also includes…

British broadcaster Channel 4 is looking to double down on drama series that are "too hot to handle" after warning that it is being priced out of top tier drama productions. Ian Katz, director of programmes at C4, said that it wants to commission more series like The Virtues, the Stephen Graham-fronted child abuse…