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EXCLUSIVE: Discovery and Channel 4 are teaming up to co-produce a U.S. version of the hit British documentary series 24 Hours In Police Custody. Deadline has learned that ITV Studios-owned production company The Garden Productions has been working on the show for a number of months after securing access to the Kansas…

EXCLUSIVE: Most things James Corden touches turn to gold these days, but a new comedy entertainment show from his company Fulwell 73 may be a rare exception to the rule. Pants On Fire, an extreme bluffing format hosted by The Circle presenter Emma Willis, has been quietly rested by Channel 4’s youth station E4…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has stoked anger in the British television industry after swapping producers on its tentpole election night show without a formal competitive process. The British broadcaster announced last month that BBC Studios-backed Expectation will co-produce its Alternative Election Night on December 12, the…

Channel 4's gender and diversity pay gap has been hit by its acquisition of music broadcaster The Box Plus Network. The British broadcaster has published its 2019 Pay Report and has extended its reporting so that as well as the gender gap, now includes data on diverse staff, disability and LGBT+ groups. C4's gender…

UPDATE, 11.50AM GMT: British politicians and broadcasters are at each other’s throats in what is becoming an increasingly fraught general election campaign in the UK. There is currently a laundry list of disputes between the BBC, Channel 4 and the two main candidates to be prime minister: Conservative Party leader Bori…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is working to salvage a format from Sony Pictures Television’s British production outfit Electric Ray following casting issues. The British broadcaster commissioned factual entertainment show One Click Away in April last year, with the intention of testing it with viewers as a broadcast pilot…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to Home, a single-camera comedy about an American couple who take in a Syrian refugee. It is based on the British series, which was created by Rufus Jones and originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK. The adaptation will be written/executive produced by former Black-ish…

Channel 4 has nabbed British entertainment format Taskmaster – the highest profile channel swap for a show since The Great British Bake Off moved from the BBC to C4. The network has handed the Avalon Television-produced series a six season deal across three years and will launch episodes in 2020. The show, which was…

If you needed reminding why Britain’s biggest broadcasters are stacking their eggs in a BritBox-shaped basket, then look no further than ITV’s third-quarter earnings this week. Tucked away in a table was a figure not mentioned elsewhere in the press release: the revelation that ITV’s total viewing hours fell by 700M…

Celebrity chefs Carla Hall, Niklas Ekstedt and Heston Blumenthal are to star in Netflix and Channel 4 cooking competition series Crazy Delicious. The trio are to become 'Food Gods' in the series, which will be hosted by British comedian and foodie Jayde Adams, who starred in Amazon's Good Omens. Blumenthal, who runs…

Channel 4 has pulled forward the UK premiere of season four of Rick And Morty after fans voiced their displeasure at the original broadcast plans. Channel 4 had planned to show Adult Swim’s animated series from January next year, but will now begin broadcasting the program from November 20 at 10PM on youth channel…

The BBC’s streaming service, iPlayer, is going to launch in full on Sky under a new content and technology partnership between the two British broadcasters. iPlayer will be made available as an app on Sky Q, putting it in the same company as Netflix on Sky’s internet-connected television platform. Sky Q will also host…