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British broadcaster Channel 4 is moving into natural history programming with an eight-part series on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya as part of a slate of new shows for 2020. Living Wild (working title), produced by Sky-owned Blast! Films, promises to take viewers on an intimate journey into the lives of a cast of…

EXCLUSIVE: If Charlie Covell decides to return to her cult drama The End Of The F***ing World, she will be pushing on an open door at Channel 4, which originally commissioned the show and co-produced it with Netflix. That’s according to Channel 4 director of programs Ian Katz, who told Deadline that Covell “can keep…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4’s director of programs Ian Katz has said he would consider bringing back Big Brother, and revealed that youth channel E4 is conducting a major hunt for a new reality show. In an exclusive interview with Deadline, Katz said he would not dismiss out of hand an approach from Endemol Shine Group…

At the BBC’s Christmas drinks earlier this month, I gatecrashed an animated conversation between two senior figures from the UK production sector. After a sheepish glance at each other, they revealed that the subject of their discussion was a certain Ian Katz, the director of programs at Channel 4. They are far from…

Channel 4 Director of Programmes Ian Katz kicked off his first week at the British public broadcaster with mischief in his eye and an inbox of A-list invites as independent producers try to curry favor with the former BBC executive and land one of his first multi-million pound commissions. He has told staff that he…

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has appointed BBC executive Ian Katz as its programming boss following the departure of Jay Hunt to Apple last week. Katz, currently editor of BBC2 late-night political program Newsnight, has been named director of programmes at the Humans and Electric Dreams broadcaster. One Channel 4 insider…