Author: |Posted: 3:15 pm on 27/01/09
Category: Blog
With the conflict in Gaza continuing to present challenges for news organisations across the globe, The TV Show would like to know what you think about the way in which broadcasters, including Channel 4, have covered events. We’ll be debating the issue during our first show of 2009, broadcast this Saturday, 31 January, at 4pm. read more
Author: |Posted: 3:28 pm on 22/01/09
Category: Rated-Slated
As the New Year continues and a raft of new programmes fills the Channel 4 schedules, it seems a good time to reflect on the programmes that viewers rated and slated in 2008. read more
Author: |Posted: 12:14 pm on 22/01/09
Category: Blog
As Jonathan Ross prepares to make his return to the BBC and put the “Sachsgate” affair behind him, it seems the question of taste and decency on British television remains a hot topic. read more
Author: |Posted: 4:58 pm on 09/01/09
Category: Blog
Christianity: A History is the biggest project I have commissioned during my time at Channel 4. It’s almost unheard of for a mainstream broadcaster to dedicate eight hours of prime time television to Christianity in this way. I think it’s fair to say that it’s a big risk, but a risk I really wanted to take. read more
Author: |Posted: 1:02 pm on 09/01/09
Category: Blog
As viewers’ editor at Channel 4, it is part of my job to ensure that, when a programme we broadcast attracts a response from viewers, the appropriate people at the channel get to hear that feedback and, where appropriate, respond to it. Perhaps not surprisingly, our Alternative Christmas Message for 2008 – delivered by the President of Iran – was one such programme, generating a huge reaction from the public. read more
Author: |Posted: 11:20 am on 07/01/09
Category: Rated-Slated
The Alternative Christmas Message – delivered by the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – sparked the most feedback from viewers last month, attracting a mixture of both complaints and appreciative comments. For more details on the reaction to this broadcast, please take a look at Paula Carter’s blog. read more
Author: |Posted: 10:00 pm on 05/01/09
Category: Blog
Tonight, viewers were offered an insight into the troubled life of football legend Paul Gascoigne and his family with the broadcast of David Clews’ moving documentary Surviving Gazza. read more
Author: |Posted: 5:00 pm on 02/01/09
Category: Blog
Channel 4’s New Year kicks off in earnest tonight with the return of Celebrity Big Brother… Love it or loathe it, I suspect there’ll be no escaping the action in the house for the next three weeks, and we would love to know what you make of it. read more
