Author: |Posted: 5:27 pm on 06/11/09
Category: Blog
Tune in to The TV Show this Saturday at 4pm for a fascinating Q&A with Katie Piper, star of the recent Cutting Edge documentary, Katie: My Beautiful Face. read more
Author: |Posted: 4:42 pm on 05/11/09
Category: Blog
Last month Channel 4 received a flurry of comments from viewers who suggested that the on-air trails for shows including True Blood and Age 8 and Wanting a Sex Change had been broadcast at inappropriate times of the day. In order to find out more, I spoke to team responsible for scheduling our on-air trails and asked them to explain a bit more about their decision making process. read more
Author: |Posted: 5:05 pm on 27/10/09
Category: Blog
The last TV Show of 2009 will be broadcast at the beginning of next month and we’re looking for audience members to get involved in the main debate – which this time will be focused on Channel 4’s current season of programmes, Race: Science’s Last Taboo. read more
Author: |Posted: 1:47 pm on 26/10/09
Category: Blog
Last week Channel 4 broadcast Age 8 and Wanting a Sex Change, a Bodyshock documentary about young children with gender dysphoria. It was a fascinating film that prompted a great deal of comment amongst viewers, both online and through C4’s viewer enquiries. read more
Author: |Posted: 10:38 am on 14/10/09
Category: Blog
Channel 4 has just announced details of a new season that aims to debunk the myth that science can support notions of racial superiority.
Anchored around five thought-provoking science documentaries to be broadcast from Oct 26, the season encourages viewers to delve deep into the subject of race with online features including a Define Race tool (which asks viewers to consider the true meaning of the word ‘race’) and a selection of exclusive video interviews that reveal why our programme presenters and C4 representatives believe the subject of race is such an important one to explore. read more
Author: |Posted: 12:21 pm on 25/09/09
Category: Blog
Last night, Channel 4 broadcast the final episode of Alone in the Wild. Now back from his remarkable adventure in the Yukon, star of the show Ed Wardle will be joining The TV Show live in the studio for a Q&A session on Sat 3 October. read more
Author: |Posted: 3:26 pm on 10/09/09
Category: Blog
There is no doubt from the blogs and feedback I have read that many viewers were intensely moved by 102 Minutes That Changed America, a documentary broadcast on Monday night that showed – through hundreds of pieces of video footage and audiotape – the tragic events of 9/11 unfolding, minute by minute. But for some people, their viewing experience was marred by the content and number of adverts broadcast during the programme.
Author: |Posted: 11:27 am on 08/09/09
Category: Blog
As viewers’ editor at Channel 4, one of the annual fixtures in my diary is a trip to the Edinburgh International TV Festival. Each year, the great and the good of the television industry gather in the Scottish capital to ponder the future of the business and discuss the many challenges we face in keeping hundreds of channels afloat in order to entertain and delight our audiences. read more
Author: |Posted: 1:24 pm on 27/08/09
Category: Blog
Amanda Holden’s recent appearance on Alan Carr: Chatty Man provoked a number of comments from viewers last week, many of whom were unhappy with Amanda and Alan’s remarks about Britain’s Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle. With that in mind – and following news that a second series of Chatty Man will be broadcast from November – The TV Show invited commissioning editor Syeda Irtizaali to share her thoughts on the recently concluded series one. read more
Author: |Posted: 11:10 am on 26/08/09
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Channel 4 has announced today that it will not be renewing its rights deal for Big Brother when its contract with programme maker Endemol ends in 2010. This means that next year’s series of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother will be the last on Channel 4. read more
