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Channel 4 announces plans to honour Sean Lock

Channel 4 is to pay tribute to the comedian Sean Lock with special programming on Thursday night.

Television • 19 Aug 21

AJ and Curtis Pritchard - "Our characters are fantastic"

Two to tango as Pritchard brothers join Hollyoaks

Dancer brothers AJ and Curtis Pritchard have joined the cast of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks.

Soaps • 08 Feb 21

Russell T Davies' drama series hailed by AIDS activist and fund-raiser Elton John

Elton praises Channel 4 AIDS drama It's a Sin

Elton John has praised Russell T Davies' Channel 4 drama It's A Sin for its "incredibly moving account" of AIDS and its its devastating effect in the 1980s.

Television • 02 Feb 21

Grand Designs Kevin McCloud: don't stand so close to me

Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud admits he has been telling people off in the street if they get too close to him during the current pandemic.

Channel 4 • 05 Jan 21

"I'll be doing less TV in the future" says Derren Brown

Derren Brown says he could be doing less TV in the future as the 49-year-old illusionist says he hopes to concentrate more on writing and painting.

Entertainment • 11 Aug 20

Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson Photo: Channel 4

Hollyoaks to resume production this week

Channel 4 has announced that its soap Hollyoaks will resume production this week in Liverpool. A return to filming is scheduled for July.

Soaps • 08 Jun 20

What's on? TV highlights for Wednesday

A new-life makeover series, a feature-length documentary on adoption, and Maia Dunphy presents the second part of this new series as part of RTÉ on Climate week.

Television • 13 Nov 19

Scarlett Moffatt gets body confidence boost

Former UK Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt has talked about regaining her body confidence after being praised for being "fat" and having "rolls" while filming her new TV show The British Tribe Next Door.

Scarlett Moffatt • 17 Oct 19

Train Your Baby Like A Dog star defends Channel 4 show

The animal behaviourist featured in Channel 4's Train Your Baby Like A Dog has defended the show as a campaign seeks to have it axed.

Train Your Baby Like A Dog • 20 Aug 19

Saoirse-Monica Jackson - "It was a constant battle, which I'm now forever grateful for"

Derry Girls star 'breathalysed by mother outside disco'

Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson has said she is scarred for life after her mother breathalysed her outside a disco as a teenager.

Television • 21 Apr 19

Former TV presenter Magenta Devine dies aged 61

Former TV presenter Magenta Devine - best known for her appearances on Channel 4's Network 7 and BBC Two's Rough Guide - has died after a short illness.

Television • 06 Mar 19

Jackson family rally against Michael documentary

Michael Jackson's brothers Tito, Marlon and Jackie, and his nephew Taj, have dismissed allegations that he sexually abused two men when they were children.

Michael Jackson • 27 Feb 19

Danny Dyer - "If we need anything for 2019, it's for each of us to find who we look up to"

EastEnder Danny Dyer has Alternative Christmas Message

EastEnders star Danny Dyer is to deliver Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message on December 25, reflecting on Brexit and the rest of a 'pretty full-on' 2018.

Television • 21 Dec 18

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell - Said Derry Girls writer-creator Lisa McGee has "outdone herself" with the second season

Derry Girls star says season two 'better than first'

Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O'Donnell has told RTÉ Entertainment that she thinks season two is better than the first series of the hit show.

Television • 29 Nov 18

Channel 4 in 'advanced talks' for Derry Girls season 3

It looks like celebrated sitcom Derry Girls will get a third season - even though filming hasn't even begun on the show's second run.

Television • 17 Aug 18

Alan Carr and Paul Drayton are honeymooning in Mexico

Happy Man. Alan Carr marries partner in Los Angeles

Talk show host and comedian Alan Carr has married his longtime partner Paul Drayton in Los Angeles.

Alan Carr • 20 Jan 18

Gee quiz! Channel 4 suspends filming on Child Genius

Channel 4 has suspended filming on kids' quiz show Child Genius after a row broke out over cheating parents.

Child Genius • 17 Aug 17

Channel 4's Bake Off launch date 'cynical' says BBC

Channel 4 has announced The Great British Bake Off start date - and it has caused the BBC to shift its Big Family Cooking Showdown to a different day.

the great british bake off • 17 Aug 17

Bake Off fans get a taste of things to come

Fans of the Great British Bake Off have been given a taste of things to come with the trailer for the first series on new home Channel 4 - but there is no sign of the presenters or judges.

great british bake off • 03 Aug 17

Jamie Oliver dismisses Great British Bake Off role

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has dismissed claims that he will join The Great British Bake Off when it moves from the BBC to Channel 4

Entertainment • 19 Sep 16

The Film4-funded Amy has become the second most successful documentary of all time in the UK

Channel 4 announce four new music shows

Channel 4, the home of groundbreaking eighties music show The Tube, has announced four new primetime music shows and also says it plans to make more music biopics after the wild success of Amy, the recent documentary about Amy Winehouse.

Entertainment • 25 Sep 15