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Whoop Whoop! Big Boys won Comedy Drama at the RTS Programme Awards 2026 đź‘Ź Huge congratulations to Jack Rooke and the team at Roughcut Television Ltd
Channel 4 has received 25 BAFTA TV Award & TV Craft nominations 🎉 Trespasses – WILDGAZE FILMS LIMITED - Limited Drama - Director Fiction – Dawn Shadforth - Writer Drama –Ailbhe Keogan - Production Design – Gillian Devenney - Costume Design - Emma O’Loughlin - Photography and Lighting, Fiction – Ryan Kernaghan Big Boys – Roughcut Television Ltd - Scripted Comedy - Writer Comedy – Jack Rooke - Actor in a Comedy – Jon Pointing Get Millie Black – Motive Pictures - Supporting Actress - Chyna McQueen - Scripted Casting – Shaheen Baig Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – Basement Films - Current Affairs - Director: Factual – Karaim Shah - Editing: Factual – Mel Quigley and Andy Kemp Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War – ITN - News Coverage Go Back to Where you Came From – MINNOW FILMS LIMITED - Factual Entertainment Educating Yorkshire – Twofour - Factual Series See No Evil – PASSION PICTURES - Factual Series - Director: Factual – Benedict Sanderson The Jury: Murder Trial – ScreenDog Productions - Reality Virgin Island – Double Act Productions Ltd - Reality One Day in Southport – AMOS PICTURES - Single Documentary Pushers – Merman Television and 2LE MEDIA LTD - Actress in a Comedy – Rosie Jones The Sycamore Gap Mystery – Candour Productions - Original Music: Factual – Louis Dodd, Matthew Sanchez Hustle and Run – JustSo - Short Form Congratulations to all of our fantastic partners, and looking forward to the big night!
Channel 4’s new senior commercial team sat down with James Longhurst and Jack Benjamin from The Media Leader UK to discuss how they're innovating their approach, their advertiser-led, agency aligned strategy, and how they combine the trust of TV with the agility of the tech platforms.
We’re excited to share that Big Boys' powerful scene, “I didn’t make it, did I?” has been nominated for the Memorable Moment Award at this year’s BAFTAs! The scene poignantly opened up space for viewers to have conversations around suicide while raising awareness of the support that’s available. Huge congratulations to creator Jack Rooke, Roughcut Television Ltd and everyone involved in the series. BAFTA Memorable Moment is the only viewer-voted category at the awards – click the link in the comments to cast your vote! Watch the clip below (warning: contains references to suicide).
Channel 4 today launches OnTrack, a new Paralympic alumni network! Following the successful Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games on Channel 4, where at least 25% of production company Whisper’s off-screen talent identified as disabled, this new initiative will ensure access to bursaries, masterclasses and events for senior deaf, disabled and neurodivergent off-screen talent. If you’ve been involved in Paralympic coverage since London 2012 or the Paralympic Production Training Scheme, please click on the link in the comments to find out more about how to register.
Absolutely buzzing🎉 Channel 4 has received 15 nominations at this year’s RTS Programme awards. Congratulations to everyone who helped bring these shows to life! - Arts - The Trouble With Mr Doodle (acme in association with Lightbox) - Comedy Drama – Big Boys (Roughcut Television Ltd TV) - Comedy Entertainment - Taskmaster (Avalon Productions) - Comedy Performance: Male - Jon Pointing - Big Boys (Roughcut TV) - Entertainment & Reality - Married at First Sight UK (CPL Productions Ltd) - Formatted Popular Factual - Go Back to Where You Came From (MINNOW FILMS LIMITED Films) - Formatted Popular Factual - The Jury: Murder Trial (ScreenDog Productions) - Leading Actor: Female - Tamara Lawrance - Get Millie Black (Motive Pictures) - Limited Series and Single Drama - Get Millie Black (Motive Pictures) - Presenter - Davina McCall – Stand Up To Cancer: Cancer Clinic Live (Bango Studios & HiddenLight Productions) - Single Documentary – Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (Basement Films) - Single Documentary - Groomed: A National Scandal (Candour Productions) - Soap and Continuing Drama - Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures) - Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit - Alex Jacques - 2025 Formula 1 Highlights (Whisper) - Writer – Comedy - Jack Rooke - Big Boys (Roughcut TV) Royal Television Society
Stand Up to Cancer rebooted in 2025, raising over £14.2 million pounds since the last live show, and driving over 143,000 visits to a new nationwide online cancer screening checker launched in partnership with Cancer Research UK (CRUK). A Channel 4 survey found that the programmes helped to raise awareness of cancer screenings and early detection and sparked important conversations with loved ones – and prompted action around individuals’ personal health, particularly among younger viewers. After watching: - Nine in ten (89%) viewers recognised the importance of early detection of cancer. - One in three (34%) viewers said they will pay more attention to changes in their health – rising to 44% of 16-34-year-olds. - One in four (26%) 16-34-year-olds said they’d discussed cancer screening with friends of family. - One in five (18%) 16-34-year-olds said they’d been encouraged to speak to a doctor or health professional – and 12% said they’d enquired about a cancer screening.
Exciting updates from the Connected TV World Summit where Channel 4’s Grace Boswood, Technology & Distribution Director, and Hannah Barlow, Social Sales Business Development Leader, took to the stage. Grace chatted about how Channel 4 meets viewers where they are, from YouTube to Spotify during her fireside conversation. Emphasising the value of partnerships and Channel 4’s willingness to test and learn with different digital platforms, Grace talked about Channel 4’s distribution strategy as it looks to become the first public service streamer, including use of long-form content on YouTube and the arrival of Channel 4.0 [its digital-first service for 13-24s, rooted in youth culture] on Spotify. The importance of discoverability and willingness to broaden reach with new partners were also key themes. Hannah gave a fireside chat where she talked about Channel 4’s success in bringing premium long form content to a new, second window, audience on YouTube. Incremental reach for shows like 24 Hours in Police Custody have helped rack up 175m organic hits in the last year, 56% up on prior year, and demonstrates how we’re tapping into the knowledge of our 4Studio team as well as audience demand for full length episodes, as well as digital originals, away from the traditional distribution models.
Last Friday, we celebrated the achievements of the 2025-26 cohort of Content Creatives by inviting digital content and marketing professionals to Leeds to meet our trainees, watch a showcase of videos about their time on the scheme and network with them over lunch 🎉. This event marked the end of our 16-week training scheme, which has seen our 11 Content Creatives developing their skills and experience in content creation through bespoke training from SharpFutures and a placement with one of our partner companies in Greater Manchester or West Yorkshire. It was amazing to be able to celebrate all of the hard work and dedication they've put in throughout the scheme, and we're thrilled to see that this has enabled them to take their next steps into the world of content creation, social media and marketing. Congratulations to this talented group of Content Creatives - we loved hearing about your experience on the scheme and we're so excited to see what you get up to next! 👏 💼 A huge thank you to SharpFutures, as well as to all of the industry guests and partners who facilitated these placements and helped our Content Creatives to grow their skills and experience! 4Studio, Finn, Redbricks Media, Social Brawl Multitude Media Tangerine
The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games are underway – and what a start it has been! Channel 4 is proud to once again bring the extraordinary achievements of Para athletes to audiences across the UK. Our new Chief Executive Priya Dogra and Chair Geoff Cooper visited the Games this weekend to see our Paralympics coverage in action. While on site, they met International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons and our presenting team, and joined the medal presentations in the Men’s Downhill Skiing. Watch all the action and follow the world-class athletes live on Channel 4.
