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📣 The Channel 4 First Cut Pitch is back! 📣 Want to get your new documentary in front of Channel 4? Five shortlisted directors will have the chance to pitch their film at hashtag#SheffDocFest2026 this June - and one winner will walk away with a commission! Could it be you? Find out more and apply by Friday 13th March 2026 : https://lnkd.in/e2fCKVWD 📸David Chang
The sun’s out and we’re celebrating ☀️ Our study, Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust, has received the Pulse of the Nation award at the Adwanted Media Research Awards. This research - commissioned by Channel 4 and delivered by Craft - Human Intelligence -reveals the scale of the challenges facing Gen Z and reflects our commitment to amplifying the voices of 13-27-year-olds. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this project.
Channel 4 News took home five wins at the 2026 Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards last week, including being named Programme of the Year for the third-year running 👏. A huge congratulations to all involved.
A big Channel 4 welcome to our new CEO, Priya Dogra – who joined us last week. Great to have her with us to shape the next chapter of Channel 4’s future.
Congratulations to ITN and another Channel 4 News award win! Inside Ardamata: Anatomy of a Massacre has been named a triple Gold winner at the International AI Awards 👏 Receiving gold for Best AI Creation, Best AI Innovation and Best AI Application, the project reflects the best of Channel 4’s approach to utilising AI and marks recognition for a project which demonstrated ethical AI use for news production. At Channel 4 we believe AI is a huge opportunity but only if it is built with integrity. In line with our AI guidelines, we believe it is here to support human creativity, not replace it. We want to use it to service our people, and work so we can continue to deliver trusted content to audiences.
We’re chuffed to have been named as one of The Financial Times’s best employers! Channel 4 took the number one spot for the Media & Advertising industry in The Financial Times and data provider Statista’s ‘UK’s Best Employers’ ranking.
Jonathan Allan to Step Down from Channel 4 Channel 4 announced today that Jonathan Allan, interim Chief Executive Officer, will be departing the organisation after a long and highly influential career at the broadcaster. During his time at Channel 4 Allan, who joined the organisation in 2011, has held the offices of Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. He has been interim Chief Executive Officer since last Summer – the ninth Chief Executive in its 44-year history- and will depart ahead of new Chief Executive Officer Priya Dogra joining Channel 4 in March. Allan said: “After many wonderful years at Channel 4 being the Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Executive - the time is now right for me to go and do something new and different. “Channel 4 is a very special broadcaster, an iconic brand and a brilliant place to work, and it’s been an absolute honour and pleasure to work with the teams here. I wish the organisation all the best and will always be cheering it on.”
Our training and development arm, 4Skills, has announced a new development scheme to support young digital creatives in the North of England to progress their careers 👏 Content Creatives+ builds on the success of 4Skills' Content Creatives programme, which has helped more than 100 people from lower socio‑economic backgrounds into entry‑level creative roles since 2021. The scheme will support several alumni of the original programme through fully paid placements with Leeds and Manchester‑based digital creative businesses. It aims to support people to progress in their careers, identifying and addressing barriers to employment for young people from underrepresented groups. A huge thanks to our partners SharpFutures and We are The Allies for their roles in delivering the scheme.
Our 4Schools team visited 11 Bradford secondary schools to deliver dynamic workshops celebrating Bradford City of Culture 2025 🎉 Year 9 and 10 students explored careers in film and TV, with a spotlight on creating their own Gogglebox style sofa sketch. Gogglebox Executive Producer Victoria Ray joined two sessions, offering insider tips and inspiring students to push their ideas further. The results were brilliant, witty, original and three schools particularly shone 👏 Students from Bradford Academy, Parkside School, and Brontë Girls’ Academy were invited to a follow up masterclass with Submarine Films, where they got hands on with professional cameras, sound gear, and editing tools. These sessions gave students a real taste of life behind the lens and showed just how much creative talent Bradford has to offer 🎥
Introducing The Fountain of Filth… To Promote Dirty Business, Channel 4’s new factual drama, our inhouse agency 4creative have created an unmissable fountain installation at Observation Point on London’s South Bank. The 10-metre-wide fountain has been designed to draw attention to the heartbreaking human cost of Britain’s sewage scandal and is open to the public to visit from today until Wednesday. Within the fountain, bronze-like statues of men, women, and children appear to vomit murky brown water - a sickening reflection of the real experiences of those who believe they were made ill by exposure to waterways polluted with untreated sewage. Ex-national surfing champion Sophie Hellyer, and prominent outdoor swimming journalist and guide Ella Foote are amongst those whose likeness has been reflected in the statues through 3D scanning. The fountain directs visitors to discover ‘The Sick Truth Behind Britain’s Sewage Scandal’ through a QR code on its plaque, where they can hear first hand stories from those affected in specially commissioned interviews.
