Filming is underway on a new Channel 4 drama series set in a vibrant and multicultural Yorkshire comprehensive school. The ABC heralds the channel’s return to 8pm week night drama and production began on location in Yorkshire earlier this month. The six-part series is created by Ayub Khan Din (East is East), Kevin Erlis (Shameless) and Malcolm … >
Channel 4 has announced the commission of an all-new competition format series, Masters of Lego. The four-part series will see Britain’s biggest Lego fans of all ages compete against each other to build ambitious brick creations. The six competing pairs will have their design, originality and construction skills put to the test in a battle to be crowned … >
Channel 4 has announced the commission of a brand new full season of The Crystal Maze. 20 new one-hour episodes will be hosted by Richard Ayoade as the new Maze Master. The commission includes a set of celebrity specials for Stand Up to Cancer. The new season will be filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios in … >
Romola Garai (The Hour) and Daniel Mays (Line of Duty) have started shooting Channel 4’s Born to Kill in Cardiff, Wales. The new four-part psychological thriller from Line of Duty producers World Productions is the first commission for female writing duo Tracey Malone (Rillington Place) and first-time TV writer and BIFA-nominated actress Kate Ashfield. Born to Kill … >
Channel 4 has confirmed that the new season of No Offence will begin in January. Joanna Scanlan (DI Vivienne Deering), Elaine Cassidy (DC Dinah Kowalska) and Alexandra Roach (DS Joy Freers) will be back for seven new 60-minute episodes on Channel 4. They’ll be joined in Season 2 by Him & Her star Sarah Solemani as hyper aspirational new boss, Detective Superintendent … >
Channel 4 is teaming up with US channel AMC to make a new series about four tech entrepreneurs and childhood friends who become multi-millionaires overnight. Loaded is an English-language version of the award-wining Israeli series Mesudarim, which won four Israeli Academy Awards in 2007. Jon Brown (Veep, Fresh Meat) will be lead writer and executive … >
The follow-up series to acclaimed German drama Deutschland 83 will begin filming next year. Deutschland 83 premiered in the UK on Channel 4 in January and became the highest-rated foreign language drama launch in UK television history. Buy Deutschland 83 on DVD on Amazon here. Set three years after the events of the first season, Deutschland 86 picks … >
Channel 4 has announced the writers for its new ten-part anthology series based on the short stories of sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick. Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston will be executive producing and appearing in the “hugely ambitious” drama, which will be written and executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and Michael Dinner (Justified) … >
London Irish writer Lisa McGee is returning to Channel 4 with a new comedy series based in Northern Ireland in the mid-1990s. Set in Derry in the run-up to the ceasefire, Derry Girls is described as “a warm, funny and honest look at the lives of ordinary people living under the spectre of the Troubles, all seen through … >
Channel 4 has commissioned a new season of Flowers. Starring Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), Will Sharpe’s acclaimed comedy series launched over five consecutive nights on Channel 4 earlier this year. Flowers will return for six new 30-minute episodes, in association with US comedy streaming channel Seeso. Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon here. The first season introduced the world to the eccentric Flowers … >