Tag: Channel 4

Channel 4 announces sci-fi series based on Philip K. Dick’s short stories

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is executive producing and appearing in a new Channel 4 drama based on the short stories of award-winning sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick. A co-production between Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television, the “hugely ambitious” anthology series will be written and executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and Michael Dinner (Justified) alongside Cranston. Each … >

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5 of the best bits in the final season of ‘Fresh Meat’

After four seasons broadcast over five years, Channel 4’s university sitcom Fresh Meat has come to an end. In its final season, we saw the six housemates struggle through the last year of their studies and prepare for post-university life. > Buy the complete Season 1-4 box set on Amazon. Now that the gang have graduated from Manchester … >

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Channel 4 orders new comedy ‘The Circuit’ from writers of ‘Pulling’

Dennis Kelly (Utopia) and Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) have written a new comedy pilot for Channel 4 about “the horror and hilarity of social engagement.” The writers previously worked together on BBC Three’s Pulling and joked: “It has taken just 10 short years for us to agree to work together again. It was a mistake.” Phil … >

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Win ‘Deutschland 83’ on DVD!

Deutschland 83 is the new groundbreaking and original series from the producers of the international Emmy award-winning Generation War. > Order Deutschland 83 on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the home entertainment release on Monday 15 February, courtesy of Universal Pictures (UK), we’ve got DVDs to give away to four of our Twitter followers! For a … >

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‘Crashing’ Episode 2 review: Everything is awkward!

Start to finish, everything that happens in the second episode of Crashing is awkward. Kate’s become so jealous of Lulu (writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge) that not only does she offer her a job but buys a hat just like Lulu’s. Even her attempts to be cool in front of her with the office flirt Johnny (newcomer … >

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Netflix’s new season of ‘Black Mirror’ begins filming

The third season of Black Mirror has started filming. Netflix announced the commission of 12 brand new episodes of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series last September. Brooker is conceiving the new stories from the show’s UK production base. British star Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Doctor Who) and Canada’s Mackenzie Davis (The Martian) will lead the cast of the … >

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Channel 4 orders ‘Loaded’ comedy from ‘Fresh Meat’ writer

Loaded is a new comedy-drama for Channel 4 about four life-long friends who become multi-millionaires overnight. The eight-part series is created by Jon Brown (Fresh Meat, Peep Show, Misfits) and is described as “a comedy-drama about friendship, ambition, gluttony, the peculiarly British distaste for other people’s success, and what happens when you’ve got £11.5m in … >

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‘Deutschland 83’ is UK’s highest rated foreign-language drama ever

Channel 4’s new German-language drama Deutschland 83 has become the highest rated foreign-language drama in UK TV history. The eight-part spy series reveals the experiences of Germans from both sides of the Berlin wall during a pivotal period of Cold War tensions where the world’s nuclear arsenals rested on a hair trigger. > Order Deutschland … >

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‘Crashing’ Episode 1 review: Channel 4’s new comedy is quirky yet relatable

Written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Channel 4’s Crashing follows the exploits of a group of people living in a disused London hospital as property guardians whilst trying to navigate some massive life changes. Lulu (Waller-Bridge) opens the episode on her way to surprise someone, upsetting fellow passengers with the help of a ukulele. Her … >

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