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Channel 4 is celebrating four decades of being on the air today. The broadcaster was given a strongly-worded remit in 1982 to 'shake up television' by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ...
Watch on Deadline Channel 4 has been owned by the government since it was established by Margaret Thatcher in 1982. The not-for-profit broadcaster has a unique remit to foster growth in the UK’s ...
Since Channel 4 was created in 1982, it has been at the centre of national conversations and a catalyst for the creation of a world-beating production sector in the UK. Our purpose is to create ...
Channel 4 is spending less on making programmes than almost ever before as it ramps up efforts to bolster its finances. The ...
Breaking taboos with Brookside: the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss Running for 21 years from Channel 4’s 1982 launch night, Phil Redmond was never one to shy away from controversy with Scouse ...
Phil Redmond's gritty Liverpool-set soap began in 1982 on Channel 4's first night, courting controversy from the off with a series of hard-hitting storylines. Anna Friel became synonymous with her ...
The government has announced that it wants to privatise Channel 4, which broadcasts programmes including Gogglebox, Countdown and acclaimed drama such as It's A Sin. Culture Secretary Nadine ...
Channel 4 (C4) is a British public service broadcaster funded primarily by advertising. Established by the government back in 1982 when there were only three TV channels in the UK, C4 has a ...
Channel 4, founded by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government in 1982 to deliver programmes for under-served audiences, is funded by advertising but is publicly owned. Culture Secretary Nadine ...
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said that government ownership is holding it back, but critics argue that the quality of Channel 4's programmes would suffer from a sell-off. Launched in 1982 ...
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