AT CHANNEL 4


into the detail of what happens in these critical situations.


Channel 4 is piloting more ideas than in the recent past, placing slightly more bets on various territories, rather than a big bet on one.


After a recent call out for animal series, the channel received plenty of good ideas, so it’s not so interested in this area for now. With great projects in the pipeline already, it’s not actively looking for blue light or medical access either. But access into younger skewing precincts is a priority, as are new big formats and possibly factual theatre or events, science history, or social experiments.


FIVE PILLARS OF FACT ENT


FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT


Becky Cadman (Maternity Leave) Commissioning Editor


Ian Dunkley Commissioning Editor


Daniel Fromm Commissioning Editor


Gilly Greenslade Commissioning Editor


Tim Hancock Commissioning Editor


Lee McMurray Commissioning Editor


Vivienne Molokwu Commissioning Editor


DAYTIME & FEATURES


Jo Street Head of Daytime and Features


Deborah Dunnet Commissioning Editor


Jayne Stranger Commissioning Editor


Clemency Green Commissioning Editor


Kate Thomas Commissioning Editor


Factual Entertainment, headed up by Alf Lawrie, commissions mainly at nine and ten, some at eight and also


some E4, with shows ranging from CPL Productions’ Married at First Sight on E4, to Love’s Great British Bake Off or Studio Lambert’s Gogglebox and a slightly Covid-delayed Hunted, produced by Shine.


There are five broad baskets that the channel is looking for. One is incredible, audacious constructs. Huge constructs of scale things that have never existed, but are bold and dramatic, where the viewer wants to see how it plays out. Married at First Sight is a nuts-sounding premise, but emotionally raw, truthful and honest. It’s resulted in three marriages.


Another upcoming construct is Open from Firecracker Films, a 10pm format pitched as Married At First Sight for affairs. It features loving couples, previously monogamous, who come to an extraordinary place, where’s a


therapist with the emotional tools to open their relationships up. It’s another raw, honest look that asks a question, ‘is monogamy right for people, can open relationships thrive?’


With these big constructs, if your idea feels really pricey, Channel 4 has been emphatic that they will stretch to pay for ideas that will cut through at scale. They are increasingly paying large sums for shows that they really care about.


TROUBLE AND MISCHIEF


Basket two: trouble making and mischief. One of the things that the privatisation debate has done is to focus minds on the Channel 4 remit and purpose, what it does that other channels doesn’t do. Rape: Who’s on Trial? is one film in this vein, as is the Black to Front initiative. Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant, from Rumpus Media, is directly rude about Shell


SHOWS THE AUDIENCE LOVED


DOCUMENTARIES 24 Hours in A+E


Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause Educating Greater Manchester Inside Poundland: Secrets from the Shop Floor 24 Hours in Police Custody


FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT Gogglebox


First Dates Married at First Sight Murder Island The Great Pottery Throwdown


HOBBIES AND LEISURE Location, Location, Location


George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Grand Designs Escape to the Chateau Britain’s Most Expensive Houses


HISTORY The Queen’s Lost Family


102 Minutes that Changed America Guy Martin Battle of Britain Britain’s Most Historic Towns The Diana Interview: Truth behind the Scandal


NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE Jimmy’s Farm


How to Keep a Healthy Weight with Michael Mosley The Secret Life of the Zoo Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles Chitty Flies Again with David Walliams


CURRENT AFFAIRS Joe Lycett v The Oil Giant


Luxury Christmas for Less The Truth about Amazon Cook Clever, Waste Less with Prue and Rupy The Anti-vax Conspiracy


ARTS AND MUSIC The 100 Greatest Musicals


Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain Mo Gilligan: Black, British and Funny Grayson’s Art Club 50 Years of Men with Matt Lucas


Shows from November 2020 to October 2021 See the Televisual Factual Films at televisual.com 05


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