Articles about Channel 4
Keeley Hawes, Paapa Essiedu start Falling for Channel 4
FIRST LOOK: Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu have started filming Falling, a love story written by Jack Thorne (Adolescence, Help) coming soon to Channel 4.
Channel 4 takes a dip with Summerwater
FIRST LOOK: Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson and Valene Kane have completed filming Scottish drama Summerwater, a six-part series based on the book by Sarah Moss that is coming soon to the UK’s Channel 4.
Channel 4 follows its Dreamers
FIRST LOOK: Dreamers is a six-part dance school drama coming soon to Channel 4, featuring characters inspired by true stories of people from the UK city of Leeds.
Channel 4 welcomes new Couple Next Door
FIRST LOOK: Annabel Scholey, Sam Palladio, Aggy K Adams and Sedhil Ramamurthy star in season two of Channel 4’s dark psychological drama The Couple Next Door, which features a brand new cast and story once again set in a claustrophobic cul-de-sac.
Lost in Kingston
Get Millie Black screenwriter Marlon James joins stars Tamara Lawrance and Joe Dempsie to dissect this five-part crime noir about a former London cop who returns to her Jamaican homeland, revealing their emotional ties to the story and explaining how the series reassesses its setting.
Channel 4 hopes to Get Millie Black
TRAILER: Channel 4 has released a teaser for its upcoming original drama Get Millie Black, which will launch soon in the UK following its debut last year on HBO in the US.
Channel 4 arranges farewell for Big Boys
TRAILER: Channel 4 comedy Big Boys will end with its upcoming third season, which is set to launch in February.
Channel 4 introduces Brian & Maggie
TRAILER: Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter are Brian & Maggie in the upcoming Channel 4 drama about Brian Walden’s final TV interview with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Zings and a prayer
Everyone Else Burns creators Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor join star Kate O’Flynn to discuss making the second season of the Channel 4 comedy, being inspired by US sitcoms and creating room for improvisation on set.
Channel 4 wants more Change
FIRST LOOK: Bridget Christie’s comedy The Change returns to Channel 4 for a second season in 2025.
Fresh wheat
Generation Z writer-director Ben Wheatley tells DQ about the journey to make his first original television series, his unique approach to filming the six-parter and why the story is more than a zombie horror.
Channel 4, HBO partner to Get Millie Black
FIRST LOOK: Tamara Lawrance takes the title lead in Get Millie Black, a crime noir series based on Marlon James’s novel of the same name. It will debut on HBO on November 25 and on Channel 4 in 2025.
Unusual Suspect
Eagle Eye Drama’s Jo McGrath and writer Joy Wilkinson sit down with DQ to discuss the return of Channel 4 thriller Suspect, building its starry cast and why its unique structure is rooted in the theatre.
Class clash
Actors Eva Morgan and Vinette Robinson reflect on making Channel 4 whodunnit thriller The Gathering, their shared passion for the Liverpool-set project and the importance of its working-class representation.
Channel 4 identifies new Suspect
TRAILER: Anne-Marie Duff and Dominic Cooper star in the second season of Channel 4 drama Suspect, which will air in the UK this summer.
Channel 4 meets Patience
FIRST LOOK: Filming has wrapped on a new Channel 4 drama called Patience, which is based on the French crime series Astrid & Raphaëlle.
Manifesting Malala
The return of We Are Lady Parts for a second season about the titular Muslim punk band brought with it a standout cameo from Malala Yousafzai. Series creator Nida Manzoor explains how a song title led to the activist arriving on set for a western-themed music sequence.
Cops and rockers
Lucie Shorthouse is currently starring in two primetime series, but they couldn’t be more different. She discusses becoming a detective for Rebus and returning to the beat of music comedy We Are Lady Parts for its second season.
Party people
After the Party’s award-winning star Robyn Malcolm and producer Helen Bowden reflect on the moral storm swirling at the centre of this New Zealand drama and explain how they worked to keep viewers on edge until its conclusion.
Coming together
Ahead of the launch of The Gathering, writer Helen Walsh speaks to DQ about creating the authentic world seen in her first television series, viewing its characters from multiple perspectives and why this story needs to be told today.