Articles about Channel 4
Channel 4 stands on Tip Toe
FIRST LOOK: Channel 4 has released the first images from Tip Toe, a new drama from Russell T Davies, as filming enters its final week with stars Alan Cumming and David Morrissey.
Crossing the line
Channel 4 drama Trespasses tells a forbidden love story set against the backdrop of the Troubles in 1970s Northern Ireland. Star Tom Cullen and producer Amanda Posey discuss making the series, why Cullen was the perfect casting choice and how the actor perfected his Belfast accent.
Channel 4 meets Maya
FIRST LOOK: Filming has wrapped on Maya, an upcoming Channel 4 drama starring and written by Daisy Haggard, who also makes her directing debut on the six-part series.
Channel 4 in another Big Mood
FIRST LOOK: Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West reunite for the second season of Channel 4 comedy Big Mood, which is set to return in 2026.
Channel 4 adds more Patience
FIRST LOOK: Jessica Hynes joins the cast of Channel 4 drama Patience, which will return for a second season in early 2026.
Making waves
Storm clouds gather for the holidaymakers living together beside a Scottish loch in Channel 4’s atmospheric thriller Summerwater. Writer John Donnelly and executive producer Mike Ellen tell DQ about adapting Sarah Moss’s novel and the importance of challenging stories.
It Gets Worse for Channel 4, Crave
FIRST LOOK: Emily Fairn and Olive Gray join Leo Reich in It Gets Worse, a comedy about three friends trying to overcome the challenges of post-university life that is coming to Channel 4 in the UK and Canada’s Crave.
Channel 4 debuts Trespasses trailer
TRAILER: Lola Petticrew, Tom Cullen and Gillian Anderson star in Trespasses, an adaptation of Lousie Kennedy’s novel that is coming to Channel 4 in the UK in November.
Channel 4 identifies A Woman of Substance
FIRST LOOK: Brenda Blethyn and Jessica Reynolds play two versions of the same character in A Woman of Substance, a new adaptation of the classic novel coming to Channel 4 in 2026.
S4C follows The Light in the Hall
FIRST LOOK: Siân Reese-Williams, Mark Lewis-Jones, Nia Roberts and Robert Glenister star in the second season of Welsh drama Y Golau (The Light in the Hall), which debuts on S4C this September.
Channel 4’s In Flight takes off with Katherine Kelly
TRAILER: Katherine Kelly stars in In Flight, a new crime thriller taking off on Channel 4 in the UK on Tuesday, August 12. Watch the trailer now.
Making Dreamers come true
Dreamers creator, writer and executive producer Lisa Holdsworth explains how she found the balance between drama and authenticity in this Channel 4 drama about a group of dance students.
Channel 4 meets The Couple Next Door again
TRAILER: The Couple Next Door returns to Channel 4 for a second season on July 14, with a new story and a new cast featuring Sam Palladio, Annabel Scholey, Aggy K Adams and Sendhil Ramamurthy.
Beth foot forward
Writer and director Uzo Oleh takes DQ into the making of Beth, Channel 4’s first digital original drama commissioned for YouTube and its own linear and streaming channels, and outlines how he hopes the show can change audience perceptions of the meaning of ‘digital content.’
Katherine Kelly is In Flight for Channel 4
FIRST LOOK: Katherine Kelly plays a flight attendant caught up in a drug smuggling operation in six-part drama In Flight, coming to Channel 4 in the UK later this year.
David Harewood steps out as Channel 4’s Pierre
FIRST LOOK: David Harewood stars alongside Michele Austin and Jason Flemyng in Pierre, a Channel 4 legal drama now filming in West London.
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.