Articles about Channel 4
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.
Bridget Christie brings more Change to Channel 4
Bridget Christie’s Channel 4 comedy The Change will return for a second season, with the comedian back on board to write and star.
Hulu introduces Queenie
TRAILER: Here’s Dionne Brown as Queenie, the titular character in a series based on Candice Carty-Williams’ novel of the same name. It debuts in the US on Hulu on June 7.
We Are Lady Parts return to the stage for C4, Peacock
For those about to rock, here’s the first look at season two of We Are Lady Parts, coming to Channel 4 and Peacock in the US in May.
Channel 4 prepares for The Gathering
Vinette Robinson, Warren Brown, Richard Coyle, Sadie Soverall and newcomer Eva Morgan star in The Gathering, a new thriller coming soon to Channel 4. Here’s the trailer.
Channel 4 prepares The Gathering
FIRST LOOK: Warren Brown, Vinette Robinson, Sadie Soverall and Eva Morgan lead The Gathering, a six-part thriller coming soon to Channel 4.
To Hull with it
Fable Pictures creative director Hannah Farrell outlines how Channel 4 series Hullraisers balances the portrayal of real-life problems facing its three central protagonists with moments of outlandish, heightened comedy.