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Sacha Baron Cohen takes on Trump in C4's Who is America?

Starting next week on Channel 4, Who Is America?, Baron Cohen’s first television series for over a decade, sees him take on the president of the US, rekindling an enmity that began with a 2003 Ali G interview.  

Years later Trump later took to YouTube in the curious vlog series ‘From the Desk of Donald Trump’ to tell Baron Cohen to “go to school [and] learn about being funny.”

Well, now Baron Cohen has graduated from funny school – or rather the Trump University as a video he tweeted in early July suggests.

Take That’s Howard Donald to present new Channel 4 motoring show

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The series will see two teams of amateur car fanatics, led by Donald and Franchitti competing for the chance to drive away their dream car. The only catch? They’ll have to rebuild it first.

Petrol-head Donald famously gave up his job as a panel beater to find fame and fortune with boyband Take That in 1989. He is also know for his extensive collection of classic cars.

Matt Berry sitcom among new Channel 4 commissions

Year of the Rabbit features Detective Inspector Rabbit (Berry), a reckless heavy-drinking (Victorian) London cop, and his hapless ineffectual partner, played by Freddie Fox (Cucumber, Parade’s End).

While the pair investigate a local murder, the tough-talking and insightful adoptive daughter of the chief of police (Susan Wokoma – Chewing Gum, Crazyhead) joins them – incidentally becoming the nation’s first female officer.

Channel 4 and Vice join forces in new major partnership

The programming will feature new and old content including documentary series Hate Thy Neighbour, Needles and Pins and Gaycation, fashion series States Of Undress, and a current affairs and news strand.

The content will feature in a Vice branded hub on Channel 4's on-demand streaming service All 4 and will be the first time it has hosted content from a non-Channel 4 brand. It follows an initial third party licensing agreement between Vice and Channel 4 which saw four titles available for a limited time on the All 4 platform earlier this year.