Maverick CEO and Executive Producer Simon Knight gives an insight into the exciting world of factual television production and his extreme Channel 4 reality show Escape. He shares his experiences travelling around the world developing the extreme survival show, including a very close encounter swimming with crocodiles...
In the first episode of the three-part series, Chris and Xand Van Tulleken explore the latest research into how humans grow and the dramatic changes the body goes through.
The twins uncover why humans experience childhood longer than any other creature on Earth, and look at the incredible power of breast milk.
What would you do if your plane crashed into a light aircraft in the middle of the desert? How would you escape?
This is the task facing Ant Middleton (SAS: Who Dares Win) and a team of real-life engineers in Channel 4's bold new series Escape.
The series follows a group of skilled engineers stranded at a crash site away from any sort of civilisation. Each episode will see a new team of engineers in a different and dangerous terrain, from the desert to a glacier.
The three-day Convention featured keynotes from James Murdoch, Ofcom chief Sharon White and the Secretary of State Karen Bradley MP, as well as some lively panel discussions.
Watch highlights from the event below, or scroll down to watch the sessions in full. You can read more about this year's RTS Cambridge in the October issue of Television magazine.
The highly anticipated second series revisits Doctor Gemma Foster two years on from when it was dramatically revealed that her husband Simon (Bertie Carvel) was having an affair with the much younger Kate (Jodie Comer).
The writer-director argued that TV drama, when he entered the industry as a BBC trainee in 1980, “held a mirror up to society.
“I’ve just carried on doing what was prevalent when I started. It’s just everything else that has shifted. It’s like the tide has withdrawn and left me on this little island.”
Kosminsky, who was interviewed by Channel 4 News reporter Fatima Manji, argued that “television is an incredibly powerful medium”. But, he added, “most of the time we use it for escapist tosh.
Channel 4 have announced a slate of new commissions including a period thriller, gender-based documentary and a four-part series with Grayson Perry, as well as the return of laugh-out-loud comedy Friday Night Dinner.
Channel 4 has commissioned Genderquake (w/t), a 90 minute one-off programme to look at gender-fluidity in the UK. Gender-fluidity has made its way into public consciousness and the programme will explore why this is happening.
This year’s diverse batch of contestants features a cancer survivor, a banker, an ex Army Officer and an architect competing to take home The Great British Bake Off crown.
Student Liam is the youngest contestant in this year’s group and at the other end of the spectrum is the show’s oldest contestant to date - 71 year old retiree Flo.
The contestants will not be the only new additions to the show; presenters Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig will join new judge Prue Leith and GBBO original Paul Hollywood for the show’s debut on Channel 4.
Jamie Oliver is back with a feast of quick and easy recipes that contain just five ingredients for those in a hurry to fit into their busy schedules.
His new flash dishes range from rib-eye steak, to egg and mango chutney flatbreads, to a delicious plate of scallops with black pudding, mashed potatoes and peas.
Based on the award-winning bestseller by Margaret Atwood, the show revolves around life in totalitarian dystopia Gilead, in what was formerly the United States. The show has been praised by audiences and critics, and was described as “the most timely show on television” by The Evening Standard.
