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Since 1982, Channel 4 has been investing in cult sitcoms and cutting edge comedy projects. As a result, it has broadcast many of the darker and more controversial comedies in our database, programmes like Nathan Barley and Brass Eye. Over the years C4 has created a number of hit sitcoms - these include Father Ted, Spaced, Black Books, Peep Show, The IT Crowd and Green Wing. However, C4 has also done 'mainstream' with shows like 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Balls Of Steel and Star Stories in its catalogue.
List of Channel 4 productions
Current C4 comedy formats
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Big Boys
Disability Benefits
Everyone Else Burns
I Literally Just Told You
Taskmaster
The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything
The Change
The Horne Section TV Show
The Last Leg
The Windsors
Formats in development for C4
Coming To England
Entitled
Foodmaster
Generation Z
James Acaster: People Person
Kriss Kross
Legends Of Comedy With Lenny Henry
Make That Movie!
People Watching
The Late Night Munyaverse
The Really Really Rude Puppet Show
Tick Tock
Recent news linked to C4
Big Boys returning for Series 3
Tuesday 11th June 2024
Big Boys is returning for a third series, with production on further episodes of Jack Rooke's hit sitcom now underway.
James Acaster pilots "raucous" game show People Person for Channel 4
Monday 10th June 2024
James Acaster is piloting James Acaster: People Person, a "raucous and energetic" Channel 4 game show in which a panel of comedians try to answer probing questions about members of the public, and will be releasing multiple versions of his next special, based on his stand-up show Hecklers Welcome.
Taskmaster Series 18 line-up revealed
Thursday 30th May 2024
Andy Zaltzman, Babatunde Aléshé, Emma Sidi, Jack Dee and Rosie Jones will take part in Series 18 of Taskmaster, which is coming to Channel 4 later this year.
Taskmaster to go behind-the-scenes with new specials
Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Channel 4 is to air Taskmasterclass, a series of hour-long Taskmaster specials in which Greg Davies and Alex Horne, with the help of former contestants, lift the lid on the "best, worst and somewhat middling tasks".
'My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom' to air on Channel 4
Thursday 16th May 2024
Channel 4 is to air a "bold and moving" documentary which follows comedian Mark O'Sullivan as he writes and directs a studio audience sitcom about the sexual abuse he survived as a child.
Channel 4's 2024 Comedy Blaps revealed
Thursday 16th May 2024
Channel 4 has released Comedy Blap pilot Peaked, and announced projects are coming from Josh Pugh, Amy Gledhill and Ola Labib.
Steve Coogan, Sarah Solemani working on Chivalry 2 but Channel 4 pass
Friday 10th May 2024
Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani are developing a second series of their Hollywood-set #MeToo comedy drama Chivalry but it will not be returning to Channel 4.
Bridget Christie's The Change to return for Series 2
Tuesday 7th May 2024
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of The Change, the comedy series written by and starring Bridget Christie.
Hullraisers ends after two series
Monday 29th April 2024
Channel 4 has declined to order a third series of Hullraisers, the sitcom starring Leah Brotherhead, Taj Atwal and Sinead Matthews as three working class women living and working in Hull.
The Windsors put "on hold" by Channel 4 after King's cancer diagnosis
Friday 19th April 2024
The Windsors has been put "on hold" Channel 4 has confirmed to British Comedy Guide, with sensitivities around senior Royals' health reportedly mooted as the reason.
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