The Latest Breaking News from Ian Katz

Channel 4 buys painting by Hitler – and may let Jimmy Carr destroy it

Ian Katz says new show celebrates the channel’s tradition of ‘iconoclasm and irreverence’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022

Bake Off team whip up fresh keyboard stars in new TV contest – with a secret

Claudia Winkleman will host The Piano, which poses as a documentary to take undiscovered keyboard talent all the way to a London concert finale

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2022

Channel 4 boss blasts 'depressing' return of Big Brother as 'microwave moment in TV'

Big Brother is set to return to our screens next year after finding a new home on ITV2, with the boss of Channel 4 labelling the reboot as 'depressing' for TV

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

Channel 4 working on new ITN deal as bosses fight privatisation plan

Government increasingly annoyed by broadcaster’s tactics in ‘phoney war’ before potential sale

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022

‘Vital’ that Government plans are ‘rigorously scrutinised’, says Channel 4 boss

Channel 4’s chief content officer was speaking at the Wales Screen Summit in Cardiff.

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Jimmy Carr to return for new series of Channel 4 show despite fury over Holocaust joke

Jimmy Carr will return to host game show I Literally Just Told You on Channel 4 following controversy surrounding a joke that he had made during a stand-up special on Netflix

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2022