From our latest issue no.121 - 40 Years of Channel 4
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Channel 4 at 40
7th December 2022
John Ellis reflects on the recent conference held at the BFI- Channel 4, Then and Now, where he was also keynote speaker. The blog gives a detailed overview of the conference and links to various discussions from the programme makers, academics and historians who presented at the two day event.
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Beyond the Snowman: Channel 4 and Christmas Broadcasting
7th December 2022
Joanne Knowles examines a selection of Christmas content from Channel 4’s schedules from 1982 to the present – from the created tradition of The Snowman to the Alternative Christmas Message - and also its general scheduling in relation to areas for which it has become known, such as controversial documentaries, arthouse and mainstream film.
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The Channel 4 Daily and Channel 4 News in War and Peace, 1989-92
7th December 2022
James Gow looks back on Channel 4 News and the Channel 4 Daily, which represented a fresh and full approach to coverage of foreign affairs and war at a crucial juncture in history.
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Sunday Sunday Here Again: Indian Cinema on Channel 4
7th December 2022
Dipali Das discusses the Indian Film Season on Channel 4, curated by the director of Movie Mahal, Nasreen Munni Kabir, as well as recounting her memories of accessing Indian cinema in the 1980s.
More from Issue 121
- Editors' Note: 40 Years of Channel 4
- Long Lost Movies: Old Films on Channel 4
- A Call for Solidarity-Focused Programming
- Visions of Other Cinemas: International Film and the Early Days of Channel 4
- Cinema Action and Channel 4
- ‘4 All the UK’: The Policies and Politics of Relocation
- Channel 4 and its Remit: Defining Difference
- The role of early Channel 4 commissions in the development of the freelance film and television workforce in Scotland
- Channel 4 and Woke Neoliberalism
- What was that channel for? Remembering the origins of Channel 4
- Sunday Sunday Here Again: Indian Cinema on Channel 4
- Beyond the Snowman: Channel 4 and Christmas broadcasting
- The Channel 4 Daily and Channel 4 News in War and Peace, 1989-92
- Channel 4 at 40
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