Channel 4 Reaffirms Its Remit

Channel 4 reaffirms its distinctive remit this summer with a £47 million schedule that is asking for criticism from the Daily Mail brigade. Cutting Edge, Renegade TV and a gay zone, Queer Street are just some of the shows bound to spark controversy. This summer also sees the most substantial multicultural season in the channel’s history, Indian Summer. the return of Equinox, a season about disability, another special Brookside week, a series featuring Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw and Lulu as the Brit Girls of ’60s pop and coverage of British athletics.

Channel 4 Director of Programmes John Willis comments: “We are proud to have such an eclectic and wide-ranging mix of programmes, from the eagerly-awaited third series of Friends to a series exploring the Roots of Evil amidst seemingly normal people. The new science fiction quiz, Space Cadets, may jokingly claim to boldly go where no panel game has gone before, but the season confirms a wider, more serious truth: Channel 4 regularly does go where no channel has dared to tread before, or since, with many projects, from Indian Summer to Renegade TV, that it would be hard to imagine on any other channel.”