I know, it would be more Channel 4 if they put boobs on them.
Yes! Now you're talking!
Seriously though, that transparent blocks idea would be good though. I can imagine them being translucent almost, so that we can still see it properly (rather than seeing through it completely), and there would be a nice effect with the lights. We're on a roll tonight!
OK, if the 4 was covered in tits, would the back of it be covered in arses?
It's being changed a few times over the next year. I assume after that it'll be removed - which I think is for the best as Horseferry Road doesn't need a big C4 logo stuck in front of it!
Presentation wise there is a new celebrity ad about links to the literacy campaign, with various C4 people telling us their favourite letter - though this time they're in that forest of letters as seen in the other ads.
Listings now out for the week leading up to the big day - Friday 2nd November - when C4 itself begins to mark the occassion:
C4: Fri 2nd Nov
2:55pm COUNTDOWN: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY
At 4.45pm on Tuesday 2 November 1982, Britain's new TV channel launched with Countdown , a fast-moving game of letters and numbers, in which contestants race against the clock to pit their wits with vo
wels, consonants and numbers. Another chance to see this first episode, presented by Richard Whiteley, the first face to appear on Channel 4, and featuring 21-year-old Carol Vorderman from Leeds, who had just graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in Civil Engineering, and Dictionary Corner guest Ted Moult.
3:25pm COUNTDOWN: 25TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL
The first ever programme to be transmitted on Channel 4 has reached a truly momentous milestone; Countdown , the nation's favourite words and numbers game, celebrates its 25th anniversary on Friday 2 November with a one-off birthday special. Presented by Des O'Connor and Carol Vorderman, the programme features a host of birthday surprises including birthday wishes from celebrity fans including Terry Wogan, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Patrick Moore, Lord Richard Attenborough and some familiar faces from the nation's favourite soap operas. To mark this historic achievement, an exhibition match takes place between two of the very best and most memorable players from the programme's 25-year history. Chris Wills, a viewers' favourite, competes against 16-year-old Conor Travers, who became the series's youngest ever champion at just 14.
10:00pm THE BIG FAT ANNIVERSARY QUIZ
Can you name all four of the Sex and the City girls? Can you remember why Ollie Reed was booted off After Dark ? Can you remember how Pob used to write his name? If you know the answers to questions like these, then be sure to join host Jimmy Carr and celebrity team-mates Frank Skinner, Jack Dee, Alan Carr, David Mitchell, Carol Vorderman and Richard Ayoade for a special edition of Channel 4's legendary annual star-studded entertainment fest, The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz . As the celebrities battle it out to see who remembers most about the last 25 years of Channel 4, they'll be visited by a string of secret and seriously A-list guests to help them along, including Ricky Gervais, Jonathan Ross, Quentin Tarantino and Vic Reeves. Which team will be crowned the champions, winning not only the trophy but the chance to prove themselves worthy in the return of one of the most fondly remembered climaxes to a Channel 4 show? So sit back with your friends and family, play along at home and see how your scores measure up!
More4
Saturday 27 October 2007
11:05pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25 : JAKE'S PROGRESS 2/6
Alan Bleasdale's tragi-comedy continues on More4 this week with five bumper episodes detailing a family in crisis.
Saturday 27 October 2007
1:10am
CHANNEL 4 AT 25 : AFTER DARK
To mark 25 years of Channel 4, an opportunity to enjoy again arguably one of the channel's most innovative broadcasting experiments: the open-ended late night discussion show, After Dark, presented by the late Anthony Wilson.
Tuesday 30 October 2007
11:05pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: TREASURE HUNT
From Christmas 1982, the first ever episode of Channel 4's memorable action packed adventure quiz show Treasure Hunt. The location for the sky-high treasure trail in this debut episode is Bali.
Wednesday 31 October 2007
11:00pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: BIG BROTHER
To celebrate 25 years of Channel 4 another chance to see that most notorious broadcast of that most notorious reality TV show of all. From August 2000, and the first series of Big Brother, the episode when Nasty Nick's Machiavellian mischief was finally uncovered around the kitchen table and he soon after faced eviction and ignominy.
Thursday 1 November 2007
11:00pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: CHEERS: One for the Road
A rare chance to catch the extended final episode of Cheers , as the last beer is pulled and the last bar snack munched.
Also on Saturday at 9pm on More4 is a repeat of the C4 at 25 documentary.
10:00pm THE BIG FAT ANNIVERSARY QUIZ
Can you name all four of the Sex and the City girls? Can you remember why Ollie Reed was booted off After Dark ? Can you remember how Pob used to write his name? If you know the answers to questions like these, then be sure to join host Jimmy Carr and celebrity team-mates
Frank Skinner, Jack Dee, Alan Carr, David Mitchell, Carol Vorderman and Richard Ayoade
for a special edition of Channel 4's legendary annual star-studded entertainment fest, The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz . As the celebrities battle it out to see who remembers most about the last 25 years of Channel 4, they'll be visited by a string of secret and seriously A-list guests to help them along, including Ricky Gervais, Jonathan Ross, Quentin Tarantino and Vic Reeves. Which team will be crowned the champions, winning not only the trophy but the chance to prove themselves worthy in the return of one of the most fondly remembered climaxes to a Channel 4 show? So sit back with your friends and family, play along at home and see how your scores measure up!
My God this sounds incredible! Really looking forward to this! The countdown stuff sounds good too.
I loved the 2006 one - especially the 'Peep Scarf' bit. It's all on Youtube. Definately worth watching. Noel Fielding and Russell Brand are so funny! I will be setting my video (yes, that's right, one with an actual tape).
It's no secret here I'm a fan of C4 - but without Channel 4 there would probably have been no Ricky Gervais, and that might just have been a sacrifice worth making!
It's no secret here I'm a fan of C4 - but without Channel 4 there would probably have been no Ricky Gervais, and that might just have been a sacrifice worth making!
Ricky Gervais ain't that bad, saw him Live in March doing his Fame tour, and he was far funnier as a stand-up, anyway that's not the point.
If it wasn't for The 11 O'Clock Show then we wouldn't have Ricky Gervais nor would we have Sascha Baron Cohen/Ali G/Borat really, and look how much both people have had influence in Comedy and Movies in the last five years or so.
