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Channel 4 wins Channel of the year

(January 2006)

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OH
ohwhatanight Founding member
Congratulations to Channel 4. It is a very distinct channel and has had a great year in the ratings war!

I wonder if they would've got the award if their schedule didn't include acquired programmes like Lost and Desperate Housewives?

Also how does this affect S4C?
CY
cylon6
ohwhatanight posted:
Congratulations to Channel 4. It is a very distinct channel and has had a great year in the ratings war!

I wonder if they would've got the award if their schedule didn't include acquired programmes like Lost and Desperate Housewives?

Also how does this affect S4C?


But remember they had home grown hits like Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, Jamie's School Dinners, Supernanny and Location, Location, Location as well.
MD
Mr D'Arcy
Channel 4 has improved a great deal in the last year, still far too many tacky programmes, the one about penises comes to mind! Let's hope they drop the crud and continue to bring back the quality!

Looking forward to the Paul O'Grady show and Noel Edmonds at prime time. I wonder who else they will bag this year?
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
Channel 4 always has a great mix of programmes and definitely deserves such a great reward for its outstanding success in the past year.

I have always enjoyed Channel 4! Very Happy
AL
alisterj
Juicy Joe posted:
Channel 4 always has a great mix of programmes and definitely deserves such a great reward for its outstanding success in the past year.

I have always enjoyed Channel 4! Very Happy


Same here !!!! Well done Channel 4 Cool
JA
jay Founding member
As has been said before, this was a thoroughly deserved win for Channel 4, and about time too.

I was thinking that it's actually amazing how many programmes I enjoy on Channel 4 - a much higher number than for other broadcasters. E4 and More4 (although I don't actually watch anything on More4) make the ideal companions too.

With excellent shows like Hollyoaks, Big Brother, Supernanny, Deal or no Deal, Shameless, The Friday Night Project, Countdown, Desperate Housewives, Lost, and more... Channel 4 is only going to grow bigger and better than it already is.
CO
Conan-san
jay posted:
As has been said before, this was a thoroughly deserved win for Channel 4, and about time too.

I was thinking that it's actually amazing how many programmes I enjoy on Channel 4 - a much higher number than for other broadcasters. E4 and More4 (although I don't actually watch anything on More4) make the ideal companions too.

With excellent shows like Hollyoaks, Big Brother, Supernanny, Deal or no Deal, Shameless, The Friday Night Project, Countdown, Desperate Housewives, Lost, and more... Channel 4 is only going to grow bigger and better than it already is.
I agreed with your statement right up untill you mentioned Big Brother...but then started to agree with it when you mentioned Supernanny.
BR
Brekkie
Talking of Lost - I personally gave up about half way through because I was fed up of one episode being great, the next being utter crap.


It is due to begin this year alongside Big Brother in May, though probably in a new slot.

I'm thinking the nature of Lost though would mean it would work quite well airing over consequtive nights, possibly filling the Big Brother slot at the end of the summer.
AN
all new Phil
TVF posted:
Channel 4 has improved a great deal in the last year, still far too many tacky programmes, the one about penises comes to mind! Let's hope they drop the crud and continue to bring back the quality!

Why is that tacky? It's a programme that I'm sure many will want to watch - for god's sake we have to endure plastic surgery on ITV during the day. Programmes like this prove even more why Channel 4 were right to win this award - they take risks and are willing to show what others daren't.
MD
Mr D'Arcy
all new Phil posted:
TVF posted:
Channel 4 has improved a great deal in the last year, still far too many tacky programmes, the one about penises comes to mind! Let's hope they drop the crud and continue to bring back the quality!

Why is that tacky? It's a programme that I'm sure many will want to watch - for god's sake we have to endure plastic surgery on ITV during the day. Programmes like this prove even more why Channel 4 were right to win this award - they take risks and are willing to show what others daren't.


Channel 4 was always a risk taker, you only have to see the diversity of programming on its first night to work that out.

I'm just saying there is still a fair slice of tack on at the moment, which includes 10 Years Younger which also features plastic surgery!
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Yes, with Big Brother out of the way from next week, we have delights such as "How to Divorce without Screwing up Your Children", "Extraordinary Breast Feeding", "Chopped Off : The Man Who Lost his Penis" and "The Worlds Biggest Penis" to look forward to next week.

All very highbrow.
GR
gregmc
Square Eyes posted:
Yes, with Big Brother out of the way from next week, we have delights such as "How to Divorce without Screwing up Your Children", "Extraordinary Breast Feeding", "Chopped Off : The Man Who Lost his Penis" and "The Worlds Biggest Penis" to look forward to next week.

All very highbrow.


A few members in my household went as red as the flaming bbc news globe when those adverts aired during CBB Laughing

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