Channel 4 Sounds Alarm Over Sale, Warning It Could Irreversibly Damage British TV Landscape

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Hours after the UK government fired the starting gun on a process that could end with Channel 4 being privatized, the backlash has begun, with the likes of Veep creator Armando Iannucci railing against the proposals.

The UK government has put to bed months of speculation by announcing that it will launch a review to establish whether it should sell Channel 4, the British broadcaster behind hits like It’s A Sin.

Naman Ramachandran Channel 4 bosses on Tuesday came out swinging against a U.K. government bid to privatize the “Greate British Bake Off” broadcaster.The cloud of privatization — which would significantly alter the remit of Channel 4, a publicly owned not-for-profit corporation — has been hanging over the org in recent years, and was put in sharp relief Tuesday, despite the broadcaster unveiling record audiences and revenues in its annual report for 2020.Speaking to a U.K.

According to experts and royal watchers, when he returns to the UK for the late Princess Diana’s statue unveiling in July, Prince Harry will bring along his son Archie to spend time with the royal family.  The former Duke, who has been at the centre of media scrutiny following his exit from the royal family and UK last year, and then after his tell-all interview with Oprah Wifrey, will return to the UK in July to mark Princess Diana’s 60th birthday. Amidst all the tension, royal expert Duncan

Dame Joan Collins couldn’t resist taking a cheeky swipe at Piers Morgan’s Good Morning Britain exit as he tried to quiz her about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.The actress was the latest star to sit down with Piers for his biographical talk series, following her colourful life and career in the spotlight.

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Loki himself is going to read children of the UK a superhero story just before bedtime.

Zara Tindall and her husband Mike get all dressed up for the first day of the 2021 Royal Ascot at the Ascot Racecourse on Tuesday (June 15) in Ascot, England.

BBC director general Tim Davie and two of his predecessors, Tony Hall and John Birt, have eaten large helpings of humble pie under intense questioning from British lawmakers over the Princess Diana scandal.

Hello! magazine, the pair said their son had been named after the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. Camilla, 32, said: 'She was strong and courageous, and she thought about others above herself, and those are all qualities that we would want Wilding to have.

coronavirus restrictions on June 21.After figures showed that the rumoured delay could see over 5,000 events cancelled, LIVE CEO Greg Parmley says they want “transparency” from the government on the process.Parmley said: “The briefing we are seeing of a delay to our reopening later this month is devastating to the live music industry.