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Channel 4 News
Presented byKrishnan Guru-Murthy
Matt Frei
Cathy Newman
Ciaran Jenkins
Jackie Long
Fatima Manji
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time55 minutes
(Monday–Friday)
20–30 minutes(Saturday–Sunday)
Production companyITN
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release2 November 1982(1982-11-02)–
present
Related
More4 News(defunct)

Channel 4 Newsis the main news programme onBritish televisionbroadcasterChannel 4.It is produced byITN,and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982.

Current productions[edit]

Channel 4 News[edit]

Channel 4 Newsis the name ofChannel 4's main evening news programme.

The editor isEsme Wren,appointed in 2022.[1] The programme is presented byKrishnan Guru-Murthy,Cathy Newman,Matt Frei,Jackie Long andFatima Manjiand is on the air Monday to Thursday from 7:00 to 7:55 pm, Friday from 7:00 to 7:30 pm, and at variable times at weekends.Alex Thomsonis the chief correspondent.

Channel 4 Newsis among the highest-rated television programmes in the United Kingdom, winning a record fiveRoyal Television SocietyTelevision Awards in February 2006. These included TV Journalist of the Year for Jon Snow, Home News Award for the Attorney-General leak, and the International News Award for Congo's Tin Soldiers.

It won the News CoverageBritish Academy Television Awardin 2004and the 2004International Emmyfor the best news programme produced and aired outside the United States. Jon Snow won the Richard DimblebyBritish Academy Television Awardin 2005for outstanding contribution to the world of news and current affairs.

In November 2011, Liam Dutton became Channel 4's first ever weather presenter, joining fromBBC Weather.[2]The exposé ofCambridge Analyticain conjunction withThe GuardianandThe New York Timeswhich aired in 2018 was awarded aPeabody Award.[3]

In April 2021, Channel 4 and ITN announced that Snow would leave the programme after 32 years.[4]His last show was on 23 December 2021.[5]

Channel 4 News Summary[edit]

A replacement for theChannel 4 News at Noonin the 12.00 pm slot, it first aired on 21 December 2009, giving a five-minute summary of the news.

Former productions[edit]

Channel Four News at Noon[edit]

Channel Four News at Noonwas first introduced in 2003 for the duration of theIraq War,and due to its instant success, it was kept on inChannel 4's daytime schedule (except when live Horse Racing was being broadcast). It was presented byKrishnan Guru-Murthy.Prior to this bulletin, the programme in the slot wasPowerhouse,a political news programme, also produced for Channel 4 by ITN. As a consequence of the advertising slowdown during the 2009 recession, the programme was cancelled, along withMore4 Newsand replaced with the five minuteChannel 4 News Summary,the last broadcast airing on 18 December 2009.[6]

More4 News[edit]

Main article:More4 News

Aired Monday to Friday on sister channelMore4,More4 Newswas anchored bySarah Smiththen laterKylie Morris,it ran for 30 minutes, aiming to go in-depth into a certain issue. As a consequence of the advertising slowdown during the 2009 recession, the programme was cancelled, along with theChannel Four News at Noon,the last broadcast airing on 18 December 2009.[6]

On-air team[edit]

Current newscasters[edit]

Former newscasters[edit]

Correspondents/editors[edit]

General
Political
  • Gary Gibbon(Political Editor)
  • Paul McNamara (Senior Political Correspondent)
Specialist
  • Jackie Long (Social Affairs Editor)
  • Victoria Macdonald (Health and Social Care Editor)
  • Darshna Soni (Communities Editor)
  • Andy Davies (Home Affairs Correspondent)
  • Helia Ebrahimi (Economics Correspondent)
  • Ciaran Jenkins(Data Correspondent)
  • Minnie Stephenson (Culture Correspondent)
  • Ruben Reuter(Disability Correspondent)[8]
  • Jordan Jarrett-Bryan(Sports Reporter)
National
  • Clare Fallon(North of England Correspondent)
  • Kathryn Samson (Scotland Correspondent)
International
  • Lindsey Hilsum(International Editor)
  • Matt Frei(Europe Editor)
  • Secunder Kermani(Foreign Affairs Correspondent)
  • Paraic O'Brien (Foreign Affairs Correspondent)
  • Jamal Osman(Africa Correspondent)
  • Siobhan Kennedy (Washington Correspondent)
  • Guillermo Galdos (Latin America Correspondent)

Source:[9]

Weather forecaster[edit]

Years Forecaster Title Other roles
2011– Liam Dutton Weather Forecaster

Design team[edit]

Years Title
2007– Sam Wapples Head of Graphics
1989–94 Jonathan Spencer Graphic Designer
1994– Fabrizio Viani Senior Designer
1997– Mike Smith Senior Designer
1998– Ian Watkins Deputy Head of Graphics
2005– Sue Kearley-Schon Senior Designer
2012– Kevin O'Dell Senior Designer

Non-broadcast media[edit]

Channel 4 Newsalso produces a variety of non-broadcast media, including a range of journalist authored blogs to deliver insight and analysis of the news from the news team.[10]Channel 4 Newsalso producesSnowmail,a free daily email from the news reporter team, giving their personal take on the day's news agenda and behind-the-scenes newsroom goings-on.[11]

Historical roles[edit]

In 2003,Channel 4 Newsbroke the story of theDodgy Dossierwhich led to a political crisis in Britain.[12]

The story of the Conservative Party's election expenses scandal was first broken, and then pursued for over a year, byMichael Crick.[13]

In March 2018, an undercover investigation byChannel 4 Newsexplored thecampaign activitiesofCambridge Analytica.[14]

Retractions[edit]

On the evening of the2017 Westminster attack,Channel 4 Newsclaimed they were able to name the dead attacker as Abu Izzadeen, also known as Trevor Brooks. The claim was repeated byThe Independentand theDaily Mirror.However,Channel 4 Newswas forced to issue an on-air retraction during the same bulletin after Izzadeen's solicitor stated that he was alive and serving time in prison.[15]

Theme music[edit]

The music in theChannel 4 Newstitles is an orchestration of "Best Endeavours" byAlan Hawkshaw.[16]It was introduced a few months after the channel's launch, and has remained in use since its inception.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Channel 4 News Unveils 'Newsnight's' Esme Wren As Editor".deadline.2 November 2021.
  2. ^BiographyLiam Dutton
  3. ^"The Best Stories of 2018".Peabody Awards. 24 June 2019.Retrieved28 February2020.
  4. ^"Jon Snow: Iconic British News Anchor To Leave Channel 4 News After 32 Years".Deadline Hollywood.29 April 2021.Retrieved29 April2021.
  5. ^"Jon Snow bows out of Channel 4 News after 32 years".BBC News.23 December 2021.
  6. ^ab Deans, Jason (5 August 2009)."The Guardian – Channel 4 to axe News at Noon and More4 News".London.Retrieved5 August2009.
  7. ^"Kiran Moodley, Reporter".
  8. ^"Search Results for" ruben reuter "".
  9. ^"Team".
  10. ^"Channel 4 News Blogs Home".Channel 4 News.Retrieved29 September2013.
  11. ^"General Enquiries: What is Snowmail?".Channel 4.Retrieved29 September2013.
  12. ^Rush, Julian (6 February 2003)."Downing St dossier plagiarised".Channel 4 News.ITN.Retrieved13 August2014.Article includes link tovideo clipof the associatedChannel 4 Newstelevision programme.
  13. ^Ed Howker and Guy Basnett (23 March 2017)."The inside story of the Tory election scandal".The Guardian.Retrieved4 July2017.
  14. ^"Revealed: Trump's election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians".Channel 4 News. 19 March 2018.Retrieved20 March2018.
  15. ^"Channel 4 News apologise for incorrectly naming man responsible for Westminster attacks".Joe.22 March 2017.
  16. ^"Thank you for the Channel 4 News music".Channel 4 News.Channel 4. 15 December 2010.Retrieved13 August2014.
  2. Burrell, Ian (14 July 2008)."Channel 4 News: Newscasters with attitude".The Independent.London.

External links[edit]

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