Channel 4, a list by Melody

7.6

/350/

66

/36/

63

/3/

Twelve famous faces embark on one of the toughest tests of their lives, for Stand Up To Cancer. And Ant Middleton and his instructors are making no allowances for their celebrity status.

53

36

4.6

/4740/

64

/62/

50

/66/

The daily soap that follows the loves, lives and misdemeanours of a group of people living in the Chester village of Hollyoaks where anything could, and frequently does, happen...

75

72

IMDb 59

7.5

/6267/

71

/302/

75

/42/

88

/17/

77

66

/13/

age 13+

Patience Evans works in a clerical role filing police records. An autistic woman, she has a special interest in solving puzzles and a secret fascination and talent for criminology—her unique perspective allows her to connect the dots through clues in a way others simply cannot.

75

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7.8

/133/

74

/19/

A gripping series with extraordinary access to the police as they investigate murders and search for missing people.

72

58

7.4

/3239/

75

/293/

69

/27/

Gogglebox is an entertaining television review programme in which some of Britain's most opinionated and avid telly viewers comment freely on the best and worst television shows of the past week, from the comfort of their sofas.

NEW

65

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8.0

/35/

65

/15/

51

/5/

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an informative and entertaining manner. Michael Faraday initiated the first Christmas Lecture series in 1825. This came at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. Faraday presented a total of nineteen series in all.

71

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5.8

/106/

55

/6/

100

/1/

Tom Daley hosts as amateur knitters knock needles to impress judges Di Gilpin and Shelia Greenwell. Who can stitch without a glitch to become the UK’s first TV knitting champion?

71

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7.6

/170/

70

/34/

68

/4/

Every year the Royal Institute of British Architects looks for the best new home in Britain, and this time Grand Designs is along for the ride

70

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5.1

/367/

61

/13/

100

/2/

Set against the backdrop of a remote loch-side Scottish holiday cabin park and set over the course of one single rainy summer’s day, Summerwater looks at the simmering tensions between holidaymakers that eventually erupt into a devastating climax.

77

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8.4

/137/

68

/11/

86

/5/

Unreported World is a foreign affairs programme produced by Quicksilver Media Productions and broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Over the course of its twenty-four series, reporters have travelled all over the world in an attempt to uncover stories usually ignored by the world media.

55

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5.9

/494/

61

/82/

46

/7/

Working with leading relationship experts, eight British singles are carefully match-made into four married couples, who each meet each other - for the very first time - at their wedding. We'll follow them as they marry, honeymoon, meet the in-laws and set up home, all the while getting to know one another more and more deeply, to see if the matchmakers have got it right and they will have a future together.

75

33

7.2

/1146/

72

/31/

68

/5/

Letterboxd

3.6

/324/

90

/10/

When young Catholic teacher Cushla falls for a married Protestant man, their secret passion ignites a dangerous love that defies the Troubles divide.

78

75

8.5

/3790/

79

/412/

71

/54/

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

54

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56

/12/

53

/3/

The show that gives fans another bite of Bake Off when one helping just isn't enough. Jo Brand chats to a panel of celebrities about all the action, and meets the latest baker to leave the tent.

71

22

7.3

/750/

72

/101/

68

/13/

A real-life thriller where 14 ordinary people go on the run from a team of expert hunters.

69

15

7.1

/402/

76

/29/

62

/16/

Four pairs of B&B owners from across Britain take it in turns as hosts to decide which of their establishments provides the best value for money.

66

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6.7

/502/

68

/28/

67

/6/

No floorboard is left unturned as dynamic property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help house-hunters find the perfect home in the perfect location.

66

50

7.0

/2505/

67

/86/

56

/16/

71

/7/

72

63

/5/

Sharon Roberts has never stopped grieving the loss of her murdered daughter, Ela, and journalist Cat, who grew up with Ela, has always been obsessed by her murder. The parole of her killer, Joe, leaves both women forced to confront the past.

76

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7.9

/216/

66

/20/

85

/2/

Educating … is a British documentary television programme produced by Twofour for Channel 4 that has run since 2011. It uses a fly on the wall format to show the everyday lives of the staff and students of various secondary schools around the UK; interspersed with interviews of those involved and featuring narration from the director and interviewer, David Clews. Filmed on location at schools in Harlow, Dewsbury, Walthamstow, Cardiff and Salford respectively, there have been seven series to date: Educating Essex (2011), Educating Yorkshire (2013), Educating the East End (2014), Educating Cardiff (2015), Educating Greater Manchester 1 & 2 (2017 and 2020) and Educating Yorkshire 2 (2025).

66

11

6.6

/270/

65

/23/

67

/12/

Dispatches is the British TV current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation.

59

12

5.7

/1040/

57

/61/

65

/4/

age 15+

David Mitchell and Robert Webb combine forces with a host of exciting and innovative future stars. Will it result in a lot of funny, inventive, and very sweary sketch comedy? That is entirely a matter of opinion!

59

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5.1

/153/

69

/13/

Thirteen strangers are summoned to a grand stately home. They are there to compete for part of the fortune left in the will of The Deceased, a fabulously glamourous benefactor played by Elizabeth Hurley.

60

22

6.2

/1592/

60

/19/

60

/19/

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

78

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8.7

/564/

77

/39/

72

/6/

Set inside Wood Green, The Animals Charity, where staff are committed to matching their homeless dogs with hopeful dog owners.

71

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7.0

/353/

64

/25/

80

/2/

How much can we trust our justice system? This landmark experiment follows the restaging of a real-life murder trial in front of two juries of ordinary people. Will they reach the same verdict?

69

30

7.2

/1314/

72

/94/

64

/23/

Interactive dating experiment in which real dates are filmed, and then viewers get the chance to apply to date the unsuccessful participants the following week.

70

37

6.3

/1254/

70

/59/

47

/10/

100

/9/

When her teenage son is jailed for murder in Bulgaria, flight attendant Jo enters a murky world of drug smuggling and will stop at nothing to save him.

77

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7.8

/346/

74

/35/

80

/5/

The incredible inside story of a huge police operation to infiltrate dangerous global crime gangs through their encrypted phone network. Operation Dark Phone : Murder by Text is the inside story the biggest ever joint law enforcement operation against a global network of organised crime groups who believed their encrypted phones were safe. Until a collaboration between international authorities - led in the UK by the National Crime Agency - managed to hack their phones to reveal the astonishing details of their messages. For the first time since the EncroChat network was infiltrated in 2020, the messages sent and the criminals exposed are exclusively revealed in a four part documentary series that tells the story in compelling and shocking detail. For 74 frantic days the authorities could read all the messages and sought to save lives and bring down the gangs, before the criminals realised their data was being captured.

77

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65

/75/

90

/2/

Teams of professional pastry chefs do battle in the kitchen.

55

51

5.8

/5181/

59

/209/

58

/43/

Letterboxd

3.1

/378/

60

/20/

45

55

/17/

age 16+

Evie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka, but after Danny and Evie share a passionate night together there is trouble ahead.

59

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4.9

/335/

56

/19/

74

/5/

Emilia Fox and Professor David Wilson, Britain's leading criminologist, investigate famous unsolved murder cases. By visiting the scenes of the crimes and reinvestigating the evidence, they attempt to get to the bottom of what really happened.

67

19

6.6

/643/

70

/68/

66

/16/

A rolling cast of famous faces, some of Britain's best loved personalities, turn their hand to being the country's most opinionated viewers, sharing their opinions on what they have been watching during the week.

44

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4.7

/283/

56

/10/

30

/1/

Comedy with Rosie Jones. When Emily's benefits are cut, an old friend offers her a job dealing drugs. Because no one would ever suspect a nice young woman with cerebral palsy to be shifting cocaine...

53

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5.7

/134/

65

/14/

42

/4/

Committed couples come to a luxury retreat to explore whether having open relationships and sex with other people can strengthen their bond.

73

22

8.2

/617/

72

/68/

67

/19/

age 15+

A British medical documentary set in King's College Hospital. 91 cameras filmed round the clock for 28 days, 24 hours a day in A&E it offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments.

70

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7.6

/84/

77

/14/

57

/3/

Ten thousand revellers pack Brighton’s clubs and pubs every weekend, and as the sun goes down and the lights come up, the number of assaults, sexual violence, anti-social behaviour, drug-related incidents and hate crime goes through the roof – and for the Night Coppers of Brighton, policing this city after dark is one hell of a ride.

64

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6.6

/532/

60

/53/

68

/5/

Alex Horne steps out of Greg Davies' shadow as he gets the chance to host his own late-night chat show with his loyal band. But will all go to plan in this mash-up of comedy, celebs, music and mayhem?

50

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6.2

/225/

50

/18/

40

/2/

More people are remaining virgins for longer, but now 12 courageous adult virgins embark on a unique intimacy course, at a luxury Mediterranean retreat, to overcome their intimacy anxiety.

72

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7.5

/36/

81

/11/

60

/2/

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Guy Martin gets on his bike to explore Vietnam’s past, present and future.

70

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8.2

/156/

73

/16/

57

/5/

The Piano is a new talent show that will profile the best amateur pianists in the UK, performing on pianos at four stations around the country. Unbeknownst to the contestants, it's not just a documentary: it's also a competition. The contestants are secretly being judged, and the four best of them - one from each station - will perform at the Royal Festival Hall to an audience of thousands in the final episode.

82

62

7.4

/1798/

69

/72/

71

/21/

96

/18/

100

82

/10/

Linda finds a new lease on life when she learns that she's experiencing menopause. So she heads to the forest on a journey of self-discovery.

74

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7.7

/421/

72

/69/

74

/9/

Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.

67

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6.9

/252/

65

/19/

68

/6/

12 strangers will spend 19 days in paradise. Arriving with basic survival gear the group will think they have what it takes to become heroes of the latest reality adventure show. But in order to win the substantial cash prize they will have to resist the temptation to spend any of it, in the ultimate test of willpower.

61

33

6.5

/2541/

68

/56/

50

/31/

age 15+

Amateur chefs compete against each other by hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a £1,000 cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and "bitingly sarcastic" narration.

71

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7.2

/201/

68

/15/

75

/4/

Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp go head to head as they battle it out to convince homeowners to either sell their home or refurbish it.

71

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7.6

/105/

64

/25/

74

/5/

At a time of increased global tension, this new series has unprecedented access to the fighter jets, war planes and service personnel at RAF Lossiemouth.

77

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7.9

/145/

73

/8/

80

/1/

In Travels with Agatha with Sir David Suchet, the actor will replicate Poirot author Christie’s journey, which spanned former British Empire territories Canada, Hawaii, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia as part of a trade mission. Each episode will feature one of the five countries.

62

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6.5

/261/

67

/40/