Channel 4

I don't really watch television during the day but when the kids have gone to bed I like to sit down and relax in front of the TV, I have always liked watching television and like nothing better than a good drama or entertaining reality show. We don't have Sky just freeview so we don't have lots of choice for something to watch but my favourite channel has got to be ITV, a close second though is Channel 4. I think this channel is great and over the last few years has had some really great programmes on. Channel 4 was first broadcast in 1982 (the same year I was born). My first memory of watching this channel is watching Brookside, this also started in 1982 ...  Read the complete review

Channel 4 is the bad-boy of free TV (or at least in my view). It's always had a reputation for showing the rudest and crudest of TV, and that's made it a firm favourite for teens everywhere. Channel 4 has been around since the 80s, and its current remit for programming is as follows: demonstrates innovation, experiment and creativity in the form and content of programmes; appeals to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse society; makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the licensed public service channels to include programmes of an educational nature and other programmes of educative value; and exhibits a distinctive ...  Read the complete review

I am not a person who watches a lot of TV, I prefer to spend my time online, listening to music or reading books but when I am watching it I do spend a lot of the time watching Channel 4. Channel 4 first started transmitting 2 November 1982 and its target audience is varied with programmes suited for viewers of all ages with school programmes, documentaries, cookery and reality shows, comedies and films all being shown on the channel and of course its soap opera Hollyoaks. The channel transmits 24 hours a day and is a commercial channel using advertising to boost its earnings. It has a wide variety of UK and US programming, cult hits for ...  Read the complete review

Channel 4, when launched was the poorer relation of the terrestrial television scene. It always played 4th fiddle to BBC1, BBC2 (to some extent) and ITV1, but for me, that has changed thanks to some really brave program scheduling choices and some good solid hard work and creativity. For years, channel 4 seemed to just show low budget programs that never captured the imagination, but that all changed around a decade ago when the station took on shows like Big Brother, Friends and greatly improved the almost established soap in Hollyoaks. Added to this the good old favourites like Countdown, The Big Breakfast (oh how I miss that show during the Johnny Vaughan ...  Read the complete review

This is another of my favourite channels that is let down by adverts that are shown in between programmes. However it has some great tv programmes but I mainly enjoy the entertainment programmes that they show such as the Sunday Night Project. Channel 4 shows a wide range of tv programmes such as documentary programmes, drama programmes, entertainment programmes, news programmes, and quiz programmes. Due to the wide range of programmes that channel 4 now has I think it has improved greatly in recent years and now has higher ratings than it used to. The sunday night project is brilliant because it has Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr presenting and ...  Read the complete review