Channel 4 TV Series - Page 41
Love for Sale with Rupert Everett
2014
star 5.7Prostitutes are often seen as either immoral individuals or exploited victims. Rupert Everett uncovers the real story of the sex industry, going behind the stereotypes to hear the unvarnished truth from sex workers and their clients.Jamie's Christmas Shortcuts
2023
star 2Jamie Oliver creates fabulously festive food adorned with savvy savings and shortcuts, so that we can enjoy Christmas without blowing our budget or burning ourselves out.Borat's Guide to Britain
2000
star 9This was created as part of a six-part series of Da Ali G Show. Six Borat sketches were shown in the form of guides to Britain.A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995
star 8.9Filmmaker Martin Scorsese celebrates US movies from the silent classics to the Hollywood of the seventies.Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs
2020
star 6.5The Aztecs ruled one of the most powerful civilisations ever seen in the Americas. They were ruthless warriors and ingenious engineers, who conquered a huge territory and built towering pyramids and ambitious civil engineering projects using manpower alone. But after just 200 years their vast empire was wiped out by Spanish invaders, and their cities and monuments were destroyed. Today many of the Aztecs’ secrets lie buried underneath Mexico City. Now archaeologists are digging deeper than ever before to find out who the Aztecs were and how they built their remarkable empire. Using stunning CGI imagery, unique access to ongoing new excavations, and a pioneering experiment to build a replica Aztec pyramid in the Mexican countryside, Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs is an immersive investigation into the vanished world of this fascinating civilisation.Trial and Error
1993
Trial and Error
1993
Channel 4's Trial and Error investigated real-life miscarriages of justice in the courts' system and aimed to set them right.The Politician's Wife
1995
star 7The Politician's Wife is a British television political drama written by Paula Milne, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1995 and starring Trevor Eve and Juliet Stevenson. The story centres around high-flying politician Duncan Matlock, Families Minister for the UK Government, who becomes embroiled in tabloid scandal as it is discovered that he has been having an affair with a former escort turned parliamentary researcher. Duncan's wife Flora becomes the focus of media attention as her reactions to the revelations are played out. Initially she plays out the part of the loyal wife, but as an aide of her husband feeds her details about the affair and various other political scandals that could be made to happen. She begins to sabotage her husband's integrity and reputation through a campaign of leaks and misinformation to the press and British Conservative Party stalwarts. After a series of increasingly sensational and damaging stories in the press, her husband is forced to resign in humiliation. The last episode closes withChateau DIY
2021
Fortean TV
1999
Fortean TV
1999
Fortean TV was a British paranormal documentary television series that originally aired from January 29, 1997 to March 6, 1998 on Channel 4. Produced by Rapido TV, the program features anomalous phenomena and the paranormal. It was based upon the Fortean Times magazine and was presented by Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe. Fortean TV ran for 3 series. The three seasons comprised: 22 half-hour episodes, plus a final hour-long family Christmas special. Series 1 contained 9 unique episodes, broadcast on Wedneday evenings, with a final tenth "Best Of" the following week to round off the season. Series 2 contained 8 unique episodes, beginning again the following January, broadcast now on Friday evenings. Fortean TV Uncut - a short four-episode adult spin-off series with unseen material from the previous two series as well as new items - immediately followed, now back on Wedneday evenings.Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials
2024
Suranne Jones investigates the most infamous witch trials in history. In Pendle in Lancashire, she uncovers the story behind a notorious mass execution for witchcraft. She also visits Germany, the epicentre of European witch trials 400 years ago, and Salem, Massachusetts, home of the most infamous witch trial ever, whilst drawing parallels with contemporary witch hunts.Marilyn Manson: Unmasked
2024
star 7Explores the allegations in the wider context of Manson’s career, his meteoric rise as the self-proclaimed ‘Antichrist Superstar’ and the controversy surrounding his fall from grace. Examining the fallout of high-profile sexual allegations through the voices of the accusers and Manson’s allies, the series is a shocking portrayal of the different accounts of what went on and how much society, the world of music and celebrity has changed in the last generation.extr@ German
2002
extr@ German
2002
This is the story of Sascha and Anna, Sam and Nic, four young adults who are thrown together to play out their romances, life crises and contrasting interests in a familiar sitcom setting. The two girls share a flat in Berlin and Nic is their neighbour. When Sam, with only a very basic grasp of German, comes to visit, everything starts to go wrong. Or right! His efforts to get to grips with the language provide the central dynamic for the series and its language learning content. The scripts have been carefully written so that the language is simple and accessible at all levels.Catching a Killer
2017
Catching a Killer
2017
A gripping series with extraordinary access to the police as they investigate murders and search for missing people.Masters of the Universe
1999
The secretive world of management consultancy comes under rare public scrutiny.My Funniest Year
2010
My Funniest Year
2010
My Funniest Year is a British television stand-up comedy series broadcast on Channel 4. In each episode a comedian talks about the events of one particular year during his life.My Online Nightmare
2017
star 7Accounts of some of the most extraordinary tales of scammers and fraudsters who have used the internet to find their victims and to lure and con them, with terrifying and sometimes deadly results.My Transsexual Summer
2011
My Transsexual Summer is a British documentary-style reality series about seven transgender people in different stages of transition. For five weekends in the summer of 2011, they stay together in a large holiday home in Bedfordshire, where they meet and help each other with some of the struggles that transgender people face. Between these weekend retreats, they go back to their lives and real-world challenges.Putin: A Russian Spy Story
2020
star 7.6How Vladimir Putin has used his experience as a spy to create and lead modern Russia: arrogance, anger and betrayal; military interventions, cyber-attacks and political assassinations.World’s Greatest Shipwrecks
2021
star 9Experts follow investigations to uncover new details about the most epic and infamous wrecks from history.Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life
2012
star 9Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life is a three-part television documentary presented by Richard Dawkins which explores what reason and science might offer in major events of human lives. He argues that ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God's purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. He believes science can provide answers to some of these old questions we used to entrust to religion.
