Channel 4 TV Series - Page 42
Gordon Behind Bars
2012
star 5.6Gordon sets up a business behind bars, attempting to get prisoners working and paying something back into the system. But training up a group of prisoners won't be easy...Extreme A&E
2012
Extreme A&E
2012
Extreme A&E is a British medical documentary set in various trauma centres across the world. It follows Kevin Fong as he visits world renowned trauma centres. It aims to show trauma medicine through the eyes of a doctor.Swallow
2001
Swallow
2001
A single mother is prescribed a controversial anti-depressant called Distral and quickly becomes dependent, but discovers that giving up the drug causes terrible side-effects. Unable to find support for her plight, she mounts a personal crusade against the pharmaceutical company who produce the pills.Bangers: Mad for Cars
2023
Rapper Tinie and Formula 1 analyst and stunt driver Naomi Schiff go head-to-head in search of the best modern classic cars from the 80s, 90s and 00s to decide... which banger is best?Secret Eaters
2012
star 4Secret Eaters is a British documentary television series about overeating. It is shown on Channel 4 and presented by Anna Richardson. With their permission, people with eating habit problems are videoed in their home over a week. The subjects do not suspect that private investigators are also following and videoing them elsewhere. At the end of the week, the true amount of what the subjects have eaten is revealed. The subjects are given some days to change their habits, and are brought back, showing considerable weight loss. This drama is intercut with a separate short story where the presenter and food experts test some factor causing overeating.George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations
2021
George Clarke meets the people breathing new life into our unused and unloved buildings, transforming local landmarks into unique family homes that celebrate their pastOur Guy in Colombia
2023
star 7.5Guy Martin explores Colombia at street level to find out what makes the country tick. Can one of the most beautiful countries in the world escape its long history of drugs and violence.Strippers
2014
star 5.3Strippers is a documentary series that takes a look at strip clubs which have doubled over the last 10 years with more and more young British women are turning to lap dancing to try and make a living.Space Cadets
2005
star 7Space Cadets is a British television program made by Zeppotron for Channel 4. Presented by Johnny Vaughan, it was aired across ten consecutive nights beginning on 7 December 2005, with the final episode aired on the evening of 16 December 2005. It was accompanied by a behind-the-scenes sister show Space Cadets: The Satellite Show, with interviews and phone-ins.Exploring Northern Ireland With Siobhán McSweeney
2021
star 6Before being cast in Derry Girls Irish actress Siobhan McSweeney had never set foot in Northern Ireland. After falling in love with the landscape, she now wants to explore more of the lakes, mountains, coastline and forests.The Heroin Wars
1996
The Heroin Wars
1996
History of the narcotics trade in Burma and the War on Drugs. In 1964, director Adrian Cowell and cameraman Chris Menges went to mountainous eastern Burma to film the Shan revolutionary forces fighting a bloody civil war against the military dictatorship. The impoverished Shans had only one way to finance the war: opium. Cowell has returned several times over the last 30 years to record the ongoing civil war and the burgeoning opium trade. The first and last episodes are produced in association with WGBH/FRONTLINE.Danny Dyer: How to Be a Man
2024
With traditional gender roles a thing of the past, what does it mean to be a man in modern-day Britain? Danny Dyer explores modern masculinity, men's mental health and male identity.Our Guy in Japan
2019
star 10Truck mechanic and motorcycle racer Guy Martin goes on an off-beat 2500-mile journey around Japan to find out how it really works.Pornography: The Secret History Of Civilization
1999
star 3.5A serious, non-titillating history of pornography, from the earliest days of erotic art right up to the present day's multimedia.True Horror
2018
star 6.7Docu-drama series depicting chilling tales of real life horror stories. Each filmic episode, realised by some of the UK’s most exciting writers and directors, tells a single, spine-tingling story, drawing on eyewitness testimonies, brought to life through straight-to-camera documentary interviews and visually-striking, elegantly realised and terrifying drama.Gok's Fill Your House for Free
2016
In a bid to prove that you really can get something for nothing, Gok Wan has reopened the Fill Your House For Free shop in Glasgow and has stocked it from floor to ceiling with furniture all of which has been sourced for free. Each day Gok will invite a family to embrace upcycling and prove to them that, with a bit of inspiration, perspiration and determination, you really can transform your house without breaking the bank. Each day Gok will challenge his crack team of upcycling experts to produce three brilliant and bespoke items for our family. The team comprise Max McMurdo, a pint sized designer with a passion for taking everyday items and transforming them into amazing pieces of furniture. Max is joined by Jay Blades, who uses an amazing eye for colour to transform drab and unloved items into objects of desire and Nessa Doran O'Reilly a woman so obsessed with restoring furniture to its former glory that she refuses to throw away even a scrap of old wood.Secrets of the Middle Aisle
2022
Denise Van Outen will dig into the secrets of the middle aisle’s special buys and seasonal offers that entice shoppers through the doors of discount supermarkets each week. How do Lidl and Aldi add so much excitement to the supermarket food shop? How do they secure such major discounts? And are the middle aisle offers worth buying anyway?The Convention Crasher
2007
The Convention Crasher is the title of a documentary originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2007 on Channel 4. The one-off documentary followed Justin Lee Collins as he entered the world of celebrity lookalikes and attempted to become one himself before visiting a convention for them. The show returned on 17 January 2008 for a series with Justin Lee Collins this time crashing three conventions, each on magic, ventriloquism and clowning.Comics
1993
star 1Johnny Lazar, a down-and-out American comedian who tries to regain his status as an international superstar by embarking on a tour of working men's clubs and universities in England. But on his first night, Johnny is witness to a gangland murder and finds himself having to go on the run as he becomes the target of hit men who want to eliminate any chance of them being identified.Norbert Smith – a Life
0000
star 8Norbert Smith – a Life is a spoof TV documentary film charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith. It stars Harry Enfield in the title role. It was written by Harry Enfield and Geoffrey Perkins and directed by Geoff Posner. It was made by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4 and was first broadcast on 3 November 1989. The film is presented as if it were an edition of the ITV arts programme The South Bank Show, and features Melvyn Bragg, the presenter of the real South Bank Show, playing himself as the interviewer visiting Sir Norbert at his home, and encouraging him to reminisce about his past career. The humour arises from the fact that although Sir Norbert is acclaimed as one of Britain’s “Knights of the Theatre”, in the mould of a Laurence Olivier or John Gielgud, actually none of his contemporaries has anything particularly good to say about him, and he appears to have had limited success in landing good film roles. Interviewed now in his old age, he is
