Channel four productions:

Channel four is a UK television broadcaster which started it’s work on 2nd November 1982. The company is commercially self-funded they ended up publicly owned. Originally owned by the independent broadcasting authority, however now it is owned and operated by the channel four television corporation, a public body that was established in 1990.

Channel four was established to provide a fourth channel for the television service. It was made for the UK, to stop the duopoly of BBC and ITV. Before channel four, both BBC and ITV were the only two major television companies that people had to watch. Whereas when channel four was made it stopped that and broke up the license fee-funded establishments.

Over the years channel four have built up the numbers of their channels; they now have channel four, E4, E4+1, more 4, film 4 and 4 music. Channel has expanded largely since when it first began. One of its highest rating areas is Film four. Channel four have produced many successful films which they have promoted through film four.

Some of their well known films include The madness of king George, The crying game, Four weddings and a funeral and one of their most recent, which has turned into an academy award winning film, Slumdog millionaire.