LEC continues its overview of the media landscape in your Country . Today, we’re heading to Great Britain to take a look at Channel 4, the well-known public service television network—a channel you may have the chance to discover during a language study trip to England…
Channel 4's Identity
Channel 4, a national public-service broadcaster, officially launched on November 2, 1982. It is owned by the Channel Four Television Corporation and has chosen the UK’s capital as the location for its headquarters—a city you’ll have the chance to explore during a language study trip to London!
A brief history of Channel 4 before your language study trip to England
Channel 4 was created to provide the British public with a fourth television channel—at the time, viewers had only the two BBC channels and ITV to choose from. Since 2003, it has been clearly established that “Channel 4’s public service mandate is to provide a wide range of high-quality and diverse programming.”
Channel 4's most famous shows
Channel 4 is known for its popular game shows, reality TV series, original TV series, and imported shows, such as Big Brother, Queer as Folk, Black Mirror, Skins, Misfits, Desperate Housewives, Friends, and the French series Les Revenants. These are shows your host family might mention!