94-613: Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show Absolutely , and wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film The Announcement . She voices Mummy Pig, Madame Gazelle and Dr Hamster in the children's series Peppa Pig . She adapted Nick Hornby's novel Funny Girl for Sky Max (renamed Funny Woman for TV ) and
188-624: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama . The fourth season was released on 15 November 2020, to universal acclaim and earned her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series . Her performance also earned her nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by
282-679: A Volpi Cup , and a BFI Fellowship . For her performance in The Night Manager (2016), she received a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award . Colman received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Fleabag (2016–2019). For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown (2019–2020), she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award . For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in The Favourite (2018), she received
376-448: A "safety net" guaranteed minimum income should the revenue fall too low, funded by large insurance payments made to the ITV companies. Such a subsidy was never required, however, and these premiums were phased out by the government in 1998. After the link with ITV was cut, the cross-promotion which had existed between ITV and Channel 4 also ended. In 2007, owing to severe funding difficulties,
470-645: A 2023 series which airs on Sky as Funny Woman , and is a writer on Slow Horses for Apple TV+, which premiered in 2022. Banks is a patron of the Drama Express charity. Banks and fellow comedian David Baddiel have been together since 1998 and have been married since 2017. They have two children, a daughter Dolly (b. 2001), and a son Ezra (b. 2004), both of whom starred in Banks' play, Goodbye and live in North London . Channel 4 Channel 4
564-470: A Female Actor in a Drama Series . She was part of the ensemble cast that won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2019 and 2020. Colman starred with Anthony Hopkins in Florian Zeller 's 2020 film adaptation of his stage play, The Father , which focuses on an elderly man dealing with memory loss. The film premiered to critical acclaim at
658-541: A Leading Role , and the Academy Award for Best Actress . Her awestruck, humorous Academy Award acceptance speech was widely covered by the media. That year, she also topped the Radio Times' TV 100 power list , which ranked the most powerful people on television. Colman received positive reviews for her supporting role as Madame Thénardier in the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables , an adaptation of
752-719: A Limited or Anthology Series or Movie , in addition to winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film . She starred as Deborah Flowers that year in the Channel 4 black-comedy series, Flowers . Colman voiced Strawberry in the Netflix -BBC animated miniseries, Watership Down . She played Hildegarde Schmidt, Princess Dragomiroff's lady's maid , in Kenneth Branagh 's 2017 remake of Agatha Christie 's Murder on
846-890: A beach under suspicious circumstances. She was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress and received the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance. Sam Wollaston of The Guardian praised Colman's performance as "brilliant" along with that of her co-star David Tennant . Colman starred (with Vanessa Redgrave ) that year as Margaret Lea in the BBC television film, The Thirteenth Tale . She starred in Yorgos Lanthimos ' 2015 absurdist dystopian film, The Lobster , with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell . The film premiered at
940-945: A cast member on NBC 's Saturday Night Live , for four episodes of the show's twentieth season . She appeared as Carmen Kenaway in the first two episodes of the ninth series of Shameless . Her voice roles include Claire Feeble in Stressed Eric ; Cleo Lion in Between the Lions ; (Nick Jr UK) Mummy Pig and various other characters in Peppa Pig ; the ship's computer in the BBC TV series Hyperdrive ; Ping Pong in Rupert Bear ; ( Channel 5 ); and Guinevere in King Arthur's Disasters (CITV). Banks won Best Voice Performance at
1034-602: A comedy series about planning for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Colman rejoined Considine in 2011 for his feature-film directorial debut, Tyrannosaur , receiving the BIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film and the Empire Award for Best Actress . She also played Carol Thatcher that year in the Academy Award -winning drama The Iron Lady , with Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent . She won
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#17327880364331128-507: A different stage name when she began working professionally because Equity (the UK actors' union) already had an actress named Sarah Colman. "One of my best friends at university was called Olivia and I always loved her name," Colman told The Independent in 2013. "I was never Sarah; I was always called by my nickname, Colly, so it didn't seem so awful not to be called Sarah." Colman made her professional acting debut in 2000 at age 26 as part of
1222-604: A judge of the Norwich Film Festival . In August 2014, she was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to the September 2014 referendum on the issue . In an interview with The Sunday Times in November 2019 on her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown , Colman described herself as a " leftie monarchist ", having previously been
1316-548: A life-long republican . She signed an open letter in November 2020 condemning violence and discrimination against trans women. In November 2023, Colman signed a letter that called for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war and condemned western cultural institutions for "repressing, silencing and stigmatising Palestinian voices and perspectives." Colman presented two of the 2013 Mind Media Awards, which celebrate accurate, responsible and sensitive portrayals of mental health across
1410-780: A nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 2021, she had roles in the drama films Mothering Sunday and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and in the science-fiction animated films The Mitchells vs. the Machines and Ron's Gone Wrong . Colman was executive producer and starred with David Thewlis in the HBO true-crime miniseries Landscapers created by her husband, Ed Sinclair. The series and Colman's performance were critically praised. Colman also starred that year in Maggie Gyllenhaal 's psychological drama The Lost Daughter , an adaptation of
1504-418: A non-acting role for Tom Keating in his series On Painters . Channel 4 co-commissioned Robert Ashley 's television opera Perfect Lives , which it premiered over several episodes in 1984. The channel often did not receive mass audiences for much of this period, as might be expected for a station focusing on minority interests. During this time, Channel 4 also began the funding of independent films, such as
1598-470: A pleasure to be able to say to you, welcome to Channel Four." Following the announcement, the channel played a montage of clips from its programmes set to the station's signature tune, "Fourscore", written by David Dundas , which would form the basis of the station's jingles for its first decade. The first programme to air on the channel was the teatime game show Countdown , produced by Yorkshire Television , at 16:45. The first person to be seen on Channel 4
1692-873: A public service broadcaster with a specific remit, it is afforded free carriage on the terrestrial platforms, in contrast with other broadcasters such as ITV. Channel 4 is available outside the United Kingdom; it is widely available in the Republic of Ireland , the Netherlands , Belgium and Switzerland . The channel is registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through the Luxembourg Broadcasting Regulator (ALIA). Since 2019, it has been offered by British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) to members of
1786-566: A remit of public service obligations which it must fulfil. The remit changes periodically, as dictated by various broadcasting and communications acts, and is regulated by the various authorities Channel 4 has been answerable to; originally the IBA, then the ITC and now Ofcom . The preamble of the remit as per the Communications Act 2003 states that: The public service remit for Channel 4
1880-457: A spare tuning button labelled "ITV 2" or "IBA 2". Throughout ITV's history and until Channel 4 finally became a reality, a perennial dialogue existed between the GPO , the government , the ITV companies and other interested parties, concerning the form such an expansion of commercial broadcasting would take. Most likely, politics had the biggest impact leading to a delay of almost three decades before
1974-624: A term studying primary education at Homerton College, Cambridge before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School , from which she graduated in 1999. During her time at Cambridge, she appeared in the Channel 4 series The Word in 1995 under her nickname "Colly", auditioned for the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club and met future co-stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb . Colman had to adopt
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#17327880364332068-462: A woman diagnosed with breast cancer. The play is an account of the path from the first diagnosis to the death of Lizzie, played by Olivia Colman ; it deals with her relationships with her family and best friend Jen, played by Natascha McElhone , and their reactions to Jen's illness and death. The cast included Darren Boyd , John Simm , Alison Steadman , Banks' Peppa Pig co-star Harley Bird , Banks' son Ezra, and singing by Banks' daughter Dolly. It
2162-449: Is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation . It is publicly owned but, unlike the BBC , it receives no public funding and is funded entirely by its commercial activities, including advertising . It began its transmission in 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At
2256-647: Is a writer on Slow Horses for Apple TV+. Banks attended the private Truro High School for Girls and Robinson College, Cambridge , and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights from 1981 to 1983. She also acted with the Marlowe Society , such as in a brief comic cameo as the Widow in Ben Jonson 's The Alchemist , alongside Tilda Swinton . One of Banks' early major television roles
2350-467: Is now universally available. After some months of test broadcasts, the new broadcaster began scheduled transmissions on 2 November 1982 from Scala House, the former site of the Scala Theatre . Its initial broadcasts reached 87% of the United Kingdom. The first voice heard on Channel 4's opening day of 2 November 1982 was that of continuity announcer Paul Coia who said: "Good afternoon. It's
2444-440: Is the provision of a broad range of high quality and diverse programming which, in particular: The remit also involves an obligation to provide programming for schools, and a substantial amount of programming produced outside of Greater London . Channel 4 was carried from its beginning on analogue terrestrial, the standard means of television broadcast in the United Kingdom. It continued to be broadcast through these means until
2538-692: The 2015 Cannes Film Festival , where it competed for the Palme d'Or and received the Jury Prize . Colman was nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and received the BIFA for Best Supporting Actress . Colman was praised for her performance as Angela Burr in the 2016 AMC-BBC miniseries The Night Manager , for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in
2632-608: The Academy Award for Best Actress , the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical , and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . For her performance in The Father (2020), she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . For her performance in The Lost Daughter (2021), Colman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and
2726-592: The Academy Award for Best Actress . She received further Academy Award nominations for her performances in the dramas The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Her other notable film credits include Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Wonka (2023), and Paddington in Peru (2024). Colman
2820-465: The Andrex "Be kind to your behind" and Glade fragrance advertisements (playing a gorilla). On several projects, Colman has worked with the comedians Mitchell and Webb . She joined them in 2003 to play Sophie in the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show . Other joint ventures have included radio's That Mitchell and Webb Sound and its television version, That Mitchell and Webb Look . She decided to leave
2914-475: The BBC Two comedy sketch show, Bruiser . She has appeared in a number of BBC , ITV and Channel 4 television series, such as People Like Us , Look Around You , Black Books , The Office and The Time of Your Life . Colman provided the voice-over for Channel 5 's poll for Britain's Funniest Comedy Character . She regularly appeared on BBC Radio 4 comedies , such as Concrete Cow , Think
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3008-532: The British Armed Forces and their families around the world, BFBS Extra having previously carried a selection of Channel 4 programmes. The Channel 4 website allows people in the United Kingdom to watch Channel 4 live. Previously, some programmes (mostly international imports) were not shown. Channel 4 is also provided by Virgin Mobile 's DAB mobile TV service, which has the same restrictions as
3102-433: The Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show (2003–2015). Her other comedic roles on television include Green Wing (2004–2006), That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006–2008), Beautiful People (2008–2009), Rev. (2010–2014), Flowers (2016–2018), and Fleabag (2016–2019). Colman received the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for the comedy series Twenty Twelve (2011–2012) and Best Supporting Actress for
3196-461: The London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year for both roles. She also starred in the drama films Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) and Locke (2013). In 2013, Colman began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV 's Broadchurch . The crime-drama series, set in the fictional Dorset town of Broadchurch, follows the residents of a tightly-knit community after a young boy is found dead on
3290-599: The Merchant Ivory docudrama The Courtesans of Bombay . In 1987, Richard Attenborough replaced Edmund Dell as chairman. In 1988, Michael Grade became CEO. In 1992, Channel 4 faced its first libel case which was brought by Jani Allan , a South African journalist, who objected to her representation in Nick Broomfield 's documentary The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife . After control of
3384-402: The Netflix period drama series The Crown , for which she received the Golden Globe Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress . Her other television credits include Les Misérables (2019), Landscapers (2021), and Heartstopper (2022–2023). For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman won
3478-502: The Sundance Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics . It began a limited release on 26 February 2021, after originally being scheduled for release on 18 December 2020. Hopkins and Colman received widespread praise for their performances, as did the film for its accurate depiction of dementia . It received six Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture ) and Colman received
3572-402: The novel of the same name . In August 2019, she was confirmed as a guest star (as Lily) in the thirty-second season of the animated comedy series The Simpsons . In October 2017, Colman was cast as Queen Elizabeth II for the third and fourth seasons of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown ; the third season was released in November 2019. For her performance, she received
3666-533: The 2006 mockumentary film Confetti , a role she has described as "the worst experience of my life". In 2007, Colman starred as Alice in the comedy film Grow Your Own and as PC Doris Thatcher in the action comedy film Hot Fuzz . She also played a lead role in Paddy Considine 's short film Dog Altogether . She appeared in October and November 2008 in the BBC sitcom Beautiful People (based on
3760-901: The 2014 British Animation Awards for providing the voice for Queen Marigold in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom and a voice in Humf . Banks wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film The Announcement in 2001. She also appeared in season one, episode 13 of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a "rulebearer". In 2004, she played the central role of Tess in the series Catterick , with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer . She also appeared in their shows The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer , Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer and Monkey Trousers . Banks had also voiced Sophie in Crapston Villas , an adult animated sitcom soap opera , which
3854-525: The IBA from the ITV regional companies, in return for which each company had the right to sell advertisements on the fourth channel in its own region and keep the proceeds. This meant that ITV and Channel 4 were not in competition with each other, and often promoted each other's programmes. A change in funding came about under the Broadcasting Act 1990 when the new corporation was afforded the ability to fund itself. Originally this arrangement left
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3948-517: The Internet live stream. Channel 4 is also carried by the Internet TV service TVCatchup and was previously carried by Zattoo until the operator removed the channel from its platform. Channel 4 also makes some of its programming available "on demand" via cable and the internet through the Channel 4 VoD service. During its first decade, Channel 4 was funded by subscriptions collected by
4042-522: The Orient Express . In 2018, Colman starred as Queen Anne in Lanthimos' satirical dark comedy The Favourite alongside Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz . In preparation for the role, she gained 2 st 7 lbs (35 lb, or 16 kg). For her performance, Colman received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical , the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in
4136-480: The Races , E4 and More4 . Partially in reaction to its new "populist" direction, the Communications Act 2003 directed the channel to demonstrate innovation, experimentation, and creativity, appeal to the tastes and interests of a culturally diverse society, and include programmes of an educational nature which exhibit a distinctive character. On 31 December 2004, Channel 4 launched a new visual identity in which
4230-679: The Riverbank ; and a translator at the trial of Adolf Eichmann in The Eichmann Show . In 2016, Banks co-wrote and starred in the comedy series Damned . She co-starred in and wrote (with Rebecca Front ) Shush! , a sitcom set in a library broadcast on BBC Radio Four in 2017. In late 2019, she provided the voice of Mrs Brown in The Adventures of Paddington which began airing on Children 4 Jr and Nick Jr. in early 2020. She adapted Nick Hornby's novel Funny Girl for
4324-492: The Street , Without A Trace , Home Improvement , Frasier , Lost , Nip/Tuck , Ally McBeal , Dawson's Creek , Oz , Sex and The City , The Sopranos , Scrubs , King of The Hill , Babylon 5 , Stargate SG-1 , Star Trek: Enterprise , Andromeda , Family Guy , South Park and Futurama . In the early 2000s, Channel 4 began broadcasting reality formats such as Big Brother and obtained
4418-466: The UK charity Tender , which uses theatre and the arts to educate young people about preventing violence and sexual abuse. Colman has said that domestic violence prevention can make a difference in the lives of young people. Other charity work included participating in the Alzheimer's Society's Holkham Hall Memory Walk in September 2013. Colman's great-grandmother suffered from dementia and her mother
4512-566: The Unthinkable , The House of Milton Jones and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency . Colman was the voice of Minka, the Polish secretary in the Radio 4 comedy Hut 33 set in a fictional code-breaking hut at Bletchley Park during World War II. Colman appeared as Bev, with Mark Burdis as Kev, in a series of television advertisements for AA car insurance . She provided voices for
4606-508: The Welsh fourth channel S4C . In 2010, Channel 4 extended service into Wales and became a nationwide television channel. The network's headquarters are in London and Leeds , with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol . Before Channel 4 and S4C, Britain had three terrestrial television services: BBC1 , BBC2 , and ITV , with BBC2 the last to launch in 1964. The Broadcasting Act 1980 began
4700-466: The Welsh variant; this practice continued until the closure of S4C's analogue transmissions in 2010, at which time S4C became a fully Welsh channel. With this conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital terrestrial broadcasting on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a nationwide television channel for the first time. Since then, carriage on digital cable , satellite and digital terrestrial has introduced Channel 4 to Welsh homes where it
4794-419: The ability to subsidise the main network through any profits made on the corporation's other endeavours, which have in the past included subscription fees from stations such as E4 and Film4 (now no longer subscription services) and its "video-on-demand" sales. In practice, however, these other activities are loss-making, and are subsidised by the main network. According to Channel 4's published accounts, for 2005
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#17327880364334888-456: The changeover to digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom was complete. Since 1998, it has been universally available on digital terrestrial, and the Sky platform (initially encrypted, though encryption was dropped on 14 April 2008 and is now free of charge and available on the Freesat platform) as well as having been available from various times in various areas, on analogue and digital cable networks. Due to its special status as
4982-531: The channel broadcast the direct-to-TV documentary film Beyond Citizen Kane , in which it displayed the dominant position of the Rede Globo (now TV Globo ) television network, and discussed its influence, power, and political connections in Brazil. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Channel 4 gave many popular and influential American comedy and drama series their first exposure on British television, such as Friends , Cheers , Will & Grace , NYPD Blue , ER , Desperate Housewives , Homicide: Life on
5076-425: The channel sought government help and was granted a payment of £14 million over a six-year period. The money was to have come from the television licence fee, and would have been the first time that money from the licence fee had been given to any broadcaster other than the BBC. However, the plan was scrapped by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport , Andy Burnham , ahead of "broader decisions about
5170-458: The corporation but the sale was blocked by the Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable . In 2016, the future of the channel was again being looked into by the government, with analysts suggesting several options for its future. In June 2021, the government of Boris Johnson was considering selling the channel. In April 2022, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport acknowledged that ministerial discussions were taking place regarding
5264-420: The crime series Accused (2012). She earned acclaim for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress , and in the BBC One thriller miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in
5358-410: The day. In November 2009, Channel 4 launched a week of 3D television , broadcasting selected programmes each night using stereoscopic ColorCode 3D technology. The accompanying 3D glasses were distributed through Sainsbury's supermarkets. On 29 September 2015, Channel 4 revamped its presentation for a fifth time; the new branding downplayed the "4" logo from most on-air usage, in favour of using
5452-473: The documentary and said that the UK must not abandon Afghan women to the Taliban . An ambassador for UNICEF UK since 2015, she became its president in 2020. Colman became patron of the Anthony Nolan blood-cancer charity in 2018, which she said helped a friend of hers. Colman has received a number of awards, including an Academy Award , three British Academy Television Awards , a British Academy Film Award , three Golden Globe Awards , two Emmy Awards ,
5546-542: The existing channels, an agenda in part set out by its remit which required the provision of programming to minority groups. In step with its remit, the channel became well received both by minority groups and the arts and cultural worlds during this period under Isaacs, during which the channel gained a reputation for programmes on the contemporary arts. Two programmes captured awards from the Broadcasting Press Guild in March 1983: best comedy for The Comic Strip Presents …Five Go Mad in Dorset, and best on-screen performance in
5640-452: The extent of this cross-subsidy was some £30 million. Olivia Colman Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE ( née Colman ; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman , is an English actress. She has received various accolades , including an Academy Award , four BAFTA Awards , two Emmy Awards , and three Golden Globe Awards . A graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School , Colman's breakthrough came in
5734-454: The film, she earned positive reviews and her second nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She also had starring voice roles in the DreamWorks animated film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and in the Netflix animated film Scrooge: A Christmas Carol . In 2023, Colman starred as Miss Havisham in the FX / BBC period drama series Great Expectations , based on Charles Dickens ' novel of
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#17327880364335828-650: The future framework of public service broadcasting". The broadcasting regulator Ofcom released its review in January 2009 in which it suggested that Channel 4 would preferably be funded by "partnerships, joint ventures or mergers". As of 2022 , it breaks even in much the same way as most privately run commercial stations through the sale of on-air advertising, programme sponsorship, and the sale of any programme content and merchandising rights it owns, such as overseas broadcasting rights and domestic video sales. For example, as of 2012 its total revenues were £925 million with 91% derived from sale of advertising. It also has
5922-413: The last time, after 32 years as a main presenter on the programme, making Snow one of the UK's longest-serving presenters on a national news programme. Channel 4's parent company, Channel Four Television Corporation , was considered for privatisation by the governments of Margaret Thatcher , John Major and Tony Blair . In 2014, the Cameron-Clegg coalition government drew up proposals to privatise
6016-406: The launch of Channel 4 HD, but the fourth HD slot was given to Channel 5 instead. On 2 November 2007, the station celebrated its 25th birthday. It showed the first episode of Countdown , an anniversary Countdown special, as well as a special edition of The Big Fat Quiz . It use the original multicoloured 1982–1996 blocks logo on presentation, and idents using the Fourscore jingle throughout
6110-439: The life of Simon Doonan ) as Debbie Doonan , Simon's mother. Colman made a guest appearance in the episode " Naomi " of the series Skins as Naomi's mother, Gina. In 2009, she appeared as the character Bernice in the episode "Small Mercies" of the ITV mystery-crime series Midsomer Murders . Colman had a lead role in 2010 as Alex Smallbone, the wife of an inner-city vicar, in the BBC sitcom Rev. starring Tom Hollander ;
6204-585: The logo is disguised as different objects and the "4" can be seen from an angle. Under the leadership of Freeview founder Andy Duncan , 2005 saw a change of direction for Channel 4's digital channels. The company made E4 free-to-air on digital terrestrial television , and launched a new free-to-air digital channel called More4 . By October, Channel 4 had joined the Freeview consortium. By July 2006, Film4 had likewise become free-to-air and restarted broadcasting on digital terrestrial. Venturing into radio broadcasting, 2005 saw Channel 4 purchase 51% of shares in
6298-405: The media. Colman believes that "the media industry has huge influence and with that comes a responsibility to contest the stigma that sadly still exists, through accurate representation". She has spoken openly to the Big Issue about her experience of postnatal depression after the birth of her first child. Inspired by her research for the film Tyrannosaur , in 2014, Colman became the patron of
6392-448: The mother of Kit Connor 's character Nick Nelson , in the Netflix coming-of-age series Heartstopper , and received the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performance for her performance in the first season. Also in 2022, Colman starred in the coming-of-age comedy film Joyride . She played the lead role in the romantic drama film Empire of Light , directed by Sam Mendes . For her performance in
6486-407: The novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante . Her performance was critically praised and she earned nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, in addition to her second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2022, Colman appeared as Sarah Nelson,
6580-512: The now defunct Oneword radio station, with UBC Media holding on to the remaining shares. New programmes such as the weekly, half-hour The Morning Report news programme were among some of the new content Channel 4 provided for the station, with the name 4Radio being used. As of early 2009, however, Channel 4's future involvement in radio remained uncertain. Before the digital switchover , Channel 4 raised concerns over how it might finance its public service obligations afterward. In April 2006, it
6674-423: The process of adding a fourth; Channel 4 was formally created, along with its Welsh counterpart , by an act of Parliament in 1982. The notion of a second commercial broadcaster in the United Kingdom had been around since the inception of ITV in 1954 and its subsequent launch in 1955; the idea of an "ITV2" was long expected and pushed for. Indeed, television sets sold throughout the 1970s and early 1980s often had
6768-403: The programme after her agent suggested that she was becoming too closely associated with their work and needed to widen her horizons, a decision which was made "with tears". Colman continued to appear on Peep Show less often until it ended in 2015. She had a recurring role in the surrealist comedy Green Wing from 2004 to 2006. One of her earliest film credits is naturist Joanna Roberts in
6862-455: The rights to broadcast mass appeal sporting events like cricket and horse racing . This new direction increased ratings and revenues. The popularity of Big Brother led to the launches of other, shorter-lived new reality shows to chase the populist audience, such as The Salon , Shattered and Space Cadets . In addition, the corporation launched several new television channels through its new 4Ventures offshoot, including Film4 , At
6956-402: The role of Mrs. Scrubbit, she spoke with "a truly over-the-top Cockney accent ". The film was released on 8 December 2023. She also reprised her role as the middle-aged Queen Elizabeth II in the final episode of the sixth season of The Crown , which was released on 14 December 2023. Colman is set to star as The Reverend Mother in the live-action animated comedy Paddington in Peru (2024),
7050-434: The sale of Channel Four Television Corporation. The channel's chief executive, Alex Mahon, expressed disappointment at this, saying that its vision for the future was "rooted in continued public ownership". In January 2023, Michelle Donelan confirmed that the plans to sell Channel 4 were scrapped and that it would remain in public ownership for the foreseeable future. Channel 4 was established with, and continues to hold,
7144-676: The same name . She also starred as MI6 agent Sonya Falsworth in the Disney+ miniseries Secret Invasion , set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Colman then produced and starred in the mystery comedy film Wicked Little Letters . Colman appeared in the musical fantasy film Wonka , which explores Willy Wonka 's origins as a prequel to the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . In
7238-468: The second commercial channel became a reality. One benefit of the late arrival of the channel was that its frequency allocations at each transmitter had already been arranged in the early 1960s when the launch of an "ITV2" was anticipated. This led to good coverage across most of the country and few problems of interference with other UK-based transmissions; a stark contrast to the difficulties associated with Channel 5 's launch almost 15 years later. At
7332-543: The series ran from 2010 to 2014. She guest-starred that year in " The Eleventh Hour " episode of Doctor Who , Matt Smith 's debut as the Eleventh Doctor . Colman appeared the following year in the BBC drama Exile , written by Danny Brocklehurst and starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent . From 2011 to 2012, she played Ian Fletcher's ( Hugh Bonneville ) lovelorn secretary Sally Owen in Twenty Twelve ,
7426-530: The shapes from the logo in various forms. Four new idents were filmed by Jonathan Glazer , which featured the shapes in various real-world scenes depicting the "discovery" and "origins" of the shapes. The full logo was still occasionally used, but primarily for off-air marketing. Channel 4 also commissioned two new corporate typefaces, "Chadwick", and "Horseferry" (a variation of Chadwick with the aforementioned shapes incorporated into its letter forms), for use across promotional material and on-air. In June 2017, it
7520-589: The station passed from the Channel Four Television Company to the Channel Four Television Corporation in 1993, a shift in broadcasting style took place. Instead of aiming for minority tastes, it began to focus on the edges of the mainstream, and the centre of the mass market itself. It began to show many American programmes in peak viewing time, far more than it had previously done. In September 1993,
7614-903: The third film in the Paddington film series . In May 2024 it was announced that Colman would be starring alongside John Lithgow in Jimpa , directed by Australian director Sophie Hyde and filmed in South Australia , Amsterdam , and Helsinki . While performing in a late-1990s Footlights production of Sir Alan Ayckbourn 's Table Manners , Colman met Ed Sinclair, a third-year law student who had become disillusioned with law and preferred to write. Colman and Sinclair married in August 2001 and have three children. They live in Herne Hill , south London . Since 2013, Colman has been
7708-471: The time the fourth service was being considered, a movement in Wales lobbied for the creation of dedicated service that would air Welsh language programmes, then only catered for at off-peak times on BBC Wales and HTV . The campaign was taken so seriously by Gwynfor Evans , former president of Plaid Cymru , that he threatened the government with a hunger strike were it not to honour the plans. The result
7802-676: The time, the only other channels were the licence -funded BBC1 and BBC2 , and a single commercial broadcasting network, ITV . Originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport , which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales , but many of its programmes were re-broadcast there by
7896-740: Was Richard Whiteley , with Ted Moult being the second. The first woman on the channel, contrary to popular belief, was not Whiteley's Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman , but a lexicographer only ever identified as Mary. Whiteley opened the show with the words: "As the countdown to a brand new channel ends, a brand new countdown begins." On its first day, Channel 4 also broadcast the soap opera Brookside , which often ran storylines thought to be controversial; this ran until 2003. After three days, ITV chiefs called for founding chief executive Jeremy Isaacs to resign due to poor ratings. Critics called it "Channel Bore" and "Channel Snore". At its launch, Channel 4 committed itself to providing an alternative to
7990-606: Was announced that Alex Mahon would be the next chief executive, and would take over from David Abraham , who left in November 2017. On 31 October 2017, Channel 4 introduced a new series of idents continuing the theme, this time depicting the logo shapes as having formed into an anthropomorphic "giant" character. On 25 September 2021, Channel 4 and several of its sub-channels went off air after an incident at Red Bee Media's playout centre in west London. Channel 4, More4 , Film4 , E4 , 4Music , The Box , Box Hits , Kiss , Magic and Kerrang! stopped transmitting, but 4seven
8084-469: Was announced that Channel 4's digital switch-over costs would be paid for by licence fee revenues. In July 2007, Channel 4 paid £28 million for a 50% stake in the TV business of British media company EMAP , which had seven music video channels. On 15 August 2008, 4Music was launched across the UK. Channel 4 announced interest in launching a high-definition version of Film4 on Freeview, to coincide with
8178-514: Was as part of the team on the comedy sketch show Absolutely , broadcast on Channel 4 between 1989 and 1993. Her other television appearances include the BBC series The Thick of It , Red Dwarf , Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul and the Steve Coogan comedy Saxondale , in which she played receptionist Vicky. She also appeared as Anthea Stonem in the E4 Teen drama Skins and was
8272-577: Was born in Norwich on 30 January 1974, the daughter of nurse Mary ( née Leakey) and chartered surveyor Keith Colman. Olivia was privately educated at Norwich High School for Girls and Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk . Colman's first role was Jean Brodie in a school production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at age 16. She cites her mother's interrupted career as a ballet dancer as an inspiration to pursue acting professionally. Colman spent
8366-645: Was criticised by the National Deaf Children's Society, which complained to the broadcasting watchdog. A new subtitling, signing and audio description system had to be built from scratch. The service eventually began to return at the end of October. In June 2022 after a six-month long investigation, Ofcom found that Channel 4 had breached its broadcast licence conditions on two grounds: Missing its subtitles quota on Freesat for 2021 and failure to effectively communicate with affected audiences. On 23 December 2021, Jon Snow presented Channel 4 News for
8460-624: Was involved in running a nursing home for patients. She has also supported charity campaigns for the Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal for the terminally ill. In December 2014, Colman was involved in a BBC Radio documentary about the plight of women in Afghanistan for Amnesty International UK . Several women who told their stories to journalist Lyse Doucet were unable to appear because their lives might have been at risk; Colman read their stories as part of
8554-517: Was not impacted. The incident still affected a number of the channels by 30 September. The London Fire Brigade confirmed that a gas fire prevention system at the site had been activated, but firefighters found no sign of fire. Activation of the fire suppression system caused catastrophic damage to some systems, such as Channel 4's subtitles, signing, and audio description system. An emergency backup subtitling system also failed, leaving Channel 4 unable to provide access services to viewers. This situation
8648-471: Was produced by Heather Larmour. Banks received the 2015 Tinniswood Award for the play. She subsequently wrote the play's 2015 film adaptation, titled Miss You Already . From 2012 to 2018, she played Venus Traduces (a parody of Violet Trefusis ) and other roles in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Gloomsbury . Banks' later voice work includes the roles of Betty and Sonia in the 2008 film version of Tales of
8742-507: Was produced in the 1990s. Both Banks and the television programme’s creator, Sarah Ann Kennedy , would later go on to voice characters in Peppa Pig . In 2009, Banks made a series of web videos for BBC Comedy called Celebrities STFU , each video featuring her in costume impersonating Lady Gaga , Noel Gallagher , Susan Boyle , Pixie Lott , Jools Holland , and Duffy . On 19 October 2013, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Banks' play Goodbye about
8836-556: Was that Channel 4 as seen by the rest of the United Kingdom would be replaced in Wales by S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, meaning "Channel Four Wales" in Welsh). Operated by a specially created authority , S4C would air programmes in Welsh made by HTV, the BBC and independent companies. Initially, limited frequency space meant that Channel 4 could not be broadcast alongside S4C, though some Channel 4 programmes would be aired at less popular times on
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