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Showing: Channel
4 - This summer
Channel 4 unveils its summer
2006 schedule today with a raft of new shows and returning hits.
A brand new series of Gordon
Ramsay’s F-Word hits the screens this summer, with the
Michelin-starred chef back for another weekly serving of gastronomic
gusto. Along with culinary tips, the programme also features consumer
stories that tell viewers what they really should know about the food in
their shopping baskets, bon vivants of the celebrity sphere daring
Ramsay to improve their favourite dish, and Gordon’s tireless campaign
to revive the flagging tradition of Sunday lunch.
Headlining the summer drama
schedule, Low Winter Sun is a gritty two-part thriller that probes the
dark underworld of the police force, revealing murder, corruption and
cold-blooded revenge. Directed by the award-winning Adrian Shergold
(Dirty Filthy Love), Mark Strong (The Long Firm) and Brian McCardie star
as two detectives entangled in an unravelling web of death, duplicity
and deception.
Award-winning director Alison
Jackson offers a satirical take on the incumbent England coach in Sven:
The Coach, His Cash and His Lovers. On the eve of this summer’s World
Cup Finals, this irreverent authored film looks at the lives and loves
of the England manager. The film mixes documentary interviews and
archive footage with satirical dramatic reconstructions shot in Alison
Jackson’s unique, voyeuristic style.
A clutch of new entertainment
shows arrive this summer on Channel 4 including audacious Friday night
programme Whatever, as 12 young people – with no experience of TV
production – conjure up their own series with complete creative
freedom. Best of the Worst is a brand new comedy panel show that
celebrates the very best of the very bad. Hosted by Alexander Armstrong,
with team captains Johnny Vaughan and David Mitchell, the programme is
guaranteed to bubble with the caustic wit of some of the UK’s finest
comedy talent.
Modern Toss is an
up-to-the-minute, new cartoon sketch show that also features live
action-animation hybrids. Based on the acid-tongued cult comic and
website of the same name, Modern Toss was spawned from 2005’s Comedy
Lab season. The series’ performers include Mackenzie Crook (The
Office), Paul Kaye (Dennis Pennis) and Simon Greenall (Alan Partridge).
Also, the multi award-winning Ricky Gervais returns to meet more of his
comedy heroes in a brand new four-part series, following on from his
original quizzing of Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David.
Ian Wright’s Fitter Kids sees
the England football legend turn his passion on the pitch to a six-month
project in which he tries to improve the health of eight unfit London
teenagers. Admission Impossible follows the struggles and sacrifices of
a diverse group of parents trying to ensure their children get the very
best education, while Gifted Kids, a landmark returning series, charts
the lives of eight precociously talented children.
Channel 4’s new summer season
also includes the debut of a major new documentary series that trails
the lives of immigrant children as they begin their new lives in the UK.
My New Home will follow the youngsters over five years, chronicling
their ups and downs as they attempt to integrate into new, unfamiliar
communities. Acclaimed film-maker Jane Treays examines the lives of
children in extreme circumstances in Extraordinary Children, while The
Rescuers, with unprecedented access to the children’s unit of the
Maudsley Hospital, shows how the lives of children with mental illnesses
can be transformed through innovative and dedicated treatment.
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