Film 4 Research

Jade Haggett

History
Launched; 1 November 1998 Owned by Channel Four Television Corporation Slogan; "Great films for free Formerly called Film Four (1998-2006) Sister channel(s)
4seven Channel 4 E4 More4 4Music Heat Kerrang! Kiss Magic Smash Hits! The Box Film4 was started in 1982 as Film4 Productions, a film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation and has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom, and around the world. The company's first production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. In 1998, the outfit was rebranded as Film Four, to coincide with the launch of a new Digital TV channel of the same name. Film4 was originally known as Film Four and became Channel 4's second channel (after Channel 4 itself). It was a subscription-only service available on satellite television via the Sky platform, digital terrestrial via ITV Digital (until the platform went into administration in 2002), and most UK cable services. It cost 5.99 a month, eventually rising to up to 7. The launch night, which was also broadcast on Channel 4, was hosted by Johnny Vaughan and the first film to be shown was What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

Production and connection

127 Hours (co-production with Path, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cloud Eight Films, Darlow Smithson Productions and Warner Bros. Pictures) 24 Hour Party People (co-production with United Artists, UK Film Council and Baby Cow Productions) A Month in the Country (co-production with Euston Films) A Room with a View (co-production with Merchant Ivory Productions and Goldcrest Films) A Zed and Two Noughts (co-production with British Film Institute and Artificial Eye) And When Did You Last See Your Father? Another Year Attack the Block (co-production with Big Talk Pictures, StudioCanal and UK Film Council) Beautiful Thing Berberian Sound Studio (co-production with Warp X Productions, Screen Yorkshire and UK Film Council) Bhaji on the Beach Birthday Girl Blue (co-production with BBC Radio 3 and Arts Council of Great Britain) Brassed Off (co-production with Miramax Films and Prominent Features) Brothers of the Head Buena Vista Social Club Buffalo Soldiers (co-production with Good Machine and Miramax Films) Bunny and the Bull (co-production with Warp X Productions, Wild Bunch, Optimum Releasing, Screen Yorkshire and UK Film Council) Carla's Song Charlotte Gray (co-production with Ecosse Films and Warner Bros.) Christmas Carol: The Movie (coproduction with UK Film Council) Dancer in the Dark Dead Man's Shoes Comrades (co-production with nowdefunct National Film Finance Corporation) Death To Smoochy (co-production with Senator Film and Warner Bros.) Deep Water Dogma (produced by View Askew) East Is East Eat The Rich (co-production with Michael White) Elizabeth (co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films) Enduring Love Fever Pitch Four Lions (co-production with Warp

The Web Site

This is the front cover of there website. It consists of these main pages; Whats On Seasons Rent on Film4oD Special Features Film4 Productions

As well as many different films and catch up films that you missed from the past seven days.

Spin Off
20 August 2007 Film4 operated a one-hour-time shift channel, Film4 +1, on satellite, cable and Freeview. This channel was dropped on Freeview to make way for Channel 4 +1 but will return during summer 2013, it continues to be broadcast on Sky, Virgin and Free sat services. TalkTalk TV offers the non time shifted channel along with a Video on demand service, Film4 on Demand. Later, additional channels were added, Film Four World and Film Four Extreme which operated on a timeshare and the time shift channel Film Four +1. Film Four World and Extreme were discontinued in 2003 and replaced by Film Four Weekly, which screened four films across the week at the same time each day to make it easier to catch a film at least once. Film Four Weekly ceased broadcasting on 19 July 2006 when the subscription service ended.