Special

Saturday 13 September 2008

Matt Lucas and David Walliams choose their perfect night of TV: their favourite TV and movie moments that would make up their ideal night's viewing. Clips range from Grange Hill and The Young Ones to Are You Being Served? and Gordon the Gopher .

Friday 19 September 2008

Ricky Gervais's stand-up show tackles the weird world of fame, blurring the line between the acceptable and the outrageous, with a balancing act that had audiences across the country in stitches in what was the fastest-selling live comedy tour in UK history.

Monday 1 September 2008

Writer Buddy Dolphin heads to LA, in the hope of making it as a paparazzi and getting up close and personal with Britney Spears

Wednesday 27 August 2008

Alan Carr recorded this live perfomance at the Hammersmith Apollo in May 2007 to a sell-out audience. In this brilliant show, Alan talks about childhood and adolescence in his trademark frank and hilarious style.

Sunday 24 August 2008

Kylie Minogue brings her flamboyant live extravaganza to the O2 Arena in London. Performing classic hits and songs from her platinum selling album X , including 2 Hearts , Wow , I Should Be So Lucky and, of course, the unforgettable Can't Get You Out of My Head .

Saturday 16 August 2008

Saturday night highlights of V Festival 2008 from Chelmsford, including performances from Muse, The Kooks, The Prodigy and The Pigeon Detectives. Full coverage of the festival can be seen on the new 4Music channel (channels: Freeview 18, Sky 360, Virgin 330). Plus there's more C4 coverage tomorrow afternoon and evening.

Thursday 24 July 2008

As the new European Capital of Culture rockets towards the future, Tony Robinson and the team delve into its past and uncover how Liverpool catapulted itself onto the international trading stage. Regeneration has created a mammoth building site, the trenches of which become the team's playground for unearthing clues to Liverpool's past. The earliest commercial wet dock is their first find, a technological wonder that turned the city's fortunes around and helped to make it a world-class port.

Saturday 19 July 2008

Until 8,000 years ago, Britain wasn't an island but just another part of continental Europe. But, in a timely reminder from prehistory, our ancestors were driven off their land after major climate change. The ice melted and the seas rose, shrinking the land that joined us to the Netherlands and Denmark. Tony Robinson pieces together the story of the drowned world, far bigger than England is today, lost when the North Sea and the English Channel were formed in a huge, 10,000-year flood.

Saturday 12 July 2008

The Iron Aget was a crucial yet mysterious period of British history. A time which left the landscape littered with huge, impressive and enigmatic monuments. Tony Robinson and Francis Pryor and Phil Harding present a radical new picture of a key time in our history. Prod/ Dir: Laurence Vulliamy; Exec Prod: Philip Clarke; Prod Co: Videotext Communications

Sunday 6 July 2008

Channel 4's major season on gun and knife crime, Disarming Britain, concludes with a one-hour live programme presented by Jon Snow. The Street Weapons Commission, chaired by Cherie Booth QC, will present their recommendations for tackling violence on our streets, which will be debated in front of a live studio audience. The Commissioners include Ian Levy, whose son was killed in a knife attack, Lord Geoffrey Dear, the former Chief Constable of the West Midlands, and experts in youth policy, education and social entrepreneurship.

Thursday 3 July

The centrepiece of the Disarming Britain season, Fallout is a gripping one-off drama, adapted by award-winning playwright Roy Williams from his acclaimed stage play, and directed by leading theatre director Ian Rickson. Lennie James is Joe, a policeman returning to the estate where he grew up to investigate the murder of a black teenager. When 16-year-old Kwame is stabbed to death by a local gang, the lives, feelings and fears of the young perpetrators and the police officers investigating the crime are exposed in full. The young cast includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw ( Spooks , Doctor Who ) and 13-year-old Jerome Holder.

This electrifying special showcases daredevil stunt performers as they defy death, danger and discomfort in pursuit of tough world records.

Beverley Turner and Andy Goldstein present a series of dazzling feats, some of which have never been performed before. The show features spectacular car dominos; a motorbike bursting through walls of fire; a tug of war between men and a car; and an attempt to break the world record for the highest jet-pack flight.

Wheels spin, cars fly through the air and burning debris rains down on fearless stuntmen as the Big Stunt Show attempts to lay waste to a whole series of daunting world records.

Friday 23 May 2008 9:00pm - 10:30pm

In association with The Sun and sponsored by Walkers, this star studded event will honour those that have achieved the highest level of international acclaim in their chosen fields over the past twelve months. Britain’s Best 2008 will allow the nation to take stock and feel proud of what the country has achieved internationally and also celebrate the richness and diversity of modern Britain. Those who attended last year’s event and were honoured included: Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and David Beckham.

There are seven award categories on the night. During the ceremony one individual in each category will be honoured at this prestigious event. The categories include: The Arts, Television, Campaigner, Sport, Business, Music, and Film.

Friday 16 May 2008 9:30pm - 10:30pm

In this one-off special for ITV1, An Audience Without Jeremy Beadle takes a look back through the career of television’s top prankster and the iconic shows such as Game For a Laugh and Beadle’s About which made him one of the country’s most recognisable faces.

Filmed in front of an audience of celebrities including Henry Kelly, Robert Powell, Tony Blackburn, Janet Ellis, Jon Culshaw, and Gloria Hunniford plus members of Jeremy’s closest family, the show is hosted by Jeremy’s great friend Chris Tarrant and takes an irreverent and funny look at Jeremy’s career and life including the incredible and tireless charity work he modestly undertook.

Thursday 15 May 2008 10:35pm - 11:50pm

Musician, broadcaster and TV presenter, Myleene Klass hosts this star-studded gala evening as some of the world’s biggest classical music artists gather at London’s Royal Albert Hall for The Classical BRIT Awards 2008 sponsored by NS&I.

Riding high on the success of her own album Music For Mothers, which toped the classical compilation chart, Myleene will be joined by a glittering array of operatic legends providing exclusive world class performances. Grammy nominated and the multi-platinum selling artist Andrea Bocelli will be taking centre stage and performing at this year’s awards alongside other greats including violinist Nigel Kennedy, world-renowned Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel CBE, the U.S biggest selling artist of 2007 Josh Groban, Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and, making her Classical BRITS performance debut, Sarah Brightman.