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This is an archive of news about More4. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

More4 apologises for botching The Daily Show's Bill Clinton interview
From Press Gazette. Posted September 25 2008, 12.00am
Channel 4 has apologised to viewers of digital channel More4 after a technical hitch caused only the first half of an interview with former US president Bill Clinton to be aired last night. (more)

More4 apologises for Bill Clinton interview mix-up
From Press Gazette. Posted September 25 2008, 12.00am
Channel 4 has apologised to viewers of digital channel More4 after a technical hitch caused only the first half of an interview with former US president Bill Clinton to be aired last night. (more)

Freesat confirms RTÉ, C4+1 launches
From Digital Spy. Posted September 4 2008, 3.28pm
Freesat confirms that the +1 timeshifts of Film4, More4 and E4 will join its EPG on Friday. (more)

TV films
From Financial Times. Posted July 19 2008, 3.00am
On Saturday, there's something playful and experimental about the scheduling of 2001 (More4 1.10pm), the time slot seeming to encourage devotees of Kubrick's... (more)

Watch promo for More4's Kubrick season
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2008, 9.50am
Promo, shot from the point of view of Stanley Kubrick, to promote a More4 season of the director's films. Made by Channel 4 Creative Services (more)

Mykura replaces Dale as head of More4
From The Stage. Posted June 9 2008, 1.40pm
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Channel 4: Mykura to take over as More4 head
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 10.48am
Channel 4's head of documentaries, Hamish Mykura, is to take over from Peter Dale as head of More4. By Ben Dowell (more)

More4 launch chief quits Channel 4
From Digital Spy. Posted June 4 2008, 10.44am
More4 head Peter Dale is leaving Channel 4 after ten years to start his own production firm. (more)

Peter Dale quit More4 in 'frustration' at budget cuts
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2008, 10.35am
Peter Dale, the outgoing head of More4, has called for 'new thinking' in the TV industry as sources said he was 'frustrated' by budget cuts. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Peter Dale: More4 chief steps down to launch production company
From Media Guardian. Posted June 3 2008, 5.13pm
Peter Dale, the head of Channel 4 digital channel More4, is to leave to set up an independent production company. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

E4 and More4 go free to air on satellite
From Digital Spy. Posted May 6 2008, 11.07am
E4 and More4 begin in the clear digital satellite transmissions. (more)

Hollywood writers' strike begins to hit UK programming
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2007, 12.12pm
More4's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will become the first UK casualty of the Hollywood writers' strike. By John Plunkett. (more)

My Job
From Press Gazette. Posted October 24 2007, 12.00am
Katie Brown Producer/director, More4 News (more)

More4 team ordeal as gang seizes film
From Press Gazette. Posted October 4 2007, 12.00am
??A More4 reporting team had its footage confiscated by a Romanian gang while investigating the use of stolen UK money in Romania. (more)

Dale wants less drama on More4
From Digital Spy. Posted August 25 2007, 12.48pm
More4 head Peter Dale will take away money from original dramas to combat proposed budget cuts. (more)

Duncan: Time shift a 'logical strategic move'
From Digital Spy. Posted August 3 2007, 10.29am
Though Film4 +1 is to be removed from digital terrestrial television, while some Virgin Media customers will lose More4 +1. (more)

Unspectacular start for 'Studio 60'
From Digital Spy. Posted July 28 2007, 12.28pm
New Matt Perry drama Studio 60 makes a slow start in the ratings for More4. (more)

Making the switch from the warzone to the studio
From Press Gazette. Posted July 11 2007, 12.00am
She’s interviewed AK47-wielding warlords, but the new presenter of More4 News says anchoring a live bulletin from the relative comfort of a studio has been just as scary (more)

More4 to screen Oscar winner's Klaus Barbie film
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2007, 1.00am
8am: More 4 will screen Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald's next documentary film - a profile of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Channel 4 25th birthday season planned for More4
From Media Guardian. Posted June 27 2007, 1.00am
8am: Digital network More4 is to mark Channel 4's 25th birthday with a month of programming in the autumn. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Laverne lined up as MGEITF awards host
From Digital Spy. Posted June 18 2007, 12.48pm
UKTV Gold, Sky One, BBC Three, BBC Four, MORE4 and ITV2 form the non-terrestrial shortlist for the event's Channel of the Year Awards. (more)

Kylie Morris takes over at More4 News
From Press Gazette. Posted May 9 2007, 12.35pm
Kylie Morris will take over from Sarah Smith as presenter of More4 News when Smith moves to Washington for Channel 4 News. (more)

More4 to show Pinter double bill
From The Stage. Posted February 10 2007, 4.27pm
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Channel 4 sketches out Blair drama
From Media Guardian. Posted December 15 2006, 12.00am
8am: Channel 4 has commissioned six political cartoonists to give their own take on a More4 drama about Tony Blair. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Smith moves to 'Channel 4 News'
From Digital Spy. Posted December 1 2006, 3.01pm
More4 presenter Sarah Smith is to take up the post of Washington correspondent for Channel 4 News. (more)

More4 news anchor Sarah Smith returns to reporting with Channel 4
From Media Guardian. Posted November 30 2006, 12.00am
4.30pm: Sarah Smith moves to US with Channel 4. By Jason Deans. (more)

Blunkett to discuss his private life on television
From Media Guardian. Posted November 23 2006, 12.00am
8am: David Blunkett is to bare his soul in public in a new series on More4. By Ben Dowell. (more)

More4's Russian great bear ad bloody but not bowed
From Brand Republic. Posted June 21 2006, 8.06am
LONDON - An ad campaign for Channel 4 digital channel More4's 'State of Russia' season, which featured a picture of a bear lying in the snow surrounded by traps, one of which was covered in blood, picked up 32 complaints and was described as shocking, offensive, and gratuitously violent. (more)

More4 adult advert ruled too explicit
From Digital Spy. Posted May 17 2006, 12.35pm
An explicit trailer featuring two semi-naked women to advertise More4 broke TV rules, says Ofcom. (more)

In praise of ... digital television
From Media Guardian. Posted May 1 2006, 12.58am
Leader: Perhaps the best reason to be grateful to More4 is for its invigorating effect on the four-year-old BBC4. (more)