''Channel 4 News'' is the main news programme on

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Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982.

Current productions

''Channel 4 News''

''Channel 4 News'' is the name of

's award-winning flagship evening news programme. The editor is Esme Wren, appointed in 2022. The programme is presented by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman,

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and Fatima Manji and is on the air Monday to Thursday from 7:00 to 7:55 pm, Friday from 7:00 to 7:30 pm, and at variable times at weekends. Alex Thomson is the chief correspondent. ''Channel 4 News'' is among the highest-rated television programmes in the United Kingdom, winning a record five

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Television Awards in February 2006. These included TV Journalist of the Year for Jon Snow, Home News Award for the Attorney-General leak, and the International News Award for Congo's Tin Soldiers. It won the News Coverage

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in 2004 and the 2004

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for the best news programme produced and aired outside the United States. Jon Snow won the Richard Dimbleby

in 2005 for outstanding contribution to the world of news and current affairs. In November 2011, Liam Dutton became Channel 4's first ever weather presenter, joining from BBC Weather. The exposé of Cambridge Analytica in conjunction with ''The Guardian'' and ''The New York Times'' which aired in 2018 was awarded a

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. In April 2021, Channel 4 and ITN announced that Snow would leave the programme after 32 years. His last show was on 23 December 2021.

''Channel 4 News Summary''

A replacement for the ''Channel 4 News at Noon'' in the 12.00 pm slot, it first aired on 21 December 2009, giving a five-minute summary of the news.

Former productions

''Channel Four News at Noon''

''Channel Four News at Noon'' was first introduced in 2003 for the duration of the

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, and due to its instant success, it was kept on in

's daytime schedule (except when live Horse Racing was being broadcast). It was presented by Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Prior to this bulletin, the programme in the slot was ''Powerhouse'', a political news programme, also produced for Channel 4 by ITN. As a consequence of the advertising slowdown during the 2009 recession, the programme was cancelled, along with ''

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'' and replaced with the five minute ''Channel 4 News Summary'', the last broadcast airing on 18 December 2009.

''More4 News''

Aired Monday to Friday on sister channel More4, ''More4 News'' was anchored by Sarah Smith then later

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, it ran for 30 minutes, aiming to go in-depth into a certain issue. As a consequence of the advertising slowdown during the 2009 recession, the programme was cancelled, along with the ''Channel Four News at Noon'', the last broadcast airing on 18 December 2009.

On-air team

Current newscasters

* Krishnan Guru-Murthy (1998–present, Lead presenter 2022–present) *

(2011–present) * Cathy Newman (2011–present) *Jackie Long (2015–present) *

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(2016–present)

Former newscasters

*Godfrey Hodgson (1982–85) * Sarah Hogg (1982–85) * Trevor McDonald (1982–89) * Gavin Scott (1982–86) *

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(Lead presenter 1982–89) * John Suchet (1982–1988) *

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(1983–84) * Alastair Stewart (1983–87) * Sue Turton (1983–2010) * Carol Barnes (1984–92) * Sonia Ruseler (1984–92) * Nicholas Owen (1985–91) *Norman Rees (1985–87) *Brenda Rowe (1985–87) *Tristana Moore (1986–99) * Sue Carpenter (1988–90) * Zeinab Badawi (1989–98) * Jon Snow (Lead presenter 1989–2021) * Fiona Armstrong (1990–91) *Fiona Murch (1991–94) * Shahnaz Pakravan (1991–95) * Dermot Murnaghan (1992–95) *Sarah Spiller (1992–93) * Alex Thomson (1999–2004) * Samira Ahmed (2000–11) * Katie Razzall (2005–2015) * Sheena McDonald

Correspondents/editors

;General * Alex Thomson (Chief Correspondent) *Paraic O'Brien (Correspondent) *

(Reporter) *Symeon Brown (News Correspondent) * Ayshah Tull (News Correspondent) *Minnie Stephenson (News Correspondent) *Paul McNamara (Reporter) *Anja Popp (Reporter) *Kiran Moodley (Reporter) ;Political * Gary Gibbon (Political Editor) ;Home Affairs *Andy Davies (Home Affairs Correspondent) *Darshna Soni (Home Affairs Correspondent) ;Regional * Clare Fallon (North of England Correspondent) * Ciaran Jenkins (Scotland Correspondent) ;International * Lindsey Hilsum (International Editor) *Siobhan Kennedy (Washington Correspondent) *Jonathan Miller (Foreign Affairs Correspondent) *Jonathan Rugman (Foreign Affairs Correspondent) * Jamal Osman (Africa Correspondent) *Guillermo Galdos (Latin America Correspondent) ;Health *Victoria Macdonald (Health & Social Care Editor) * Ruben Reuter (Disability Correspondent) ;Economics *Helia Ebrahimi (Economics Correspondent) ;Sports * Keme Nzerem (Sports Correspondent) * Jordan Jarrett-Bryan (Sports Reporter) Source:

Weather forecaster

Design team

Non-broadcast media

''Channel 4 News'' also produces a variety of non-broadcast media, including a range of journalist authored blogs to deliver insight and analysis of the news from the news team. ''Channel 4 News'' also produces ''Snowmail'', a free daily email from the news reporter team, giving their personal take on the day's news agenda and behind-the-scenes newsroom goings-on.

Historical roles

In 2003, ''Channel 4 News'' broke the story of the

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which led to a political crisis in Britain. Article includes link t
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of the associated ''Channel 4 News'' television programme. The story of the Conservative Party's election expenses scandal was first broken, and then pursued for over a year, by

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. In March 2018, an undercover investigation by ''Channel 4 News'' explored the campaign activities of Cambridge Analytica.

2017 Westminster attack report

On the evening of the Westminster attack of 22 March 2017, ''Channel 4 News'' claimed they were able to name the dead attacker as Abu Izzadeen, also known as Trevor Brooks. The claim was repeated by ''

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'' and the ''

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''. However, ''Channel 4 News'' was forced to issue an on-air retraction during the same bulletin after Izzadeen's solicitor stated that he was alive and serving time in prison.

Theme music

The music in the ''Channel 4 News'' titles is an orchestration of "Best Endeavours" by Alan Hawkshaw. It was introduced a few months after the channel's launch, and has remained in use since its inception.

References

External links

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