Danny Horan: Last News

Channel 4 has promoted factual commissioners Alisa Pomeroy and Shaminder Nahal to take over the running of its documentaries and specialist factual teams, replacing Danny Horan.

K.J. Yossman Channel 4 wants to be “braver” and “more ambitious,” said Jo Street, the network’s head of daytime and features.Street made the comments during a “Commissioners” panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival alongside head of drama Caroline Hollick, head of factual, Danny Horan and head of entertainment and events Phil Harris.“I think the next phase for us is what do we do outside of property, we get pitched that all the time,” said Street, who is also the head of Channel 4’s Glasgow hub.

K.J. Yossman Channel 4’s head of factual, Danny Horan, has spoken out about the network’s latest commission which features “Monty Python” comedian John Cleese hosting a show about cancel culture.“We’re doing that because we felt we needed to address [cancel culture] somehow and he’s got very strong views on that,” Horan said of Cleese during a virtual Channel 4 “Commissioners” panel at the Edinburgh TV Festival.Cleese announced on Monday he would be presenting the show, titled “Cancel Me,” in which he speaks to activists and victims of cancel culture, including some famous faces.“I think there’s a lot of things to address in that series that he is very keen to understand what happened and why it’s happened,” Horan continued.

Naman Ramachandran On Monday, Liana Stewart’s short “My First Time,” featuring testimonies from people who recall the first time they were racially abused, aired on U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, its streaming service All 4 and its social channels.