The Latest Breaking News from Channel 4

Comedian Matt Lucas is used to cracking jokes while watching contestants bake, but on tonight's The Great Celebrity Bake Off he nervously gets judged by Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith

Channel 4 only moved to Leeds last year, but it could soon be sold for around £1bn

The Scottish Government’s culture secretary said the decision was disappointing for the creative sector which had thrived with the channel’s help.

The rumoured privatisation of Channel 4 was finally announced last night after months of speculation, with even some among the Tories themselves feeling that the sale may be an act of political retribution for what they feel has been biased coverage against the government. Conservative MP Julian Knight suggested on…

Sky, ITV, Discovery and Paramount may be interested if the terms are right – and none of them would want it in the hands of any other

Lysette Anthony, who was killed off Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks earlier this year, appeared on Loose Women to discuss secretly living with a Parkinson's diagnosis for years

In collaboration with the third and final series of Channel 4's Derry Girls, the broadcasters have teamed up with 4Creative and Bauer Media to revive the iconic Smash Hits Magazine

This is an act of political dogma and score-settling, says former head of C4 news and current affairs Dorothy Byrne

Since its creation 40 years ago, free-to-air public-service television network Channel 4 has provided innovative, independent content - now it has been deemed a viable cash cow to fund the government's agenda