The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/channel-4/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Channel 4 | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/channel-4/ 32 32 BBC chief: Gaza documentary scandal a ‘dagger to the heart’ of our impartiality https://www.timesofisrael.com/bbc-chief-gaza-documentary-scandal-a-dagger-to-the-heart-of-our-impartiality/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:45:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3496494 Chair Samir Shah tells lawmakers 'proper independent review' needed; teenage son of Hamas figure at center of controversy reportedly featured in another UK news broadcast last year

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]]> Stephen Fry decries antisemitism in Christmas video, is pilloried online https://www.timesofisrael.com/stephen-fry-decries-antisemitism-in-christmas-video-is-pilloried-online/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 09:04:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3186522 British Jewish actor urges UK citizens to speak out against Jew hatred; wave of commentators accuse him of playing 'victim' while not caring about Palestinians in Gaza

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]]> ‘Jews Don’t Count’? UK comic David Baddiel brings a provocative book to primetime TV https://www.timesofisrael.com/jews-dont-count-uk-comic-david-baddiel-brings-a-provocative-book-to-primetime-tv/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:57:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2879831 Guardian hails 'a doc so shocking it sounds like a siren'; exploring the normalization of antisemitism, it includes thoughts from Sarah Silverman, Jonathan Safran Foer, Stephen Fry

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]]> TV comedy series starring Zelensky as president gets boost in popularity https://www.timesofisrael.com/tv-comedy-series-starring-zelensky-as-president-gets-boost-in-popularity/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:44:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2714112 'Servant of the People' has been snapped up by UK's Channel 4 as well as broadcasters in Bulgaria, Moldova, Estonia, France, Finland and Georgia

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]]> UK TV show buys ‘Hitler’s hair’ from Holocaust denier https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-tv-show-buys-lock-of-hitlers-hair-from-holocaust-denier/ Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:44:51 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=927394 Channel 4 pays David Irving £3,000 for a lock of the dictator's hair for DNA testing, only to find that it's fake

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]]> Greece to probe threats to turn immigrants ‘into soap’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/greece-to-probe-threats-to-turn-immigrants-into-soap/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:32:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=403600 Golden Dawn political party claims politician's comments were a 'joke' filmed illegally

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]]> London Haredim slam TV exposé on sexual abuse in community https://www.timesofisrael.com/london-haredim-slam-tv-expose-on-sexual-abuse-in-community/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:29:39 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=360994 Leadership claims Channel 4 documentary distorts rabbis' response to allegations of misconduct against children

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]]> UK Haredi chief caught telling alleged victim not to tell police about abuse https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-haredi-chief-caught-telling-alleged-victim-not-to-tell-police-about-abuse/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:46:17 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=353972 Channel 4's hidden camera records Rabbi Ephraim Padwa advising accuser not to seek help from the authorities

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]]> British TV show airs Israeli think-tank’s upbeat simulation of attack on Iran https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-tv-show-airs-israeli-think-tanks-upbeat-simulation-of-attack-on-iran/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:35:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=271564 Channel 4's 'Dispatches' screens footage of recent 'war game,' raises questions about whether Israel's top strategists are overly optimistic about the outcome of a strike

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]]> Rumors of rabbi’s sexual misconduct raise tensions among UK Haredim https://www.timesofisrael.com/rumors-of-rabbis-sexual-misconduct-raise-tensions-among-uk-haredim/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:53:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=265238 Long-simmering scandal threatens to divide those who want to involve secular authorities and those who want to deal with abuse internally

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]]> Unexpected TV stardom has British Jews cringing, kvelling and just plain confused https://www.timesofisrael.com/unexpected-tv-stardom-has-british-jews-cringing-kvelling-and-just-plain-confused/ Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:13:49 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=254720 Suddenly everywhere on the small screen, UK Jewry debates its portrayal in popular culture -- and finds it hard to stop watching

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]]> UK journalist: Syria rebels led me into death trap https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-journalist-syria-rebels-led-me-into-death-trap/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:45:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=125644 Channel 4 News's Alex Thomson says he was deliberately set up to be shot by military so rebels could score propaganda coup

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