Channel 4
The BFI celebrates 25 years of Channel 4 with a season of programmes and special events at BFI Southbank, a major academic conference, a newly published book by Maggie Brown, and gems from the archive to see for free in the Mediatheque.
Conference: Channel 4 - The First 25 Years
As part of a project reviewing 25 years of British broadcaster Channel 4, the BFI organised a major academic conference in November to assess the channel's history.
Channel 4 at 25
Screenonline reflects on the first quarter-century of Britain's provocative fourth channel.
The Birth of Channel 4 in the Mediatheque
As BFI Southbank celebrates C4's quarter-century of innovation and controversy, the Mediatheque goes back to Day 1 - Tuesday 2 November 1982 - to see how things got started.
A Licence to be Different: The Story of Channel 4 by Maggie Brown
An accessible account of Channel 4's history, from creation and appearance on air on November 2 1982 - to the present day.
What's this 4? Library exhibition
Take a stroll down memory lane and be entertained by opinion and fact on your favourite Channel 4 moment, as exhibited on our Reading Room walls, this November.
