T4 (Channel 4)

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T4 was a programming block on Channel 4 (T4 Saturday usually 9 am until 2 pm) and E4 (T4 Sunday usually 9 am until 5 pm) that was targeted at the 16–24 age group. It also aired on weekdays in the school holidays and often featured studio segments such as interviews with celebrity guests, live music and phone-in competitions interwoven by in-vision continuity presenters linking to a selection of both British and imported shows.

On 12 October 2012, Channel 4 announced that it would be axing T4 as part of a move to refresh the network's youth programming at the end of December 2012.<ref>Channel 4 axes T4 brand Template:Webarchive Digital Spy, 12 October 2012</ref> The show ended on 29 December 2012.

Early history

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Early on in T4Template:'s run, programmes aimed at children often aired in addition to the content aimed at older viewers, with shows such as CatDog and 2 Stupid Dogs appearing in the early schedule of the strand. Around 2001, this was dropped and the strand refocused entirely towards the teen/youth market.

T4 had a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. Channel 4 originally produced the strand in-house until 2002, when production was passed onto independent companies At It Productions and later Princess Productions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the first few months of T4Template:'s life, its idents consisted of an animated spaceman like character. In 1999, this character instead appeared on the idents during the early morning pre-school shows, in addition to the weekend children's programmes that fell outside the T4 strand. These idents continued in use until 2004.

T4 on E4, 2001

After E4's launch in 2001, T4 initially also had a slot on the channel, however this was short lived. It also had an equally short lived Friday evening slot on Channel 4. Following the sale of Quiz Call by Channel 4, it was rumoured that a T4 channel was one of the proposals to fill the vacant slot on Freeview (and subsequently on satellite and cable). However, the plan is also thought to have been rejected by director of television Kevin Lygo, as the slot was filled by Film4 +1 (now replaced, in turn, by Channel 4 +1).

Later years

Initially broadcast only on Sundays, the success of T4 saw the strand subsequently extended to include a Saturday block.

In more recent years, T4 had provided Channel 4 a broadcast window of programmes that are also broadcast in primetime slots on E4, such as The Big Bang Theory. In addition, following Channel 4's acquisition of terrestrial broadcast rights to The Simpsons, the series began to feature regularly within T4. Friends featured regularly within T4 until Channel 4 relinquished the rights to the sitcom in 2011.

Until 25 March 2012, T4 aired on Channel 4 both Saturday and Sunday. To make way for the introduction of Sunday Brunch in March 2012, T4 Sunday was later moved to run on E4. T4 Saturday remained on Channel 4 and some programmes that previously appeared within the T4 block, such as The Simpsons, remained on Channel 4 on Sunday afternoons.<ref>T4 Sundays set to move to E4 Balihar Khalsa, Broadcast Now, 17 February 2012</ref><ref>T4 to move to E4 to make room for Sunday Brunch Anna Howell, iMedia Monkey, 17 February 2012</ref>

Vernon Kay, Dermot O'Leary, Miquita Oliver and Alexa Chung returned for the last show on 29 December 2012 alongside current presenters Matt Edmondson, Nick Grimshaw, Jameela Jamil, Georgie Okell and Will Best.

T4 on the Beach

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} T4 also staged an annual summer concert, T4 on the Beach, in the resort of Weston-super-Mare (for its first two years in 2003 and 2004, it was held in Great Yarmouth under the name Pop Beach), and previous musical acts that have appeared include McFly, Calvin Harris, Little Boots, and The Zutons. The concert in July 2010 was the sixth year running that the event had taken place in Weston-super-Mare which featured Dizzee Rascal and Florence and the Machine, among others. After the strand's cancellation, there was going to be a replacement titled Summer Sets on the Beach which would air live on ITV2 on 31 August 2013, but it was axed due to a lack of ticket sales.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

T4 Stars Of...

Normally bookended at the tail end of the year, the T4 Stars Of... concert was broadcast live from Earls Court. The event was first held in 2009 and since then had become an annual fixture in the T4 events calendar. The Stars Of... title usually preceded the year in which it was being held e.g. Stars of 2010, as it was widely regarded as the replacement show for the now defunct Smash Hits Poll Winners Party that T4 broadcast from 2001 to 2005.

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Presenters

Presenter Tenure 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Dermot O'Leary<ref>When One Door Closes a New Time Slot Opens- C4 Axes T4 In Search Of Something New Template:Webarchive Contact Music, 13 October 2012</ref> 1998–2001 colspan="11" Template:N/A
Omar Gurnah<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1998–1999 colspan="13" Template:N/A
Fran Lee<ref>Passion for fashion Template:Webarchive CWB Online, July 2012</ref> 1998–1999 colspan="13" Template:N/A
Margherita Taylor<ref>Margherita Taylor Template:Webarchive James Grant</ref> 1999–2001 colspan="1" Template:N/A colspan="11" Template:N/A
Ben Shephard<ref>Ben Shephard Template:Webarchive Prime Performers</ref> 1999–2000 colspan="1" Template:N/A colspan="12" Template:N/A
June Sarpong<ref name="nme"/> 2000–2007 colspan="2" Template:N/A colspan="5" Template:N/A
Vernon Kay<ref name="nme"/> 2000–2005 colspan="2" Template:N/A colspan="7" Template:N/A
Steve Jones<ref name="nme"/><ref name="channel4.com">Template:Cite web</ref> 2003–2010 colspan="5" Template:N/A colspan="2" Template:N/A
Simon Amstell<ref name="nme"/> 2003–2006 colspan="5" Template:N/A colspan="6" Template:N/A
MC Harvey<ref>MC Harvey Spoonfed</ref> 2003–2004 colspan="5" Template:N/A colspan="8" Template:N/A
Anthony Crank<ref>Table Talk: Anthony Crank Template:Webarchive Dianne Bourne, Manchester Evening News, 12 June 2008</ref> 2004–2005 colspan="6" Template:N/A colspan="7" Template:N/A
Miquita Oliver<ref name="channel4.com"/> 2006–2010 colspan="8" Template:N/A colspan="2" Template:N/A
Dave Berry<ref>95.8 Capital FM announces Dave Berry as new breakfast show host Template:Webarchive Radio Centre, 1 December 2011</ref> 2006–2007 colspan="8" Template:N/A colspan="5" Template:N/A
Mark BoardmanTemplate:Citation needed 2006–2007 colspan="8" Template:N/A colspan="5" Template:N/A
Rick Edwards<ref name="channel4.com"/> 2007–2011 colspan="9" Template:N/A colspan="1" Template:N/A
Alex Zane<ref name="nme"/> 2007–2008 colspan="9" Template:N/A colspan="4" Template:N/A
Alexa Chung<ref name="nme">Channel 4 to replace T4 with a new music show Template:Webarchive NME, 12 October 2012</ref> 2008–2009 colspan="10" Template:N/A colspan="3" Template:N/A
Jameela Jamil<ref>"TV Gallery: T4's new presenter, Jameela Jamil" Template:Webarchive TV Scoop Retrieved on 28 March 2009</ref> 2009–2012 colspan="11" Template:N/A
Nick Grimshaw<ref name="nme"/><ref name="channel4.com"/> 2010–2012 colspan="12" Template:N/A
Georgie Okell<ref name="channel4.com"/> 2010–2012 colspan="12" Template:N/A
Will Best<ref>Exclusive Interview With Will Best Template:Webarchive Female First, 4 July 2012</ref> 2011–2012 colspan="13" Template:N/A
Matt Edmondson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2011–2012 colspan="13" Template:N/A

Executive staff

T4's executives were Henrietta Conrad (executive producer) and Sebastian Grant (series producer) for Princess Productions, and Cath Lovesey (series editor) and Sangeeta Bhaskar (Channel 4 executive) for Channel 4.

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