Channel 4 (UK): Risk as a way of life

Risk taking is written into Channel 4's remit. And while the channel hasn't always lived up to the billing, it is currently populated by executives who have great expertise in fusing genres. Peter Dale, now in charge of C4 diginet More4, has a great track record as a documentary commissioner. But, more recently, it is his factual entertainment hybrids that have earned plaudits.

June 1, 2006

Risk taking is written into Channel 4's remit. And while the channel hasn't always lived up to the billing, it is currently populated by executives who have great expertise in fusing genres. Peter Dale, now in charge of C4 diginet More4, has a great track record as a documentary commissioner. But, more recently, it is his factual entertainment hybrids that have earned plaudits.