C4/S4C

The first brand new national TV channel in almost 20 years has arrived

It’s decided: the fourth channel will be… a mess

What does Channel 4 hold for the viewer when it launches in 2 years?

A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s

Channel 4 is coming, so please help your elderly neighbours tune in

Does C4 deserve some of the licence fee?

Nigel Stapley remembers the man who founded S4C

S4C appears to be in trouble. What has happened in Cardiff – and Wales – to scupper the broadcasting success story of the 1980s?

A quarter century of Channel 4 and S4/C.

David Hastings reviews Channel 4 on the 25th anniversary of its launch

Russ J Graham remembers the will behind S4C

Ian Beaumont on the eras of the fourth channel

David Hastings on C4’s on-screen personalities

James Pittman watches C4 develop

A peon of praise from Joe Baldwin

David Hastings on a future for Channel Four

Pete Davis on how to make a channel ‘alternative’

Andrew Bowden on how C4 lost its way

Russ J Graham on the trials of getting C4 on air

Dafydd Hancock on the twists and turns before S4C

Ross Chapel remembers real minority programming

Our Writers’ Forum on C4 and its impact

C4 killed quality television, says Russ J Graham

Richard Jones celebrates the arrival of S4C

A quick look at S4C’s text service

S4C’s early days in pictures