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David Rose Heads Film4
The former Head of English Drama at the BBC becomes Commissioning Editor for Fiction for Channel 4 -
'Walter' First Film Broadcast
The channel's first night saw controversial movie broadcast, directed by Stephen Frears and from the novel by David Cook, with Ian McKellen in the title role. -
Eady Levy Terminated
The tax on box office sales that was designed to support the industry was withdrawn, as the government considered it being misallocated. -
My Beautiful Laundrette Premiere at the Edinburgh Festival
The movie, starring a young Daniel Day Lewis, enjoyed surprise success as a result of the festival release. It went on to be shown in commerical cinemas, rather than immediately to TV as it had been intended. -
David Rose Honoured at Cannes
Receiving the Services to Cinema award at the film festival. -
Film on Four Returns
After a turbulent few years, including David Rose's departure, the channel returned on Sunday nights. -
Channel 4 Sells Advertising
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Shallow Grave
Danny Boyle's first commercially successful movie is released -
Trainspotting Released
Danny Boyle directs controversial movie about a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh. -
Brassed Off Released
Mark Herman's black comedy about a Yorkshire Colliery Band, in the midst of Thatcher's Britain. -
Fever Pitch Released
David Evans' romantic comedy, from Nick Hornby's novel of the same name. The movie was produced the year England got through to the Euro '96 semi-finals, and Baddiel and Skinner released 'Three Lions' in support of the team. -
FilmFour Becomes Independent Studio
And launches it's own paid-for subscription TV Channel -
East is East Released
Damien O'Donnell's groundbreaking multicultural movie is a UK success. -
FilmFour TV Channel a Success
The channel has gained 250,000 subscribers in it's first year. -
FilmFour Struggles
The channel's losses are reported as 5.4m -
Film4 Summer Screen is Launched
Outdoor, 2000-capacity cinema festival is launched at Somerset House in London, with guest presenters and a variety of films both old and new. -
Film Four Becomes Free
On Freeview TV -
This Is England Released
Gritty drama about life in Thatcher's Britain, by Shane Meadows. -
Slumdog Millionaire Released
Danny Boyle's big-budget adaptation of Vikas Swarup's novel is a success, receiving a total 8 Academy Awards. -
Four Lions Premiered at Bradford Film Festival
The movie was written by Chris Morris, made by long-time Sheffield-based collaborator, Warp Films, and was produced by Film4. As with many of Film4's previous releases, the movie was a satirical look at life in Britain for working class people. -
Film4 OD Launched
The On Demand service is launched. Films are available on the same day as their DVD release, and the service is based on a rental subscription. -
Scene Stealers Competition Launched
Film 4.0, the low budget experimental division of Film 4 launched a competition in which up and coming filmmakers could win a 5,000 development fund and mentoring on a short film from Film 4.0. -
Film4 OD Closed
The service was withdrawn, citing allocation of resources - one may speculate that the availability of streaming and the popularity of Netflix may have played a part. -
Film4 Backed Films Receive 22 BAFTA Nominations
According to Film4's bloggers. The greatest number of nominations to date. -
Massive Increase in Film4 Funding Announced
"Film4 funding has increased to a record £25m in 2016, with major new deals announced with Fox Searchlight and FP Films. Film4 will be backing new work from Lenny Abrahamson, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Haigh, Steve McQueen, Clio Barnard, Bart Layton, Mike Leigh and Chris Morris" - See more at: http://blog.film4.com/page/7/#sthash.BCmbKVgE.dpuf -
Three Oscars for Film4-backed Films
Room's lead won Best Actress, Amy was given Best Documentary Feature and Ex Machina received Best Visual Effects. -
Daniel Battsek to Take Over as Director of Film4
The new director is coming to the UK from New York, and has an intimidating CV, including MD of UK distribution for Buena Vista International, President at NatGeo and President of Filmed Entertainment at Miramax.
