T4 (Channel 4)

T4 (presumably meaning "Teenage 4") is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 (UK) from about 9 a.m. until 2.00pm on Saturday and 5.00pm on Sundays. It also airs on weekdays in the school holidays. The slot has a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. The logo of T4 is noticeably the top right segment of the standard channel 4 logo.

The slot is targeted at the 16-25 age group.

T4 Executives are Richard Cook (Executive Producer) and Jessica Sebastian (Series Producer). It was created by Andi Peters, a former CBBC presenter and Channel 4 commissioning editor for children's and youth at the time.

Early on in T4'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. For the first few months of T4'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 also stages an annual summer concert, "T4 on the Beach", in the resort of Weston-super-Mare. The 2006 concert featured musical acts such as McFly, Razorlight, Will Young and The Zutons. Each act performs two or three songs, but these are generally mimed as the concert is produced for a TV audience. This isn't always the case however, certain artists like Beyoncé have performed on the show live. [cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a32254/bands-threaten-to-pull-out-of-t4-event.html | title=Bands threaten to pull out of T4 event | work=digital spy | accessdate=2007-05-29] The concert on 22 July 2007 was the third year running that 'T4 On the Beach' had taken place in Weston-super-Mare which featured The Pigeon Detectives and McFly, among others.

Also, after E4's launch in 2001, T4 initially also had a slot on the channel. However, this was short lived. They also had an equally short lived Friday evening slot on Channel 4. Following the sale of Quiz Call by Channel 4, it is 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).

Presenters

Current presenters
*Steve Jones
*Miquita Oliver
*Rick Edwards
*Alexa Chung
*Alex Zane
*James Delow (Continuity announcer)Previous presenters
*Simon Amstell
*Anthony Crank
*Dermot O'Leary
*Margherita Taylor
*Ben Shephard
*Robby C
*June Sarpong
*Vernon Kay

Programming

Programmes that have aired as part of T4 include:
*"Age of Love - No longer showing
*"Andromeda"
*"Angel" (Seasons One and Two only, heavily edited)
*"Angela Anaconda"
*"As If"
*"Average Joe -No longer showing
*"Beauty and The Geek -Has featured British and Americna Versions
*"Big Brother" (in particular, censored repeats of the live Friday night eviction shows on Saturdays) - Shows when Big Brother Series is on.
*"Big Brother's Little Brother" - Shows when Big Brother Series is on.
*"Chancers"
*"Charmed" (Season Eight only)cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a31359/channel-4-picks-up-final-charmed-season.html |title=Channel 4 Picks Up Final 'Charmed' Season|work=Digital Spy |first=Neil |last=Wilkes |date=2006-04-07 |accessdate=2008-04-18]
*"Cheers"
*"Dawson's Creek" - No longer showing
*"Frasier" - Not currently airing
*"Friends" - Airs Every Weekday at 5:00, 5:30, 8:00 and 8:30, Saturday and Sunday but Quantity of episodes and Timeslot varies from week to week
*"Futurama" - No longer showing. (Now on "Sky1", "Sky2" and "Sky3")
*"Hollyoaks" - An omnibus including all 5 episodes aired in that week airs every Sunday 10.00am-12.30pm
*"Johnny Bravo" (1999 to 2001) - No longer showing
*"King of the Hill" - currently showing separately as part of night-time schedule
*"Musicool" - Not currently airing
*"My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss" -No longer showing
*"The O.C." (sometimes edited from the version shown at 9pm on E4 to suit timeslot)
*"T4 MoblieAct Unsigned."
*"Nokia Green Room"
*"One Tree Hill"
*"Planet Pop - (Later replaced by Popworld) - Not currently airing
*"Popworld" - Was given a revamp in 2006 but later axed in 2007.
*"" - Now appears on 4Music
*"" - Now appears on 4Music
*"Renford Rejects" (1999 to 2001) - No longer showing
*"Shipwrecked - Current series appearing on 4Music
*"Scrubs - Also appears on E4
*"Smallville" - Airs 3.00pm-4.00pm Every Sunday (Edited to suit timeslot), Also on E4
*"Sister, Sister" - No longer showing. (Now shows on "Nickelodeon)"
*"The Simpsons" - Every Sunday roughly 4.00pm-5.00pm (Heavily edited to suit timeslot)
*"The Sopranos" (Heavily edited to suit timeslot)
*"Totally Frank"
*""
*"Stargate SG1"
*4Music On The Beach
*"T4 On The Beach
*"Postcard from T4 On The Beach
*"The West Wing"
*"Ugly Betty" (repeat of the Friday night episode)
*"When Women Rule The World -"Repeat from Wednesday's show"
*"Will & Grace (no longer showing as the final season is over)
*"WWF Heat" (1999 to 2002)
*"Desperate Housewives" January 2006 only- Although still on its Wednesday night slot on Channel 4, the Sunday night at 6.45pm repeat was axed after just the first six episodes of season Two due to poor ratings.
*"Vanity Lair"

References

External links

*Channel4.com|id=t4|title=T4
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/image_galleries/t4_on_the_beach_2006_gallery.shtml Photos of T4 on the Beach 2006 in Weston-super-Mare]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2006/06/19/t4_on_the_beach_2006_review_feature.shtml Review of T4 on the Beach 2006 in Weston-super-Mare]