Channel 4 Closes Out Jack Thorne Trilogy With ‘The Light’
Channel 4 is completing their trilogy of Jack Thorne four-part dramas. The PSB has given the greenlight to The Light, the final four part drama from the scribe behind the award winning Harry Potter & The Cursed Child. The first two entries in the trilogy, National Treasure and Kiri, aired on Channel 4 in 2016 and 2018, respectively. The Light takes a look at disability and will focus on the repercussions of a catastrophic disaster that befalls a community in a small Welsh town which has seen more prosperous times. The disaster claims the lives of many, children included and, as personal and communal grief gives way to a torrent of anger and blame, the community finds itself torn apart. 
Hang Ups - the UK adaptation of Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy - will premiere on Channel 4 on Wednesday August 8th at 10pm, it has been announced. 
Channel 4 has given the greenlight to Mission Ignition, a new four episode car series that is being fronted by Take That's Howard Donald and racing driver Dario Franchitti. Mission Ignition will give two teams of amateur car enthusiasts the opportunity to drive off in their dream car - however they’ll have to rebuild it first. Donald and Franchittio will each lead a team of passionate petrol heads, guiding them to the finish line and hopefully the win. 
Channel 4 is losing their Head of Drama. Beth Willis is exiting the broadcaster to take up a partnership position and independent production company The Forge. Willis first joined Channel 4 in 2012 as Deputy Head of Drama. She was promoted to the top job two years later in 2016 when Piers Wenger left for the BBC to become Controller of Drama Commissioning.