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Feb 2024
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How do you save Channel 4?

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About this episode

Channel 4 has announced big job cuts, where will it find it's next hit? Could Mr Beast be about to move from YouTube to the mainstream? And why are so many films and TV shows being shelved despite being finished?


All that on this week's The Rest Is Entertainment with Marina Hyde and Richard Osman.


Twitter: @restisents

Email: therestisentertainment@gmail.com

Producer: Neil Fearn

Executive Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport


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