Islam, The Untold Story - Tom Holland

Jul 16, 2021 | Tom Holland's "Islam, The Untold Story", a documentary for Channel 4, aired in August 2012 (all rights reserved Channel 4)

Tom Holland points to the "black hole" of the origins of Islam and investigates like a detective the inconsistencies of Muslim tradition, the absence of ancient sources, the absence of any mention of Muhammad or Mecca before the end of the 7th century. He meets specialists, researchers, archaeologists, scholars (Patricia Crone, Fred Donner, Guy Stroumsa, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Tali Erickson-Gini), visits the places, looks at the ruins, the artifacts, the historical material and compares with the traditionnal Islamic narrative.

Children 'Mercilessly' Killed by Hamas in Israel Massacre - as Gaza Is Pummelled

Oct 10, 2023 | The unprecedented response promised by Israel in the wake of the weekend's atrocities has now well and truly clicked into gear. Earlier, the Israeli military said it had secured the border with Gaza, which is now under the heaviest bombardment in its history. Meanwhile, residents in the Israeli city of Ashkelon - close to that border - were warned to take shelter by Hamas militants.

A salvo of rocket fire then followed. The extent of the damage is still unclear. Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Secunder Kermani has been to the Kfar Aza kibbutz - one of those targeted by the militants on Saturday.

Scotland First Minister's Family Stuck in Gaza

Oct 9, 2023 | "My wife and I are sick with worry about whether or not my in-laws will survive." First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law, who are stuck in Gaza amid the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, may suffer unjustified "collective punishment".

Boris, the Lord & the Russian Spy | Dispatches | Channel 4 Documentaries

Aug 2, 2023 | The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services.

Trump Lawyers Quit after Second Indictment

Jun 9, 2023 | For the second time this year, a lawyer for Donald Trump confirmed he'll surrender to the authorities after being criminally indicted. This time though the charges are federal - a first for a former US president - and the scene of the drama will be a Miami courthouse on Tuesday. Mr Trump is already using the indictment to energise his latest bid for the White House, claiming it's evidence of the political witch hunt of which he's long claimed to be a victim.

Dirty Secrets of American Food | Dispatches | Channel 4 Documentaries

Mar 25, 2023 | For Dispatches, Morland Sanders investigates the American food that could soon be coming to Britain, to a supermarket near you, as part of a post-Brexit trade deal.

Did Brexit Work for Business? | Dispatches | Channel 4 Documentaries

Sep 15, 2022 | Is Brexit, and the new free trade deal with the EU, the huge success the Government said it would be? Dispatches meets firms struggling with increased costs and dwindling profits.

Local Elections 2022: PM Says Tories Had ‘Tough Night’

Author André Aciman: 'I Wrote about Gay Love, Not Realising I Was Taking On the Taboo'

André Aciman is an author and academic, renowned for his novel 'Call Me by Your Name', which was turned into a hugely successful film in 2017 and has been hailed as a modern gay classic.

The story centres on the blossoming romantic relationship between a 17-year-old American-Italian Jewish boy and a 24-year-old American Jewish scholar. The sequel to the novel, 'Find Me', has just been released.

André talks to Krishnan about obsessive love, his faith in the kindness of humanity and dismissing taboos.

The Queen’s Mother in Law – Documentary

Theresa May Tries to Salvage Brexit Deal in Brussels

Theresa May is ending the worst week of her political life in the place where she now looks more comfortable than Westminster.

This is her second visit to Brussels in three days and now that she has clung on to her job she came hoping to get her deal across the line in Parliament.

Her fellow EU leaders were long on admiration for her tenacity but came short on the kind of concessions that could save her deal and perhaps her government.

Edward VIII the Traitor King – Documentary

Was Edward VIII a Nazi sympathiser? Complete Channel 4 documentary from 1995.

Steve Bannon Interview on Europe's Far-right and Cambridge Analytica

One man who knows how Donald Trump rolls is Steve Bannon. The former chairman of the hard, right-wing Breitbart News website was appointed by Trump as his chief strategist after helping run the presidential campaign. But while the White House may have broken ties with Steve Bannon he's still carrying on with the work that brought him to the President in the first place - flying the flag for right wing populism in the US and across the globe. Our Europe Editor Matt Frei went to meet him.

Nicola Sturgeon – Extended Interview: Brexit and the Future for Scotland (2017)

Nicola Sturgeon's extended interview speaking about Brexit, her relationship with Prime Minister Theresa May, and another independence referendum for Scotland.

Hillary Clinton on Weinstein, Trump's Threat to World Peace and Losing (Extended Interview) | October 13, 2017

Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to Matt Frei about why she lost the U.S. Presidential election, how Trump's rhetoric and actions are a threat to world peace and her views on Harvey Weinstein after the recent publication of her new book "What Happened"

Sebastian Gorka: Former Donald Trump Adviser on Charlottesville

Sebastian Gorka was one of President Trump's most vocal defenders but now he's out of the White House. Krishnan Guru-Murthy quizzes him on whether President Trump has lost control of his administration.

Dispatches - When Cousins Marry | Channel 4 Documentary

Steve Bannon Documentary: Who Is Trump’s ‘Great Manipulator?’

Steve Bannon is President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, but his background at the far-right Breitbart News has made him a controversial appointment in the White House. Subscribe for more Channel 4 News documentaries

Emmanuel Macron Interview (English): Getting “Tough” On Brexit

Emmanuel Macron says in an interview with Channel 4 News that, in the event of Brexit, he will be "tough on the British Government.”

Margaret Thatcher - Death of a Revolutionary - CH4

A documentary about the late former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which could be criticised for being an uncritical hommage rather than a balanced view of her premiership. Most of the negative impacts caused by the fundamental changes she brought to Britain have been "elegantly" omitted, but her motives, her basic believes, her encouraging message and everything positive she stood for are beautifully summarised and one understands why despite her errors and some misjudgement she could be praised as a great and visionary politician who not only changed Britain for the better (on balance) but had an influence on the world like few other politicians can claim.

A Channel 4 documentary by Martin Durkin with contributions by Kenneth Baker, Cecil Parkinson, Neil Kinnock, Kelvin MacKenzie, Norman Tebbit, Bernard Ingham, Charles Powell, Nigel Lawson and David Cameron.