Watershed is delighted to be confirmed as a continuing part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio and looks forward to sustaining Watershed’s leadership and innovation role in the cultural ecosystem. With a focus on collaboration and partnership, Watershed is recognised for its internationally distinctive programme of invention and talent development; as a leading centre for…
Uplifted, a new iOS and Android app about happiness, commissioned by Channel 4 Education and created by digital creative agency Kanoti is set in the faraway land of Happ, a place filled with joy, wonder and delight – or least it used to be before the Viroids arrived and brought doom, gloom and destruction. The…
Viewers of Hollyoaks will be already be aware of the current storyline focussing on sixth form student Ester who is suffer bullying at the hands of her group of friends. When fellow student Dylan innocently decides to create a bespoke micro-blogging site, ‘DocYou’ to enter a filmmaking competition, the other sixth formers misuse it and…
Commissioned by Channel 4 Education and on Channel 4 tomorrow night, the inspiring story of teenager Louise Wedderburn who has a rare genetic condition called FOP which is causing each of her joints to lock, as her muscle turns into bone. In spite of this she is determined to build a career in fashion. Will…
MirriAd and Repucom have partnered to infuse the former’s brand placement software with the latter’s analysis platform. The marriage is excellent news for those using MirriAd’s technology – among them, Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal – as it means they can now see how effective their advertising placement is likely to be. Repucom’s analysis…
According to Government statistics, over 20% of the UK’s 16 – 24 year-olds are unemployed, amounting to more than a million young people. Our country’s youth is at the forefront of the current unemploment epidemic. To tackle the biggest issue facing young people today, Channel 4 announced this year’s Battlefront campaign will focus on youth…
26-year-old Danny MacAskill may look like an ordinary Scottish lad but he’s got very special skills that set him apart. Skills that play with the notion of life and death and calculate danger to incredibly sophisticated levels. Some call Danny a daredevil, and he’s certainly a sensation. A biking phenomenon and a YouTube star his…
It’s hard to imagine a world without laptops, DVDs or satellite TV, but they were all part of the future in 1982, the year that Watershed, The Barbican Arts Centre and Channel 4 came into being. We’re all familiar with Channel 4 and The Barbican, but it’s worth shining a special spotlight on Bristol’s Watershed,…