FilmFour - Definition and Overview

FilmFour
Timeshift Service:	FilmFour +1
Sister Channel:	FilmFour Weekly
Launched:	1 November 1998
Audience Share (Aug 2004[1] (http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti)):	0.1% (0.0% for +1) (0.0% for weekly)
Owned By:	Channel 4 Corporation
Web Address:	filmfour.com (http://www.filmfour.com/)
Availability
Terrestrial Analogue:	Not Available
Terrestrial Digital:	Not Available
Satellite:	Sky Digital Channel 323/324/325
Cable:	NTL Channel 701/714/715 Telewest Channel 444

FilmFour is a British digital television channel, screening Channel 4-like films (mainly non-blockbuster fare, generally popular independent and arthouse fare).

The films displayed on FilmFour generally run in definable strands. The strands screened at the original time of writing (April 2004) are (with examples from FilmFour's website (http://www.filmfour.com)):

• 1800: Magic Hour (e.g. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/))
• 2000: The 8 Escape (e.g. George Washington (2000) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0262432/))
• 2200: Made in Britain (e.g. Birthday Girl (2001) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0188453/))
• 0000: Extreme (e.g. A Clockwork Orange (1971) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/))

In addition to its main channel and its timeshifted variant (FilmFour +1), a third channel, FilmFour Weekly, screens four films across the week — at the same time each day, to make it easier to catch a film at least once.

External links

• http://www.filmfour.com/