Channel 4 Set to Cut 300 Jobs Wednesday
Channel 4 Set to Cut 300 Jobs Wednesday
The News
Channel 4, the British broadcaster behind The Great British Bake Off, is preparing to announce around 300 job cuts on Wednesday — roughly a quarter of its workforce and the biggest round of layoffs in its 43-year history.
Chief executive Priya Dogra, who took over in March, has finished an internal review of the broadcaster's structure, shape and size and is set to address an all-staff meeting, Deadline and the Daily Mail report.
The broadcaster employed 1,276 people as of its last annual report in 2025. Sources told the Daily Mail the final figure is expected to land between 300 and 325.
The Numbers
Channel 4's last annual report counted 255 full-time staff in its commercial department, 423 in creative roles, 542 in operations and 56 at its 4Talent arm, according to the Daily Mail. Its wage bill has risen to £122 million, up from £108 million at the time of the last major cuts.
Timeline
Then-CEO Alex Mahon oversees 200 job cuts after what the Daily Mail describes as the worst downturn in TV advertising revenue since 2008.
Priya Dogra becomes Channel 4's chief executive, taking over from Mahon, and begins a review of the broadcaster's strategy and structure.
Asked by Deadline at the Creative Cities Convention whether significant job cuts were coming, Dogra declines to rule them out: "It's too early to judge where that review will go."
The Guardian reports that as many as 300 jobs, about a quarter of the workforce, are at risk. Channel 4 declines to comment on the figures.
Dogra is expected to present the review's conclusions to staff.
Reactions
A Channel 4 spokesman would not confirm any numbers. "As we have shared publicly, under the leadership of our new chief executive, we have been assessing Channel 4's strategic direction, including a comprehensive review of the structure, shape and size of our organisation," the statement said. "We have committed to keeping Channel 4 staff updated in a timely and transparent way, so any organisational change will be shared with them first and we won't be commenting on speculation."
One person inside the broadcaster called Wednesday "D-day" and told Deadline the impact of Dogra's review would be "deep and wide." Other Deadline sources said they were shocked by the scale reported by The Guardian.
Staff are braced for cuts described as "brutal," a source told The Guardian, with the heaviest losses expected among London-based roles after Channel 4 expanded into regions across the UK.
What's Next
Dogra announces the review's conclusions Wednesday, with staff told before any public disclosure. Final redundancy numbers have not been fixed, according to the Daily Mail, and the broadcaster is still hunting for a new director of programmes after former Newsnight editor Ian Katz left his job as chief content officer earlier this year.
The Daily Mail reports Dogra wants Channel 4 to spend more on fewer, better-funded hits and to scale back the number of shows it commissions — which would ripple through the independent producers that supply the channel.
More
The cuts land in the middle of a broader squeeze on British terrestrial television. The BBC has committed to shedding about 2,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, as part of a plan to cut licence-fee-funded spending by 10% over three years.
Deadline attributes Channel 4's position to a contracting advertising market and what it calls unprecedented competition for viewers — the same streaming-era pressure squeezing broadcasters on both sides of the Atlantic. Figures in this story are in British pounds.
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