Petition · past parliament
Scrap plans to privatise Channel 4
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Channel 4 is under threat. The government plans to sell the publicly owned channel to a private buyer. This will seriously damage the creative sector, affecting how much the channel spends in different UK regions - undermining its remit to reflect interests of different communities across the UK.
Each year Channel 4 works with around 300 creative companies across the UK to develop incredible programmes like recent dramas Help, It's a Sin and current affairs show Unreported World and has helped develop the UK’s creative sector into a global force. its unique model - commercially-funded but with a public benefit remit – allows the Channel to commission programmes that showcase Britain in all of its diversity and its privatisation would seriously undermine this and must be stopped.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Stop the privatisation of Channel 4
Timeline
| 5 Apr 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Apr 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
7 Apr 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.