Channel 4 ‘axes’ The Andrew Neil Show amid content cuts
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil has confirmed his Sunday night politics programme will not return to Channel 4 this year with a decision yet to be made about its recommission in 2024 amid content cuts. The Andrew Neil Show launched as a live 10-part series in May 2022 and saw the journalist interview “decision-takers and news-makers from across the political spectrum” and examine the “biggest events of the moment”. Sharing a Guardian article reporting the “axing”, 74-year-old Neil tweeted: “Fair, accurate and authoritative report in the Guardian: Andrew Neil show is latest victim of Channel 4 cuts.” A spokesperson for Channel 4 said: “The Andrew Neil Show delivered matchless insight and analysis during a period of intense political turmoil. When The Andrew Neil Show was commissioned last year, the veteran broadcaster described himself as “honoured and delighted”.