"With this book, Laura Mayne offers a compelling assessment of the role that the iconic British television network, Channel 4, played in British film culture from its inception in the 1980s up until the late 90s. Pooling from a wealth of primary materials and written in engaging prose, this is a detailed, accessible, and much-needed work of British media historiography."

- Johnny Walker, Associate Professor of Media and Film at Northumbria University, and author of Rewind, Replay: Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-92,

It is precisely this breadth of perspective that distinguishes Mayne’s book from earlier studies of Channel 4’s activities.

- Nathan Townsend, Journal of British Cinema and Television