Editing Channel 4 (section)

=== Schools programming ===
Channel 4 is obliged to carry schools programming as part of its remit and licence.<ref name="schools"/>

==== ITV Schools on Channel 4 ====
{{main|ITV Schools on Channel 4}}

Since 1957 ITV had produced schools programming, which became an obligation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schoolstv.com/itvschoolsonitv_history.shtml?1 |title=schoolsTV.com – ITV for SCHOOLS & COLLEGES – HISTORY |access-date=16 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706195151/http://www.schoolstv.com/itvschoolsonitv_history.shtml?1|archive-date=6 July 2007}}</ref> In 1987, five years after the station was launched, the IBA afforded ITV free carriage of these programmes during Channel 4's then-unused weekday morning hours. This arrangement allowed the ITV companies to fulfil their obligation to provide schools programming, whilst allowing ITV itself to broadcast regular programmes complete with advertisements. During the times in which schools programmes were aired [[ITV Central|Central Television]] provided most of the [[continuity (broadcasting)|continuity]] with play-out originating from Birmingham.<ref name="itvschools">{{cite web|date=6 July 2007|title=schoolsTV.com – ITV SCHOOLS on CHANNEL 4 – HISTORY|url=http://www.schoolstv.com/itvschoolson4_history.shtml?1|access-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706195104/http://www.schoolstv.com/itvschoolson4_history.shtml?1|archive-date=6 July 2007}}</ref>

==== Channel 4 Schools/4Learning ====

After the restructuring of the station in 1993, ITV's obligations to provide such programming on Channel 4's airtime passed to Channel 4 itself, and the new service became Channel 4 Schools, with the new corporation administering the service and commissioning its programmes, some still from ITV, others from independent producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schoolstv.com/ch4schools_9397_history.shtml?1 |website=SchoolsTV.com |title=Channel 4 Schools: 1993–1997 History |access-date=16 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070705142339/http://www.schoolstv.com/ch4schools_9397_history.shtml?1 |archive-date = 5 July 2007}}</ref>

In March 2008, the 4Learning interactive new media commission Slabovia.tv<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slabovia.tv/ |title=Home |website=Slabovia.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120045545/http://www.slabovia.tv/ |archive-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> was launched. The Slabplayer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slabovia.tv/SlabPlayer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706142013/http://www.slabovia.tv/SlabPlayer |archive-date=6 July 2013 |title=Capsulink |access-date=14 July 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> online media player showing TV shows for teenagers was launched on 26 May 2008.

The schools programming has always had elements which differ from its normal presentational package. In 1993, the Channel 4 Schools idents featured famous people in one category, with light shining on them in front of an industrial-looking setting supplemented by instrumental calming music. This changed in 1996 with the circles look to numerous children touching the screen, forming circles of information then picked up by other children. The last child would produce the Channel 4 logo in the form of three vertical circles, with another in the middle and to the left containing the Channel 4 logo.

A present feature of presentation was a countdown sequence featuring, in 1993 a slide with the programme name, and afterwards an extended sequence matching the channel branding. In 1996, this was an extended ident with timer in top left corner, and in 1999 following the adoption of the squares look, featured a square with timer slowly make its way across the right of the screen with people learning and having fun while doing so passing across the screen. It finished with the Channel 4 logo box on the right of the screen and the name 'Channel 4 Schools' being shown. This was adapted in 2000 when the service's name was changed to '4Learning'.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

In 2001, this was altered to various scenes from classrooms around the world and different parts of school life. The countdown now flips over from the top, right, bottom and left with each second, and ends with four coloured squares, three of which are aligned vertically to the left of the Channel 4 logo, which is contained inside the fourth box. The tag 'Learning' is located directly beneath the logo. The final countdown sequence lasted between 2004 and 2005 and featured a background video of current controversial issues, overlaid with upcoming programming information. The video features people in the style of graffiti enacting the overuse of CCTV cameras, fox hunting, computer viruses and pirate videos, relationships, pollution of the seas and violent lifestyles. Following 2005, no branded section has been used for schools programmes.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}