Channel 4 launches new #StayAtHome Campaign

National call to action declares “Britain! We need your buttocks!”

Channel 4 has revealed a brand new #StayAtHome campaign, created to amplify the important public health message to Stay Home, Save Lives.

A new cheeky Channel 4 brand film encouraging viewers to stay at home features the voice of comedian Matt Berry crying “Britain! When was the last time you did something that really mattered, with your arse? We need your buttocks. No ifs. Just butts. Because we’ll beat this faster, clenched together, on the sofa.”

In addition, a series of 10 second, fly-on-the-wall style films, self-shot by a host of well-known Channel 4 faces reveal the celebrities carrying out mundane tasks at home during lockdown.

These include Jon Snow ironing his ties, Big Narstie mowing the lawn, Scarlett Moffatt pairing her socks, Katherine Ryan ‘painting’ a self-portrait, Joe Lycett cleaning the kitchen cupboard, Krishnan Guru-Murthy sharpening pencils and more.

The campaign will run across Channel 4’s portfolio of TV and social channels carrying the hashtag #StayAtHome.

It forms part of the broadcaster’s wider #StayAtHome activity which includes a ‘StayAtHome’ on-screen graphic across Channel 4, E4, More4 and 4Seven that has been seen by almost two thirds of the population and a special #ClapForOurCarers ad break takeover that saw 39 advertisers join together to thank the NHS and join in with the national moment.

4Creative, Channel 4’s award-winning, in-house creative agency is behind the new campaign.

Zaid Al-Qassab, Chief Marketing Officer, Channel 4 said: “TV has a hugely important role to play at this time of national crisis and we hope this campaign, starring some of our most-loved talent and with its typically irreverent Channel 4 approach will reinforce this vital public health message to stay at home and help save lives, particularly among our key young male viewers..”

A selection of the campaign’s films are available to view via the links below:

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