Channel 4

Jamie Oliver is heading back to Channel 4 with two new projects promoting the need for healthier eating. Both Oliver and the broadcaster are hoping the new programmes have the same impact and as his famous school dinners campaign which shocked the nation when it aired a decade ago.

Ballot Monkeys is described as “a darkly satirical look at the general election” which will cut between the campaign battle buses of Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP.

Channel 4 has confirmed that its catch-up service will make the switch from its current 4oD brand to the new All 4 name next week.

Co-commissioned with American cable broadcaster AMC, and made by Spooks producers Kudos, the show is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart.

Set against the aftermath of the 2010 General Election, the drama charts Nick Clegg’s rise from leader of a minor party to the man who would decide the election’s outcome.