Nearly nine million people tuned in to watch the final episode of Friends air on Channel 4 in 2004.
And now the smash hit US sitcom is returning to the broadcaster after 15 years, just as the company braces for its biggest round of layoffs ever.
Channel 4 has struck a new deal for the free-to-air rights to the beloved 1990s programme, which will be broadcast again from January next year.
The sitcom, which originally aired for 10 seasons between 1994 and 2004, was shown on Channel 4 until 2011 when it was bought by Comedy Central and then Netflix.
After its streaming license
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