4) A- Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels

Bad Education is commissioned by the BBC. It was produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC3.


Bad Education is aimed at 15-20 year olds, both males and females. This is because the programme is based around 15-16 years olds as many of the characters are that age. As it is set in a school it is relatable to the 15-20 age group as they are either in school or have shortly left school. It appeals to both genders as both genders are featured it dose not favour one or the other. Teenagers can relate to the characters as they are ordinary (like themselves) and are in the same situation and have the same mind-set as the teenagers watching.


Bad Education was shown at 10:00 PM on a Tuesday night. The programme was shown at this time as that is the time the target audience is free and likely to be relaxing and watching TV. Bad Education is shown on the BBC as it a British programme, set in a British school featuring British actors and characters. The BBC may also commission Bad Education to help attract a younger audience. Bad Education is shown after the 9PM watershed as it includes sexual references and inappropriate language. Bad Education also portrays school in a slightly more realistic and negative light, that older viewers and the target audience will understand and find funny but younger viewers won't and will be more shocked. This audience demographic is E as they are students.


Friday Night Dinner


Friday Night Dinner is commissioned by Channel 4. It was produced by Popper Pictures and Big Talk Productions.
Friday Night Dinner target audience is the Jewish Community as the programme is about Friday night dinner which is part of their culture so it appeals to them a lot. The ages of the target audience can really vary as the age of the characters do. It will appeal to 18-25 year olds, mainly boys, as two of the four main characters are this age making them very relate able 55 years olds, both males and females, as they will be able to relate to the parents in the programme.
The programme is on a Sunday after the 9 PM watershed, because the humor is not meant for younger audiences.

The target audience of 18-25 year old males is due to two of the main characters being this age and they have both appeared in other comedy sitcoms aimed at this audience. This audience demographic is E and also the older ages in this age range are B. 

A public service broadcaster has more freedom as they broadcast shows that appeal to lots of different people, as shown by Bad Education appealing to 15-20 years old.



The program's have different humor styles due to them being commissioned by different channels. Bad Education can be more risky with their comedy as it is commissioned by the BBC which is a public service so they don't have to meet advertisers needs. Part of their service is to provide entertainment for smaller, niche target audiences like how Bad Education appeals to 15-20 so they can be more risky with their humor to please the target audience. Friday Night Dinner on the other hand is commissioned by ITV and they are a commercial station so have to please paying advertisers, this means there is less chance for them to be risky with their humor as they will no longer be paying for the program if the risk dose not pay off.      

Audience Pleasures- Bad Education

Narrative Pleasures- The narrative pleasure is that you know something is going to go wrong for Alfie, because of his own doing, and he is going to have to do something stupid to save the day. In the episode Parents Evening Alife keeps lying to Miss Gulliver and the lie spirals out of control (which is a snowballing storyline) leading him to have to stand on a chair, at the end, in front of everyone to try and stop her from finding out the lie but just ends up embarrassing himself. Throughout this storyline viewers will be laughing at Alfies consistently bad choices as the situation gets funnier and funnier as the problem get worse and worse. The audience knows that Alfie will still have his job at the end even if he himself ends up without Miss Gulliver and embarrassed. The storyline is always based in the same place of Abbey Grove High school so the viewers are comfortable and familiar with the setting. 

Character Identification- Alfie is a popular character as he is the most likeable in the show out of the teachers. He acts more like a teenager as shown by his language and actions throughout Parents Evening, like how he is very sarcastic and cringes at Mr Frasers attempts to be “cool”. The audience knows Alfie so well because he is relatable and they are able to identify with him easily. They can predict him lying and doing anything to go out with to go out with Miss Gulliver. Alfie appeals to the target audience as they are surrounded by teachers so can recognise some traits, however they like Alfie as he is different and more like them in his teenage ways. Alfies intentions always set out to be good and successful (even if they do veer off track sometimes) and the audience like to laugh at his chaotic and full of bad decisions life. The audience is always on Alfies side as they identify easily with him. Alfie plays the character of the loveable loser which is a character that audiences warms to very quickly due to his optimistic attitude and accidental ways that get him into a mess. Alfie is always the loveable loser: his roles never change. This is giving familiarity to audience making it easy for them to identify with Alife. Alfie uses verbal comedy to relate with the audience. The rest of the class are also easy to identify with as they all play stereotypical roles. Jing is the logical smart one, she always tries to help the situation and puts up with Alfies constant mistakes and mess ups. She uses verbal comedy often slating Alfie in her native tone while he is completely oblivious. Grayson is the bully and can even bully Alfie despite being the student. Grayson plays the stereotypical bully, he is lower class and not very clever, he uses verbal comedy to identify with audience. There is also Chantelle who is the manizer, and plays the stereotypical slutty girl. She flirts with everyone and often uses sexual humour and puns, this is verbal comedy. The target audience identifies with all these characters as although they are stereotypes there are clear links to the people they see and interact with everyday in school. They understand the characters and find the over-exaggeration of their stereotypical funny and entertaining.  

 

  

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Bad Education


Bad Education is commissioned by the BBC. It was produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC3.


Bad Education is aimed at 15-20 year olds, both males and females. This is because the programme is based around 15-16 years olds as many of the characters are that age. As it is set in a school it is relatable to the 15-20 age group as they are either in school or have shortly left school. It appeals to both genders as both genders are featured it dose not favour one or the other. Teenagers can relate to the characters as they are ordinary (like themselves) and are in the same situation and have the same mind-set as the teenagers watching.


Bad Education was shown at 10:00 PM on a Tuesday night. The programme was shown at this time as that is the time the target audience is free and likely to be relaxing and watching TV. Bad Education is shown on the BBC as it a British programme, set in a British school featuring British actors and characters. The BBC may also commission Bad Education to help attract a younger audience. Bad Education is shown after the 9PM watershed as it includes sexual references and inappropriate language. Bad Education also portrays school in a slightly more realistic and negative light, that older viewers and the target audience will understand and find funny but younger viewers won't and will be more shocked.








Friday Night Dinner


Friday Night Dinner is commissioned by Channel 4. It was produced by Popper Pictures and Big Talk Productions.
Friday Night Dinner target audience is the Jewish Community as the programme is about Friday night dinner which is part of their culture so it appeals to them a lot. The ages of the target audience can really vary as the age of the characters do. It will appeal to 18-25 year olds, mainly boys, as two of the four main characters are this age making them very relatable. It will also appeal to 40-55 years olds, both males and females, as they will be able to relate to the parents in the programme.
The programme is on a Sunday after the 9 PM watershed.