Research For Scheduling Question (4a)

                                                                  Bad Education.

 Time: 10:00pm
 Day: Tuesday
 Channel: BBC3- public service broadcaster- terrestrial channel.
 Commissioned by: The BBC
 Produced by: Tiger Aspect Productions.

 Target Audience: The target audience is aged 16 to 20. I think this because the show is about a school and contains characters that are around that age. The programs scheduled time is 10:00pm which is not too late for a person of this age to be watching television and they are old enough to watch things past the watershed. Also Jack Whitehall (the main character of the program) is a comedian that is particularly popular with people in this age bracket, his comedy style would appeal to the younger generation and the viewers of this program.

 Bad Education's scheduled time is 10:00pm because the comedy style is too inappropriate to be shown before the watershed as it includes sexual references and the use of inappropriate language. It is shown on the BBC because it attracts a younger audience and the program itself is British in origin and represents a comedic version of a typical British school. Because Bad Education is shown on the BBC, which is a public service broadcaster, there are no advertisements and the show itself is paid for by the BBC and Tiger Aspect Productions. This means that the show can take more risks with its comedy style, explaining why its shown after the watershed.

                                                             Friday Night Dinner.


 Time: Unknown
 Day: Sunday
 Channel: Channel 4- commercial channel- terrestrial
 Commissioned by: Channel 4
 Produced by: Popper Pictures, Big Talk Productions

 Target Audience: The target audience is aged 18 to 25. I think this because the characters are quite old and the two brothers seem around this age. However the viewer could be around the age of the parents, 45 to 50, because they may watch it because t hey relate to the parents rather than the children. I think the main target audience would be male because the story is about the family dynamic with two brothers and it is easier to relate to for males in this age range. I also think this age range would watch it because they may have been fans of The Inbetweeners when that was popular, and one of the main characters (Adam) was played by Simon Bird who was also a main character in The Inbetweeners. Additionally, because the family that the show is about are Jewish the Jewish community would be another key demographic.

 Friday Night Dinner is shown on Channel 4 which is a commercial channel, meaning that most of the funding comes from selling time slots for advertisements. Because this program is shown on Channel 4 the comedy style cannot be as risky or controversial as Bad Education or other sitcoms on channels like the BBC because viewership is important and funding may be cut if viewing and advertisements were cut. The type of comedy, therefore, is very safe and would appeal to a wide range of people.