Myles Harrison P1 - B

There are many different television channels what are owned by BBC, all of which appeal to different people and genres. A few examples are BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC 4, BBC World News, BBC Parliament, CBBC, Cbeebies, BBC IPlayer, BBC England, BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC America. Some of these channels are regional and restricted to certain countries but some are nationwide and can be viewed anywhere. To access these channels you need a Television licence which is payed for yearly to access these channels.

BBC News

BBC news is a product of the BBC and is its own channel. The whole focus of this channel is to inform the viewer and let them know about the news in the world and in all of the UK; as it is not regional news it is national and worldwide news whereas the news on BBC 1 is regional and only focuses on the regional news where the viewer is situated. BBC news only focus is news and will not feature any programs unless it is a one hour special episode dedicated to a certain topic which is quite like a documentary. However most documentaries are on BBC 2.The main news readers and reporters for BBC news are Geeta Guru-Murthy, Joanna Gosling, and David Eades. This news is broadcast to only the UK and not to the other collaborations such as BBC Wales Scotland or England instead it is all one so anybody from them countries can view the same channel from their televisions and online as it is not regional based it is for the whole sovereign nation of Britain.

BBC 1

BBC was the first television channel introduced in the UK and has remained one of the most popular channels in the UK to date. The channel has many different programmes which are all part of different genres such as action, drama, documentary, entertainment, reality etc. It features many returning television programs and series such as popular soap shows like EastEnders, The Voice and Doctor Who. The programs appeal to many different people and programs are played at certain time so that it can gain a bigger audience for example a game show I’ll be featured during prime time as it will attract more people than if an unknown drama was playing.

Genre	Example of programs.
Soap	EastEnders.
Information	News at 6, News at 10.
Drama	Call the midwife
Entertainment	The Voice.
Reality	The Graham Norton Show
Comedy	Not going out, Would I lie to you? Outnumbered.

BBC 2

BBC 2 mainly consists of documentaries and intellectual programs which are parts of many genres. The channel is aimed at a more intellectual audience due to the content and programs which exist on the channel. Any of the shows are reality and follow people’s lives or document their jobs or things they do. Topics such as politics are shown on this show and then re runs of shows like QI and current game shows such as egg heads.

Genre	Example of programs.
Information	Daily Politics, Queen Victoria’s Children
Entertainment	Bargain Hunt, Dragons Deb
Games Shows	Egg Heads
Comedy	QI

 

BBC 3

BBC 3 is more dedicated to the younger generation as it features many comedies and reality shows which are deemed more appealing to a younger audience e.g. teenagers and young adults.  Programs are usually American reality or comedy programs which are repeated but the ones produced by BBC 3 are British comedies and reality programs Due to it being aimed at a younger generation it has been lifted off from television screens completely and can only be viewed online through the BBC iPlayer app which is due to the BBC seeing that many young people always are using technology rather than the television so they decided to make it more appealing by making it available on smart phones and desktops.

Genre	Example of programs.
Information	60 Second News
Entertainment	Russell Howards Good News
Reality	16 and Pregnant
Comedy	Family Guy, American Dad

 

 

 

 

CBBC

CCBC is a children's channel which features programs for children who are between 7 and 12. Programs are a mixture of cartoons game shows reality shows and the one news channel news round which is there to educate the young viewers and it only reports positive news as it is aimed at a young audience so it has to appeal to them. The channel is mainly for entertainment purposes for children and not for adults.

Genre
Entertainment	Arthur, Shaun The Sheep, Dennis The Menace
Reality Game Shows	Blue Peter
Comedy	Bear Behaving Badly
News	Newsround

Cbeebies

CBeebies is a television program created by BBC which is designed for children who are 8 and under. Many of the programs promote education for the younger audience but use means of entertainment to make it more fun for the young audience.

Genre
Entertainment	Tweenies’’, Bob the builder, Pingu
Educational	Number Jacks. Tweenies

 

BBC Sport

This channel is solely dedicated to sports which are popular in Britain such as football rugby tennis cricket and winter sports. This channel provides news about the sports and highlights of previous matches and events. The channel also is a hosting channel of the Olympic Games the world cup and the winter Olympics. Its audience is for people who are interested in sports.

 

EastEnders

The EastEnders set has remained in Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. For over 30 years even though the story in EastEnders is set in the fictional London Borough of Walford. Due to it being a studio it means that it is not open to the public while filming unlike other types of shows where they film out on closed roads and bridges etc. It is all done inside a studio instead to save time and to set scenes how they want. Weather can be artificially created for scenes outside so that it can fit the mood of the scene instead of having to wait for real time weather to actually occur. It’s also better for audio as it allows all audio to be dubbed and prevents any unwanted background noise being in the scene. Instead of moving locations for certain scenes in 2012 the studio was expanded by 20% and modernised much more which allows more scenes to be done inside the studio and for the set to be much larger. The set also has an exterior part so that outside scenes can be filmed all at the same location. The Albert Square which is the most well-known feature of the EastEnders set is all built up outside of the indoor set so that all the outdoor scenes are filmed here. The set originally was only 2 sided but eventually through more development 4 sides to the square were made which allowed more scenes to be created which was finally completed in 1993.

 

Top Gear

Top Gear is located at Dunsfold Aerodrome which is an airport and business park in Waverley, Surrey England. The studio of recording is an aircraft hangar which an audience sits around while the 3 presenters are in the middle; this is where they interview people and introduce previously recorded clips. In each episode there are parts of the episode of which they record in various parts of the world which means each episode can vary of filming location but all the live presenting etc. in front of an audience is always in Surrey. The studio was going to be moved to Enstone, Oxfordshire in early 2006 but it was rejected which meant it remained at its original studio location at Dunsfold. In specials of the show it is all done in the location specified in the episode for example in 2007 there was a special episode filmed all in the north magnetic pole which shows the variation of locations they use in each episode.

 

Gavin and Stacey

There are many scene locations to each Gavin and Stacey episode which means there are many locations for filming. Many episodes locations such as Stacey’s house is located in Barry. Most locations of the set are all on Barry island as it is much cheaper to film there than in a studio as houses streets and beaches are much easier to rent out than creating an entire set in a studio due to many scenes being different each episode and alternating which means if it is all in Barry it can be done cheaper and more quickly as its popularity is much less than of London so its filming costs will be cheaper as the island does not have many filming taking place there.