Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels.

Bad Education and Friday Night Dinner have different target audiences so they would be aired at different times and on different channels. Bad Education is aired on Tuesdays at 10pm on BBC Three and Friday Night Dinner is aired on Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4. Darren Smith commissioned the programme Friday Night Dinner who decided how much money should of been spent on the show etc. Bad Education was produced by Pippa Brown who has also produced TV series such as 'Psychobitches' and 'Walking and Talking', Friday Night Dinner was produced by Robert Popper who also produced a film: 'Hot Fuzz'. Bad Education is aimed at 16-21 year olds - this is a young adult audience as the humour used in this programme is seen as appropriate for this age range. Within this programme the same immature language is used with racist jokes and the sexualisation of the students, this is something that people in this age range would find funny and enjoy to watch this is because younger people find the situations more relevant and relatable. Friday Night Dinner is aimed at an older audience as not as much rude language and behaviour is used, there are a few Transgressive pleasures used but not as many as Bad Education. The situations used in this programme are something that an older audience would find funny e.g. the dad in the programme having a certain catch phrase. Bad Education is on BBC Three as this channel is targeted at a young adult audience as all programmes featured on this channel is either comedy, e.g. Russell Howards Good News, or shows that are inappropriate for a younger or older audience e.g. rude language/behaviour. Friday Night Dinner is on channel 4 as this channel is targeted at a much older audience as the programmes featured are shows such as Hollyoaks and Goggle-box - younger people do not tend to watch these programmes as they are not relatable. Both programmes are on after the watershed as both these programmes are not appropriate for children due to the rude language that is used throughout both e.g. sexual innuendos, swear words.

Discuss in detail on how one programme uses audience pleasures. Give examples. (15 marks) - Bad Education

Bad Education is a sitcom with the same characters and setting in every episode this provides the audience with familiarities and makes them recognise the series. For example, in Bad Education the setting is of the school with the same classrooms and students - you will sometimes get one or two new characters but this is only to make it more exciting and unexpected however these characters do not last very long. Another feature that adds with familiarity is the behaviours of the characters for example, the main character, Alfie Wickers, has the same childish, immature behaviour which adds humour to the audience. Transgressive pleasures are used frequently throughout Bad Education to support the target audience as people at a younger age find this more relevant and relatable. One feature that is used is the sexualisation of the students by using the sexual stereotype to describe a character e.g. Chantelle. This student is used frequently for this function as she fits the stereotype nicely due to her clothing and looks. Within Bad Education there is a lot of repetition used in every episode such as the same immature crack jokes that come from each character, the humour used in this programme is sarcastic and racist but fits with the target audience so it makes the show funny e.g. students make comments about teachers appearance. The verbal comedy is the characters use of language, this helps the audience determine the relationships between the characters e.g. Alfie and the head teacher Fraser have banter between them which shows their form of friendship and how comfortable they are with each other, there is also the racist jokes to people of different ethnicities this pushes the boundaries of what is right and wrong, people are not used to hearing people make jokes of people due to their skin colour so this adds more humour to the programme as the BBC get away with it. The BBC are able to push the boundaries as this channel as no advertisements as its a public service broadcaster - this means they are not dependent on getting money from adverts they get it from the public.

Bad Education and Friday Night Dinner

Bad Education

• Aired: Tuesdays at 10pm
• BBC Three
• Producer: Pippa Brown
• Executive Producer: Ben Cavey
• Production Company: Tiger Aspect Productions
• Audience: 16-21 years old, this program will be appropriate for this age group as the series is based in a school with a cast with a similar age this makes it more relatable and as it contains some rude language it adds a comedy feature which people at this age would enjoy.
• This TV show is shown on BBC Three as this channel is targeted at a younger audience compared to other channels this is why the majority of the programmes on BBC Three are comedies which feature rude language and inappropriate behaviour for older and really young people e.g. over 30 and under 15 years old.
• This TV programme is on after the watershed as it involves rude language that is used throughout.
  

  

Friday Night Dinner

• Aired: Fridays at 9pm/10pm
• Channel 4 & E4
• Producer: Robert Popper
• Executive Producer: Nira Park, Caroline Leddy & Kenton Allen
• Production Company: Popper Pictures & Big Talk Productions
• Audience: 21 & over, this program would be appropriate for younger adults as some cast members have been featured on other TV programmes with similar target audiences e.g. the Inbetweeners this will attract the same type of audience.
• This TV programme is shown on Channel 4 as it's targeted at people aged over 20, this is shown by what shows are featured on this channel e.g. Come Dine With Me is aimed at an older audience. However it also has some shows that are for a younger adult audience so the channel will have a range of audiences, with shows such as Scream Queens, Hollyoaks.
• This TV show is on after the watershed as some features may be inappropriate for children but it's still on quite early as compared to other programmes there is not a lot of rude language or behaviour.