1. 1. What does BARB stand for and what do they do?
Broadcaster audience research board. They are the organisation responsible for providing the official
measurement of UK television audiences.
2. List the top 4 crime drama programmes and the channels they are on and how many people watched
them.
1. New Tricks bbc1 - 8.26 million
2. Hunted bbc1 - 4.50 million
3. Homeland channel 4 - 2.74 million
4. CSI Miami channel 5 - 1.14 million
New Tricks
What is it about?
Drama series featuring ex-policemen, brought out of retirement to investigate unsolved crimes.
Where is it set?
London
What type of policing or crime does it follow?
Metropolitan Police/Investigators
Who is the target audience for this New Tricks?
The target audience for New Tricks would be teenagers and younger adults, male and female, as it involves
younger criminals and investigators. It also involves modern technology and modern crimes which is appealing
to younger viewers.
Hunted
What is it about?
Hunted is a 2012 television drama series where Sam the spy/hunter is hunted by an enemy more ruthless and
determined than any she's ever known. Sam has been running from her past her entire life but when she
returns to Byzantium, the organisation that employs her, and begins to pursue her pursuer.
Where is it set?
United Kingdom
What type of policing or crime does it follow?
Spies/Detectives/Investigators
Who the target audience is for hunted?
Adults and older teens as it’s on later in the day at 10:00pm. It involves complicated plots and modern in depth
crimes really only suitable for an older age. Males and females.
2. Homeland
What is it about?
Homeland is about a Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody who goes missing for 8 years in Iraq where is held
captive and tortured. A CIA agent Carrie Mathison suspects he is planning an attack on America.
Where is it set?
America
What type of policing and crime does it follow?
Investigations/CIA/murders/suicides
Who is the target audience for Homeland?
Adults (male/female) possibly older teenagers. Involves violence with a high speed complex plot.
