5. The two types
of national newspaper
Sell to a much lager
readership
Cater for the better
educated readers
The Star
The Daily Mirror
The Daily Mail
The Daily Express
The Sun
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Independent
The Times
The Financial Times
6. Contain more print and
less pictures
Uses normal headlines
Write in a much higher
level of English
Devote much space to
politics and other serious
news
Equal amount of
attention to sport
Different approaches
and subjects
Twice as large
Contain less print and far
more pictures.
Uses larger headlines
Write in a simpler style of
English
Concentrate on ‘human
interest’ stories
SEX AND SCANDAL
Equal amounts of
attention to sport
Different approaches and
subjects
8. single regional
newspaper
the
nationals
Scotland’s Daily Record
and
Sunday Post
slightly under 400,000 copies each
Irish News
under 50,000 a day
The Western Mail, which bills itself as ‘the
national newspaper of Wales’
dips below sales of 40,000
there are no
regional giants in Britain
most cities and large towns will have one,
if not two
12. The top selling magazines of 21st century
The market is dominated by a
few major publishers, including
Bauer, IPC Media, Northern &
Shell and The National
Magazine Company
NEWSPAPER
TV PROGRAM : E.G.
TV Choice, What’s On TV
and the Radio Times
WOMEN’S LIFESTYLE : E.G.
celebrity gossip,
semi-naked female celebs,
glamour models
and other ladies fare.
14. Radio and Television
British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
◦ Founded in 1922 and chartered in 1927
◦ The BBC includes both radio and television
stations
15. Popular British TV Shows
The most viewed channels are BBC1, BBC2, ITV,
Channel 4 and Five
17. Radio played a key role in the Second World War
employedby both sides for propaganda and morale purposes
It’s That Man Again, orITMA
(COMEDY PROGRAME)
TerryWogan Chris Moyles
FAMOUS DJ
21. Posting Letters And Making Calls
the Royal Mail Group Ltd RoyalMaildelivers theletters, Parcelforce
delivers the parcels and thePost Officeruns
thenetwork ofpost offices aroundthe
country.
the iconic red telephone
boxes may soon
be a thing of the past.
these days
the mobile phone
rules supreme
The five big mobile service providers are
Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Orange and 3.
Vodafone, a British-based company, is the
largest mobile phone service company in the
world, worth an estimated £75 billion.
22. On The Roads
In Britain the car is king.
While the road network is
extensive and largely free, getting
stuck in a traffic jam has become
part of British life.
Drink driving has become
a big social taboo
and the associated penalties are severe.
23. On And Off The Rails
trains remain overcrowded and
expensive, although punctuality could be
worse
In 2008 the Department of Transport
acknowledged that rail commuters in
Britain sometimes endure carriage
conditions which EU law deems
unacceptable for sheep, goats, calves and
chickens.
24. Up In The Air
Britainis wellserved by airports and flightroutes, even
whilethe internationalairports are somewhat
concentratedinthe London area. Heathrow and Gatwick
are major internationalhubs, withHeathrow the busiest
passenger airport in the world.
25. Over Ground, Underground
Most towns and cities in the UK have a bus network, and
even the most rural of areas will have some form of bus
service, however infrequent and unreliable. Several towns
and cities, including Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield,
Croydon and Blackpoll, have a tram system.
The London Underground, which opened to the public in
1863, is the oldest subway train system in the world.
Known by Londoners as the ‘Tube’, it has 268 stations and
over 250 miles of track, less than half of which is actually
underground