Documentary Insitution Research

1. FROZEN PLANET
By Jamie Marshall

2. WHAT IS IT?
 Frozen Planet is a nature/wildlife documentary series aired on the
BBC.
 It is narrated by David Attenborough and made up of a series of
clips gathered in the Arctic and Antarctic.
 The series was made up of 7 episodes and first aired on 26th
October 2011.

3. WHO MAKES IT?
 It is created by the BBC, more specifically the BBC Natural History
Unit.
 The BBC produce and create thousands of documentaries and
televise them across each of their different TV channels. The most
notable documentaries include; Planet Earth, Louis Theroux’s BBC
Specials and so on.
 The BBC is a government owned broadcasting company which
was founded in 1922 and is the worlds oldest national
broadcasting company

4. WHAT ARE THEIR VALUES?
 On the BBC website, a list of their values are given:
 Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial
and honest.
 Audiences are at the heart of everything we do.
 We take pride in delivering quality and value for money.
 Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation.
 We respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone
can give their best.
 We are one BBC: great things happen when we work together.

5. WHAT ARE THEY KNOWN FOR?
 The BBC produce a range of different TV shows on their many
different channels.
 These include; BBC 1, 2, 3, 4, News, Parliament, CBBC and
Cbeebies.
 They have radio and online services.

6. HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE THEY?
 They are the biggest broadcasting company in the UK
 They have a revenue of £5.166 billion (2013/14)
 They are the largest broadcasting company in the world by
number of employees with 20,736 staff.

7. WHAT ARE THE TARGET AUDIENCES
AND HOW ARE THEY TARGETED?
 The BBC has a wide target audience. It has shows for kids (1-8)
young people (13-25) and for the elderly.
 The BBC targets is wide audience by having a separate channel
for each audience.
 For example BBC Three targets teenagers and young adults, BBC
Four targets the more elderly audience and Cbeebies and CBBC
for children.