Channel 4 airs a variety of shows including comedies, dramas, documentaries, and reality television. It targets audiences ranging from teenagers to young adults. Popular documentary series on Channel 4 include My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and Supersize vs Super Skinny, which both air on Tuesdays and appeal to audiences aged 16 and over. Channel 4 aims to broadcast documentaries at 10pm.

1. ASSIGNMENT 7: TV
CHANNEL RESEARCH
Maria Younes

2. I will be exploring:
Channel 4
ITV 1 AND ITV 2
BBC ONE AND BBC
TWO

3. Channel
 General information:
 British broadcaster
 It began in 1982
 It is owned by channel four television
cooperation
 Channel 4 also own Film4, E4, More4, 4music

4. What kind of TV shows are on
channel 4?
Channel 4 was the official TV host for the Olympics and
Paralympics this year.
Channel 4 show teenage dramas such as
Hollyoaks.
They also show comedy shows such as “New
Girl” and “The Big Bang Theory”
Channel 4 also show educational documentaries
such as “Secret Eaters”

5. Documentaries
They show observatory documentaries such
as Extreme A&E. Fly on the wall documentary.
Katie: my beautiful friends – helps people get
through what she has been through.
Hidden talent- helps people to find their talents

6. What is the target audience for
channel 4?
 The target audience for channel 4 varies as
from the times 3-7 there are shows such as:
Big bang theory which is a comedy show.
 How I met your mother which is also a comedy
show
 Hollyoaks which is a teenage drama.
 These shows are mostly aimed at teenagers
who go to college or students who go to
university as in these times they would have
come back from studying and would sit down
and watch these shows.

7.  After 7 channel four mostly broadcasts documentaries
such as the sex education show, adult humour such as 2
broke girls and new girls.
 These mostly aim at male and females ages 16-21 as
they would have been more influenced on these types of
subjects and also the sex education show would appeal
to 16 and overs. Also mostly children aged 15 and under
would be going to bed as there would be school the next
day

8. Channel 4oD
 Also on channel 4oD if you was to watch a show like sex
education show, a parental control top up would show
up and would ask to confirm whether you are 16, 17 or
18 and over. Therefore these shows are shown on TV at
a later time.

9. Most successful time slots for
channel 4
 The most successful time slots for channel 4
would be from 6-10
 Teenagers would have come back from
school/college they would want to sit down
and watch comedy shows or documentaries
which are shown at 10 o’clock such as:
 My big fat fetish:
 Lifers:

10.  Major commercial public service TV
programmes in the United Kingdom.
 First started in 1955
 It was set up to provide competition for BBC
 It was first set up in London, The midlands and
the north of England
 There is also ITV3 which was released later.

11. What kind of TV shows are showed
on ITV 1 and ITV 2?
 Reality shows such as : The X Factor
 Breakfast shows such as
This Morning
 Reality TV show such as The
Only Way Is Essex
 Comedy adult humour shows
at night such as Celebrity
Juice

12. What is the target audience for ITV
1 and ITV 2?
 In the daytime ITV1 and ITV 2 mostly broadcasts
shows such as: This morning, loose woman, the
Jeremy Kyle show. These are targeted at an
audience which are mostly woman who do not work
and stay at home during the day. As the kids would
have went to school and the mothers would be
home. Target audience:
In the evening ITV1 They are aimed at
broadcasts shows such as: an older audience as
they are not teenage
Emmerdale and Coronation dramas like
street. These shows have Hollyoaks. I do not
think that people
sequels and are from London would
broadcasted at a time where be watching
coronation street
most people would be home and Emmerdale as it
and would be able to watch is set in the country
and not in the city.

13. ITV player
The site would warn
you that there would be
adult humour in the
show. Therefore
celebrity juice would be
aimed at an older adult
audience and shown
later on such as 10pm
ITV also has a page on
their website which tell
you at what times the
shows come on, so it will
be easier to find the
show at a time where it
would appeal to you
best.

14. Most successful time slots
 The most successful time slot for ITV would be
from 6-10am as “daybreak” would be on and
the parents or mothers would be watching this
before and after they would send their children
to school.

15.  Stands for the “The British Broadcasting
Cooperation”
 Its headquarters is in the city of Westminster
 It operates under a Royal Charter which is a
formal document issued by a monarch
granting a right.
 This is why BBC broadcasts many historic TV
shows/documentaries
 The chairman is Lord Patten of Barnes

16. What kind of TV shows are shown
on BBC ONE and BBC TWO
 Drama show Eastenders:
• Documentary such as Antiques road
trip. Which is about someone going
on a search to find antique things.
• Documentary such as natural world
which is about animals and plants
etc.

17. Documentaries on BBC
 Olympic massacre: One day In September
 Latinos USA
 The 16 year old killer- cyntoias story

18. Target audience for BBC
 BBC ONE
 Times 6am-12 am there are programmes
such as:
Cash in the attic, homes under the
hammer, bargain hunt.
Target audience for this would be men who are
at home in the mornings and are into building or
sales.
 Times 1-6 there are programmes such as:
Doctors, only fools and horses, who let the

19.  Times 6-10 there are programmes such as:
 Watchdog, who do you think you are?, the one
show.
These are aimed at an older audience from
people in their 20s as in watchdog they have
contents which would not appeal to a younger
audience.

20. Most successful time slots
 The most successful time slots for BBC would
be from 6am-10am and also and from 6-7pm
as BBC news would be on and it is a very
popular news channel for people who like to
keep up to date with politics.

21. Chosen channel
 My chosen channel is channel 4
because:
 It appeals to the same audience I want
which is teenagers ages 16+
 The documentaries that they show
most of the time have the same genre
that I want to do. Such as: My big fat
gypsy wedding.
 Also I would like to show my
documentary at 10pm which is when
all documentaries are shown on
channel 4.

22. Channel 4 documentaries-chosen
channel
 My big fat gypsy wedding
 It is broadcasted every Tuesday at 9pm.
 The audience would be girls from the age of
16 as the girls in the show are mostly aged at
16 and would get married at that age.
 They would be curious to know about the
different culture.

23.  Supersize vs. super skinny comes on also every
Tuesday at 8pm.
 This would appeal to adults and also teenagers
from age 16
 As the parents of the children would want to
watch this to get advice if their child is in danger
 And also the teenagers aged 16 would want to
watch this because they also want advice for
themselves