This formal proposal outlines a documentary titled "Bags for Life" about tea that will air on Channel 4. The documentary will explore the uses of tea, health benefits and risks of tea drinking, and tea's role as a national drink. It will feature interviews with professionals in the tea industry, a hairdresser who uses tea to dye hair, a tea leaf reader, a dietician discussing tea's health effects, and members of the public who drink tea. The target audience is people aged 16-30, and the documentary is scheduled to air on Wednesdays at 7pm on Channel 4 to attract viewers from surrounding shows.

1. Formal Proposal For
Documentary
By Lily Gray

2. Topic
• The topic of our documentary will be tea.
• The uses of tea will be a section
• The health benefits and possible
consequences of tea will be another
section
• The tea market and the idea of tea being
the national drink will also be a section

3. Name
• The name of the documentary will be “bags for
life” which is a pun on the idea of “bags of life”
the re-useable shopping bags. This is because
the teabag can be used for numerous other uses
as well as just making a cup of tea.
• Other working titles including: brewing up a
storm, think outside the cup (goes along with the
alternative uses of tea) and bags of life which
was then refined and changed to bags for life in
the end.

4. Scheduling
• The documentary will be broadcast
Wednesday at 7pm on Channel 4.
• This was done to hammock Hollyoaks and
The Food Hospital, which means that we
can advertise to a larger audience and we
can also inherit the audiences from both
programmes

5. Channel
• The programme will be aired on Channel 4
because Channel 4 have a specific target
audience who we wanted to aim our
programme towards.
• It is also the best for our programme to
hammock programmes and as a variety of
programmes and topics.

6. Target Audience
• The target audience of the documentary
will be females and males alike aged 16-
30.
• This is because it is Channel 4’s target
audience as a whole channel and it is a
light hearted aimed to interest teenagers
and students who can find uses of tea
which is cheaper than cleaning products
for example.

7. Interviews
• In our documentary we will interview:
• Professionals from the tea industry (Steph
from Brigettes and Paul Needham of
Lancashire Tea)
• A hairdresser who uses tea to dye hair
• A tea leaf reader (Donna) who uses tea to
foresee peoples futures

8. Interviews
• We will also interview a dietician (Clare) who can
tell us the advantages and disadvantages of
drinking tea.
• Also members of the public will be asked
questions about tea
• An interview will also be held with someone who
drinks a lot of tea.
• These interviews will give us a range of angles
to come at the documentary and the topic from

9. Bags For Life
Channel 4
Wednesday 7pm

10. Bags For Life
Channel 4
Wednesday 7pm