Frozen Planet is a 7-part nature documentary series aired on the BBC in 2011 that was narrated by David Attenborough. It was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and featured footage from the Arctic and Antarctic. The BBC is the oldest national broadcasting company in the world, founded in 1922, known for high-quality nature documentaries like Planet Earth and for having separate TV channels and radio/online services targeted at different audiences.

1. Frozen planet
By Louis Taylor

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.