ITV is a commercial public service TV network in the UK launched in 1955. It operates regional television services and shares programming across its network, which is made up of 15 franchises held by 3 companies. ITV1 attracts more female viewers, hosting many soap operas and TV dramas. Broadchurch is a crime drama produced by ITV about the death of a young boy, starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman. It was a critical and ratings success for ITV.

1. ITV is a commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 as Independent Television under the auspices of the
Independent Television Authority (ITA, then after the Sound Broadcasting Act 1972, Independent Broadcasting Authority, now Ofcom) to provide
competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, its legal name has been
Channel 3, the number 3 having no real meaning other than to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, namely BBC 1, BBC 2 and
Channel 4. In part, the number 3 was assigned as televisions would usually be tuned so that the regional ITV station would be on the third button, the
other stations being allocated to the number within their name.
ITV is a network of television channels that operate regional television services as well as sharing programmes between each other to be displayed on
the entire network. In recent years, several of these companies have merged so currently the fifteen franchises are in the hands of three companies.
89% of housewives view ITV 1 (on the website). This channel attracts more females than males as they hold a lot of shows which are mainly soaps and
TV Dramas. Also this drama is aimed at people who have a family because the show is about someone who has lost their child and the audience could
show empathy and relate to how the character must be feeling.
Broadchurch is a British television crime drama broadcast on ITV, involving the death of a young boy and the search for his killer, produced by Kudos
and starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman. Casting was announced in June 2012, with filming commencing in Clevedon in August as well as in West
Bay in Bridport. The series is set on the Dorset coast. It premiered on 4 March 2013 at 9:00pm on ITV. In January 2013, the series was bought by BBC
America, where it was shown in the United States beginning August 7, 2013.
The first series achieved high ratings for ITV, winning critical acclaim, and generating a large amount of publicity around the "whodunit" mystery. After
the first series ended, ITV announced that Broadchurch would return for a second series.
The Fox Broadcasting Network announced that they would produce a remake of Broadchurch for US audiences to air in the 2014-15 season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsFOWAPTDI – Broadchurch Trailer
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-packs/broadchurch - Press Release
Whitechapel is a British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, in which detectives in London's Whitechapel district deal with murders
which replicate historical crimes. The first series was first broadcast in the UK on 2 February 2009 and depicted the search for a modern copycat killer
replicating the murders of Jack the Ripper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8GHdvK1izM – Trailer to Whitechapel
http://presscentre.itvstatic.com/presscentre/sites/presscentre/files/WHITECHAPEL_4.pdf - Press Release
Whitechapel is aimed at an audience because of its content and it is shown after the watershed (9pm). It is aimed at males and females.

2. BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience
includes those in the 16–34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent
and new technologies. The channel is on-air from 19:00 to around 05:00 each night, in order to share terrestrial television bandwidth with CBBC.
Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output is from the United Kingdom and other European Union countries. 80% is original, covering all
genres, from current affairs, to drama, to comedy to animation. BBC Three has a unique 60 Seconds format for its news bulletins. This was adopted
so that operation of the channel could be completely automated, without the complication of dealing with variable length live news broadcasts. The
current controller of the station is Zai Bennett and the Head of Scheduling is Dan McGolpin.
BBC Three is a mixed genre channel for young audiences.
They have three key priorities:
•The channel needs to be disciplined about focusing on the young - its centre of gravity will be 16-34 year-olds: people who are young in spirit and
mindset.
•BBC Three is ‘Never Afraid to Try New Things’ and that’s why they will continue to innovate with breakthrough comedy, stand-out
entertainment, brave documentary and intelligent factual formats. Their content needs to have potential to innovate across platforms.
Being Human is a British supernatural drama television series. It was created and written by Toby Whithouse for broadcast on BBC Three. The show
blends elements of flatshare comedy and horror drama. It originally starred Lenora Crichlow as Annie Sawyer (a ghost), Russell Tovey as George
Sands (a werewolf) and Aidan Turner as John Mitchell (a vampire) — all of whom were sharing accommodation and attempting as best as they can to
live a "normal" life and blend in with the ordinary humans around them. In the third series, Sinead Keenan became part of the main cast as Nina
Pickering (a werewolf). In the fourth series the ensemble was joined by Michael Socha as Tom McNair (a werewolf) and Damien Molony as Hal Yorke
(a vampire). The fifth series added Kate Bracken as Alex Miller (a ghost). The first two seasons were set in Totterdown, Bristol, and the third season
onwards relocated to Barry, Wales.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7HAKP1ObmI- Being Human Trailer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/01_january/07/being_human.shtml - Press Release
In the Flesh is a three-part BBC supernatural drama series which began airing on BBC Three on 17 March 2013. The show was created and written
by Dominic Mitchell. It is set after "The Rising", this show's take on a zombie apocalypse, and focuses on re-animated teenager Kieren Walker as he
comes back into the local community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uAJklDka_U – In the flesh Trailer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/intheflesh/ - Press release
Both of these dramas are aimed at young people (16-34 years olds).

3. E4 is a British digital television channel, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. The "E" stands for entertainment, and the
channel is mainly aimed at the lucrative 15–35 age group. Programming includes U.S. imports such as The Cleveland Show, The
O.C., Smallville, Veronica Mars, Everwood, What About Brian?, Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, 90210, One Tree Hill, Ugly
Betty, Scrubs, Rules of Engagement, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Revenge, and formerly Friends. Other programming includes British shows
such as Misfits, The Ricky Gervais Show, Shameless, Hollyoaks, Skins, The Inbetweeners, Made in Chelsea, and My Mad Fat Diary. Some U.S.
imports, such as Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty are screened on E4 up to one week ahead of their Channel 4 broadcasts. Its most successful
broadcast to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of The Inbetweeners pulled in over 3.7 million viewers.
Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show, on the network Channel 4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a
community service programme, where they obtain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. The series started in 2009 and is currently
ongoing.
Antonia Thomas, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Robert Sheehan are introduced as Alisha Daniels, Simon Bellamy, Kelly
Bailey, Curtis Donovan, and Nathan Young respectively. Sheehan left after the second series, replaced in the third by Joseph Gilgun as Rudy Wade.
After the third series it was announced that Rheon, Thomas and Socha had left and would be replaced by new cast members Karla Crome, Nathan
McMullen and Matt Stokoe, as Jess, Finn and Alex respectively. Midway through the fourth series, Stewart-Jarrett left while Natasha O'Keeffe joined the
cast as Abbey Smith[1] On 19 March 2013, Channel 4 announced at a press event that they have renewed Misfits for a fifth and final series containing 8
episodes.[2][3]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODl-kAhVsXY – Misfits Trailer
http://www.tv.com/shows/misfits/ - Press release
Skins is a British teen drama that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form. Its
controversial storylines have explored issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness (such as eating disorders), adolescent sexuality, substance
abuse, death and bullying. The show was created by father-and-son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Company Pictures,[1] and
premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007.[2] The show went on to be a critical success as well as a ratings winner within its target demographic. Over its
initial six-year run, Skins proved to be atypical of on going drama series in that it replaced its primary cast every two years. Plans for a film spin-off were
first discussed in 2009, but ultimately did not come to fruition. Instead, a specially-commissioned seventh and final series of the show was broadcast in
2013, featuring some of the cast from its 2007–10 run.[3] The show's name comes from the rolling papers known as "skins".
Other ventures to expand the brand have included a short-lived North American remake, which aired on MTV in 2011 but was cancelled after one
season after advertisers abandoned the series in response to low ratings and the significant controversy which arose over its depiction of teen
sexuality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQPHjGseENw – Skins Trailer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skins_(UK_TV_series) – Press release
E4 is mainly aimed at young people and teenagers because of the shows that they present on this channel. It is aimed at young males and females.