Programme Content and UK Stars

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PROGRAMME
CONTENT
E M M A F R A S E R

2. BBC 1
• On BBC 1, dramas are often shown, including Soap Operas. Shows like
EastEnders and Holby City are shown just after tea time during the ‘Prime Time’
slot, this is because they are watched by many, being daily soaps they are
highly anticipated by most viewers each night.
• Programmes include:
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- Eastenders
- Doctor Who
- Sherlock
- Pointless
- Casualty
- The Great British Bake
Off
- The One Show
- Holby City
- Torchwood: Miracle Day
- BBC News at One
- Not Going Out
- The Graham Norton Show
- The Voice
& Many More

3. BBC 2
• On BBC 2, game shows such as Egg Heads and Mastermind are shown between
around 4m and 6pm, dramas such as Peaky Blinders and London Spy are shown
around 8pm, whilst comedy game shows such as Mock the Week and Have I Got News
for You, are shown at later times as they can often be unsuitable for younger
audiences.
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- Wolf Hall
- Peaky Blinders
- The Fall
- Banished
- The Graham Norton Show
- Pointless
- Antiques Road Trip
- 1990
& Many More

4. BBC 3
• BBC 3 does not begin broadcasting shown until 8pm as their content is aimed at those
who are aged 16 and upwards. They broadcast shows such as Family Guy and
American Dad which are shows from America, they also show reality TV shows such as
Don’t Tell The Bride and Bizarre ER. As of 2016, BBC 3 is no longer broadcast to
television, its only available online, through BBC iPlayer,
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- Family Guy
- 60 Seconds
- Cuckoo
- Bluestone 42
- Russell Howard’s Good
News
- Pram Face
- Gavin and Stacey
- Little Britain
- & Many More

5. BBC 4
• BBC 4 was founded in 2002, it was first launched as BBC Knowledge ion 1999 before
being renamed as BBC 4 in 2002. BBC 4 often shows film documentaries, such as
Storyville, Time and The Brain: A Secret History, as well showing comedies,
international film and original programmes, drama.
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- Bombay Railway
- Top of the Pops
- World News
- The Brain with David
Eagleman
- WW2: A Timewatch Guide
- Rod Stewart Live at Hyde
Park
- The Joy of ABBA
- Eurovision Song Contest
& Many More

6. CBBC and CBEEBIES are channels that are produced by the BBC. They are aimed at
children, Cbeebies is aimed at younger children and babies (aged 0-5), whereas CBBC is
aimed at older children and early teens (aged 6-13). CBBC launched in 1960 and
broadcasts shows from 7am until 7pm. Cbeebies also launched in 1960 and broadcasts
shows from 4am until 10pm.
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Cbeebies Shows:
- In the Night Garden
- The Octonauts
- Justin's House
- Gigglebiz
- Tweenies
- Teletubbies
CBBC Shows:
- Tracy Beaker
- Blue Peter
- Wolfblood
- Arthur
- Bear Behaving Badly
- What’s New, Scooby
Doo?

7. UK STARS
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8. DAVID TENNANT
Name: David Tennant
Born: 18th April 1971, Scotland
He is an Actor, Voice Actor and Narrator, he is most
known for his role as ‘The Doctor’ in Doctor Who
from 2005-2010 and starred in a special anniversary
episode in 2013. The show airs on BBC One. He is
also known for his participation in Comic Relief
sketches which also air on the BBC. He also starred
in an animated version of Doctor Who which aired
on CBBC.
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9. BARBARA WINDSOR
Name: Barbara Ann Deeks
Born: 6th August 1937, Shoreditch, London
Dame Barbara Windsor, DBE, is a British Actress most
known for her appearance in the ‘Carry On…’ films as
well as being Peggy Mitchell in the British Soap Opera,
EastEnders, which is aired on BBC. She won Best
Actress in 1999 at the British Soap Awards but left the
show in 2010 after joining 1994. she has later returned
for 3 episodes between 2013 and 2015, its been
confirmed that her character will be killed off in 2016.
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10. DANNY DYER
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Name: Daniel ‘Danny’ Dyer
Born: 24th July 1977, East London
Danny Dyer is an English Actor, currently
starring in EastEnders and is also a former
chairman of Greenwich borough, a non-
League football team. Danny joined the cast
of EastEnders in 2013 as Mick Carter and is
now a series regular. He’s also starred in
films such as The Hooligan Factory and
Vendetta. As well as performing in plays
between 1999 and 2009.

11. MARY BERRY
Name:Mary-Rosa Alleyne Berry, CBE
Born: 24th March 1935, Bath, Somerset
Mary Berry, CBE, is an English food writer and television
presenter, she has published more than 75 cook bokos
including her best seller ‘Baking Bible’ in 2009. She is well
known for being a judge on The Great British Bake Off, one of
the BBC’s most popular shows, she has been a judge since
2010, alongside fellow baker, Paul Hollywood. She also
appears on BBC Two’s series The Great British Food Revival
and her new solo show, Mary Berry Cooks began airing on 3rd
March 2014.
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12. JUSTIN FLETCHER
Name: Justin Fletcher MBE
Born: 15th June 1970, Reading, Berkshire
Justin Fletcher is a comedian, actor, presenter, voice
actor and singer. He is well known as an English
children's TV personality, he presents numerous
shows on Cbeebies, in which he speaks and performs
in various, often self-created, roles. He often presents
some shows whilst speaking and using a form of sign
language so that its accessible to a wide range of
children. He also does the Voice over for Harold from
Thomas the Tank Engine which is aired in CBBC
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13. RICKY GERVAIS
Name: Ricky Dene Gervais
Born: 25th June 1961, Berkshire, England
Ricky Gervais is an English Comedian, Actor,
Director, Producer, Writer and former pop singer
and manager. Gervais achieved mainstream fame
in 2001 with the BBC Television hit show ‘The
Office’. This was then followed by ‘Extras’ in 2005,
both were co-written and co-directed with
Stephan Merchant.
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14. MARTIN FREEMAN
Name: Martin John Christopher Freeman
Born: 8th September 1971, Hampshire,
England
Martin Freeman is an English actor best
known for his roles in The Office, Sherlock
and The Hobbit film trilogy. The Office and
Sherlock, are both aired on BBC and are some
of their most popular shows. He starred in
The Office from 2001-2003 and as Dr. John
Watson in Sherlock since 2010. He is also
well known for his films including Nativity and
Love Actually.
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15. UK DIRECTORS

16. OTTO BATHURST
Name: Otto Bathurst
Born: June, 1971 – Hammersmith, London,
England
Otto is well known for his direction on the
popular BBC show, ‘Peaky Blinders’, he directed
the first three episodes of the show in 2013. He
has also directed episodes of Hustle, a BBC show
from 2004, including episodes of the popular
Netflix show ‘Black Mirror’. His current project is
working on the post-production of a film
adaption of ‘Robin Hood’ to be released in 2018.

17. TOM HARPER
Name: Tom Harper
Born: January 7th 1980 – London, England
Tom is a BAFTA nominated British film and
television director, writer and producer. He is
known for his direction on 4 episodes of Misfits
in 2009-2010, as well as directing 3 episodes of
Peaky Blinders in 2013. He has later gone onto
direct 6 episodes of War and Peace in 2016, as
well as directing the second instalment of ‘The
Woman in Black’, starring Helen McCrory, in
2014.

18. UK LOCATIONS

19. POPULAR UK TV
FILMING LOCATIONS
This map highlights many of the
filming locations which are used for
many UK TV shows, for example it
identifies ‘Peaky Blinders’ main
filming location in Birmingham, as
well as Liverpool and Manchester.
Shows such as ‘Waterloo Road’ and
‘Taggart’ being filmed in Scotland
and ‘Doctor Who’ being mostly
filmed in Wales.
Map from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3434721/The-TV-map-
Britain-Graphic-designer-creates-outline-UK-showing-favourite-television-
shows-set-filmed.html

20. UK TV REALISM
AND NARRATIVE
THEMES

21. UK TV – REALISM AND NARRATIVE THEMES
• Realism is the quality of representing a person or thing in a way that is
accurate to real life.
• A narrative is a spoken or written account of events, much like a story.
UK TV often does well in presenting realism and narrative themes within
shows, for example, shows such as EastEnders show working class people
going about their day to day lives, something which many of the audience
can relate to. As well as this, the costumes that are worn by the actors
within the show also represent real life and are familiar to the audience as
being ‘every day’ clothing. This is different to shows such as ‘Downton
Abbey’ which portrays a life many are not familiar with. EastEnders will
often keep up with popular culture and incorporate these elements into
their show, for example, when the characters are in the ‘Queen Victoria’
pub, you may often hear music that is currently in the charts, keeping the
show up to date and relevant to the audience.