This class represents the higher class people in Downton Abbey, who wear fine clothes made for the rich and keep clean, showing a contrast to other classes. The servants wear uniforms to indicate their lower class and that they are servants, while only men wear formal clothing and women dress for kitchen work. Traditional representations include masculine men as strong and dominant over women; feminine women needing men and doing feminine jobs; and the elderly as unattractive, weak and dependent. Regional identities depicted include English characters in Downton Abbey as upper class royalty and those in Sherlock living in posh, upper class London.

1. TV Drama
Representation
Tom Smith

2. Class
This class represents the higher class people in
Downton Abbey, they either in formal dresses or
wearing formal suits. It shows a contrast between
other classes, they wear fine cloths made for the rich
and are clean. The servants of this programme wear
uniforms to show that they are of lower class, the
uniform is not made to look good but just to show that
they are servants, only the men wear formal clothing
and the women are dressed to work in a kitchen.

3. Sexuality
Sexuality is often referred to and
represented in stereotypical characters
Gay men – camp, feminine, funny, sleep
around
Lesbian women – butch, blunt, man
haters
Straight men/women – normal, ideal

4. Gender
Traditional masculine man – muscly, strong, brave
heterosexual, working in manual jobs. Often
aggressive, tall and dominant over women.
New man- Often shown as being less masculine but still
heterosexual, very peaceful, looks after the family,
stays at home to look after the family, does cleaning
and cooking ect, shown equal to women.
Gay man – shown as more feminine, weak working in
jobs like fashion.
Traditional feminine women – often shown as being
girly, likes pink, wears dresses and does jobs like
working in fashion or stays at home, scared of things,
needs a man to cope.
Sexy woman- very flirty, dresses in a revealing way
more powerful that traditional women, used men to
get what she wants, no loyalty to other women.
Lesbian women -often shown as dressing in a
masculine fashion, doing masculine roles, hating men.

5. Age
Children – shown as being young, innocent, naïve, pure,
sweet, helpless and powerless, but not all the time.
Teenagers- Often shown as being aggressive, moody, lazy,
criminals, hates school.
20s to 30s – often shown as the ideal age for love, parties,
fun, fun, making money, being glamorous and attractive.
Middle Aged- often shown as being past it, unattractive, not
aware of popular culture, uncool, boring lives, powerful,
dominant over others, no real connection to their kids,
grumpy. In films villains tend to be in this age group.
Elderly – often shown as being unattractive, slow, weak, ill,
confused, pathetic, powerless, not important and dependent
on others.

6. Ethnicity
The representation of people from different ethnicities
has changed dramatically over the years, partly because
the population of many countries like Britain are more
diverse.
Black people – shown as exotic, strange, tribal, criminal,
poor in gangs.
Asian people – mainly as intelligent, submissive, quiet,
shy, interested in technology
White population – shown as good, pure, heroes, strong
and sometimes racist
Indian – poor, living in large families, traditional
Middle Eastern – violent, aggressive, rich, terrorist
Hispanic – poor, servants, nannies, into crime and gangs
Immigrants – drain on society, criminals, illegal, bad for
Britain, taking jobs

7. Disability
• Physically disabled people / disfigured
people – shown as outsiders, unable to do
normal things.
• Mentally disabled people- Often shown
as strange, odd, childlike or as outsiders
• Able bodied / minded people – often
shown as “normal” and “ideal”

8. Regional Identity
The regional identity of theTV drama “Sherlock”
is that they are English and living in London.
Being English, they are thought to be posh and
rich because they can afford to live in London,
also being viewed as upper class.
The regional identity of theTV drama “Downton
Abbey” is that they are English.They are clearly upper
class which means they are rich, they live in an abbey
and are royal.The time period shows that they are
very traditional.