This document summarizes three different TV drama genres: 1) The teen drama "Some Girls" follows four 16-year-old friends in South London dealing with stereotypes, peer pressure, and self-expression. Humor creates entertainment as viewers can relate. 2) The period drama "Downton Abbey" is set in 1912 England and focuses on a family in jeopardy without a male heir after the sinking of the Titanic. It also depicts wars like World War I. 3) The police drama "Luther" centers on a British detective solving crimes, but the dark nature of the job sometimes causes him to act violently.

1. TV Dramas
Teen drama - Some Girls
The new teen drama – some girls is based on a group of four, 16 year old girls, studying A-
Levels who are good friends, living
around the same estate in South London.
These four girls are quite different but
show viewers different stereotypes of
young girls and what they get up to, how
they express themselves and peer
pressure in the friendship group. This
drama contains humour throughout which
creates good entertainment for viewers
as many viewers can relate.
Period/Costume drama – Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey is a historical drama about a British family which is time based in 1912 when
the titanic sank. The family’s future is in
jeopardy because the male last of the
throne had died and there was nobody to
take his place as his son had died on the
titanic ship. Throughout the series the
search carries on for the next male to
take the king’s place and great wars are
acted during this series. E.g. World War
1 with Britain and Germany.
Police/Crime drama – Luther
Luther is based in Great Britain, and is about a chief detective trying to accomplish the
finding and reasoning’s of crime and
death. However, Luther can come into a
dark place in his job and become very
violent.