The document lists different genres of TV drama, including medical, action & adventure, horror & supernatural, classic & period, and soap operas. It provides examples of shows in some genres like medical (Casualty, Holby City, Doctors), action & adventure (Highlander, Spooks), and horror & supernatural (The Fades). It also mentions Roland Barthes' five codes for analyzing narratives: semantic, hermeneutic, cultural reference, symbolic, and proairetic codes.