Friday, 5 December 2014


Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels.

·        Who commissioned the programmes?
Bad Education – Chris Sussman (BBC Comedy)
Miranda – Cheryl Taylor (BBC Comedy)

·      Who produced them?
Bad Education – Ben Cavey (BBC)
Miranda – Jo Sargent (BBC)

       What audience are they aimed at? Why?
Bad Education – Teenage and Young Adult (relate to the situation – school - and character – teenagers and young adults)
Miranda – Middle-age adults (relate to the situation – work/pub/home – and character – adults aged 35 approx.)

·      Why are they on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience.
Bad Education – 10:00pm – BBC Three - Tuesday (after watershed/rude humour/swearing/situation comedy)
Miranda – 8:30pm – BBC One – Wednesday (before watershed/humour which isn’t too rude/situation comedy)

·      Know the audience demographic
Bad Education – E (Students)/B (Teachers)
Miranda – C category