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Television: Final index

1)   Television: Introduction to TV drama 2)  Doctor Who: Language and Representation 3)   Doctor Who: Audience and Industries 4)  His Dark Materials: Language and Representation 5)  His Dark Materials: Audience and Industries 6)  Industry contexts: the BBC and public service broadcasting

TV industry contexts: blog tasks

  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Inform, Educate, Entertain 2) How is the BBC funded? UK television licence fee  approximately £3.7 billion of the BBC's total £5 billion income 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). provide duly accurate and impartial news, current affairs and factual programming to build people's understanding of all parts of the United Kingdom and of the wider world 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. Ofcom 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?   issuing licences for all commercial television and radio services 6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the  BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain ? Answer this question in at least 150 words. engaging with diverse audiences, fostering critical thinking, and showcasing the best of British creativ...

Television: His Dark Materials - Audience and Industry

  Industries 1) Which companies produced this  His Dark Materials  series? Bad Wolf and New Line Productions 2) What were the UK viewing figures for  A City of Magpies ? How did this compare to season 1 of  His Dark Materials ? 4.4 million viewers 3)  What was American network HBO's role in making His Dark Materials and why is this important? Look at the notes above for more on this. co-producing the series with the BBC and handling international distribution 4) What famous stars are in His Dark Materials and why do you think they were selected for the show? Watch the Comic Con panel video in the notes above to see the stars talking about the show. Dafne Keen (best known as the preteen mutant slasher in Logan), James McAvoy (Split), Ruth Wilson (The Affair), and Grammy and Tony–winning Hamilton phenom Lin-Manuel Miranda 5) Who are Bad Wolf and what do they produce? a television production company, based in Cardiff, Wales, that produces high-end drama for gl...