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  Historical, social and cultural contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 3 were being offered by the BBC before 1967. Radio 1 consisted of only 5 hrs of music.  This is because of needletime. "Needletime"   restricted the amount of recorded music that could be transmitted by the BBC during any 24-hour period.  Radio 2's target audience has always been  all audiences aged 35+. The average age of the Radio 4 listener is 56 years old and skews towards an older audience. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? The 30 September 1967 saw the launch of the BBC radio networks that are still with us today.  Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 replaced the old Light, Third and Home Service respectively . The simultaneous launch of Radio 1 was an attempt to create a brand new pop music service to replace the outlawed pirate radio stations 3) What was pirate rad...

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

THE BBC 1) What is the BBC's mission statement? The BBC's Mission Statement is inform, educate and entertain  2) How is the BBC funded?  It's  funded by the licence fee paid by UK households . It provides ten national TV channels, regional TV programmes 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points  above) To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced) To support learning for people of all ages To produce creative output To have diverse content (such as with its representations) To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world 4) What is regulation and how is the BBC regulated? The BBC is regulated by Ofcom. Regulation id when something is reviewed and if needed adjusted  5) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the  BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain ? They both educate people on history. they try to inform people about thi...

  Language and close-textual analysis 1) Write an analysis of the episode - using notes from the screening in class.  Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, editing, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) You can currently  watch His Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer here . Camerawork, editing and sound: There was non-diegetic sound in the episode. this is when lyra and will saw the two kids and started chasing after them, There was intense music. Mise-en-scene: Lyra is wearing cloths from the 1980's, However Will is wearing more traditional new age British cloths. The setting was a abandoned village where everybody evacuated from. Narrative and genre: Sci-fi and fantasy 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre? The show fits in to the fantasy genre since its narrative arc is based around a quest to find Lyra. There also are creatures such as...