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Sitcom TV Episode Analysis Peter Kay Carshare - Series One, Episode One With situation comedy it is very important to establish the conventions and audience pleasures within the first episode so that an audience demographic is made clear. In Peter Kay's Car Share there are several uses of audience pleasures and comedic conventions that adds to the overall atmosphere to make the programme as humorous as possible for the audience. Episode One is 30 minutes long and starts with a style of observational comedy , by introducing the character John through his angry interaction with an in-car satellite navigation system it is a mixture of observational and situation comedy as many viewers will have had an experience of this frustration at their own navigator but would never notice it as something to mock and laugh at. This genre of comedy has become popular among viewers and some would say that it is a comedic cliché. This immediately creates a pleasure of character ide...

Plot Summaries Summary of the first series of Car Share. Series 1, Episode 1 - John and Kayleigh work a the same supermarket and start a new car sharing scheme together, paring them together in their daily commute to and from work. This leads them to learning more about each other's background, which is what the episode circles around. However, their is an unfortunate but hilarious incident with Kayleigh's sample bottle of urine which inevitably spills on John. Despite their rocky start, they decide to continue car sharing. Series 1, Episode 2 - Due to the death of a long standing colleague at the supermarket, John and Kayleigh are forced to take the morning off work. This leads to Kayleigh be-friending her elderly neighbour, Ken which becomes an interesting topic when Kayleigh misunderstands the meaning of "dogging". Series 1, Episode 3- Kayleigh suffers from a late night partying as she worries about her self taught Japanese that she needs to per...

Peter Kay Biography General Information Peter Kay was born on the 2nd July 1973. He is a British comedian who specialises in stand-up, television and film comedy. He has been a comedian since1996. Since then he has gone on to focus on the genres: observational comedy, musical comedy and physical comedy . These genres usually are subjects of everyday life, marriage, family, British culture, pop culture and human behaviour. Programmes Peter Kay's most notable works and roles That Peter Kay thing: That Peter Kay Thing is a series of spoof documentaries shown on Chanel 4 in 2000. It was written by Peter Kay, Dave Spikey, Neil Fitzmaurice and Gareth Hughes, and was directed by Andrew Gillman. It was set in and around Bolton, each episode functions as a self-contained documentary following a different set of characters, many of them played by Peter Kay. Overall, there was one series and seven episodes that lasted 30 minutes each. Many of the characters and actors in ...

TV Comedy Narrative Pleasures: A narrative is a spoken or written account of connected events with a beginning, middle and end. The Narrative Abstract- It is the initial summary of the story, typically in the title of the text and at times in an opening section. It provides the first decision point for the audience about continuing to watch the programme. The Narrative Orientation- It establishes time and place, social context of the narrative. The Narrative Complication- Represents an issue that the characters at the climax of the narrative. The Narrative Resolution- Will provide an answer to the complication. The Narrative Coda- Refers to the end of the narrative The Narrative Evaluation- Is where the audience establishes an opinion on the narrative. Transgressive Pleasures : Used to describe texts which offer representations which cross the boundaries of accepted texts; they are those derived from media texts which woul...

TV Comedy Peter Kay's Car Share The day time and channel of the programme. Tuesdays at 9pm on BBC One. Who produced the programme? It was produced by the BBC. BBC is a broadcasting corporation and is a British public service broadcaster. It focuses on breaking news, sport, TV and radio. It's purpose is to inform, educate and entertain. Who commissioned the programme? It was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, director of BBC content. The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and is based at the broadcasting house in London. What audience is it aimed at? Why? It is aimed at a young adult/adult audience in the audience demographic categories of: B, C1, C2 and D. This is because of the narrative pleasures within the programme that would only appeal to a  working and middle class audience. It is not aimed at a young audience because it is on after the watershed, meaning that some of the content/humour is inappropriate for a young audi...

Audience Demographic: What is an audience demographic? A way of 'dividing' a population into different groups; for example: age, gender ethnicity, income, education, class etc.   What are the audience Demographic Categories? A    - Higher management, bankers, lawyers, doctors and other professionals B    - Middle management, teachers, creative and media people, e.g. Graphic designer etc. C1 - Office supervisors, junior managers, nurses, specialists clerical staff - white collar. C2 - Skilled manual workers, plumbers, builders - blue collar. D   - Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers E    - unemployed, students, pensioners, casual workers.