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Uses of Audience Pleasures in Peter Kay's Carshare For the exam you need to be able to explain at least two different types of audience pleasures in detail. These examples of each from different episodes will help you. Narrative Resolution Episode 3 - When Kayleigh and John drive away from Ray as he chases after them (creates as sense of relief after John calls him "Psycho"). Episode 5 - There have been hints of Kayleigh and John getting together throughout series but in this episode it shows Kayleigh being jealous of Rachel who is hitting on John and John who is jealous of the trolley wrangler that Kayleigh likes. This suggests that they might soon get together (the resolution). Identifying with Characters Episode 2 - John is unable to control is hysterical laugh after Kayleigh talks to her neighbour about "dogging" not knowing what it really means. Episode 3 - Kayleigh is hung-over and creating lots of noise so a neighbour stands by their w...

TV Comedy Through The Keyhole Through the Keyhole is a British TV comedy panel show hosted by Keith Lemmon (Leigh Francis). The panel show, shows Keith Lemmon going through celebrity homes and involves the guest panel having to guess who the house belongs to. This show is a hybrid of a quiz and panel show and was adapted from the old 1980s mainstream 'through the keyhole' that was less comedic and more serious. By mocking the old show, Keith Lemmon brings in a bigger audience demographic and makes the programme appeal more to a modern audience. Who commissioned the programme? It was commissioned by ITV in 2013. ITV is a British television channel that stands for 'Independent television' that covers the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Who Produced it? It was produced by the commercial station, ITV. The producers where Meriel Beale, Arron Ferster, Isabel Forte, Aaron Morgan, Juliet Morrish, Mark Boutros, Daniel Baldwin, Leon Wil...

4. (a) Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels Peter Kay's Car Share and Celebrity Juice ‘Peter Kay’s Car Share’ was originally broadcasted on BBC iPlayer between 24 th and 28 th April 2015. It premiered on BBC One (a British public service broadcaster) at 9pm on Tuesdays as the producers believed that the target audience should be between the age of 25 and 40. They chose this time (at the watershed) as they thought that this audience demographic would be at home at this time and not at work. ‘Celebrity Juice’ was initially broadcasted on ITV2 (a British television channel that stands for ‘Independent television) on Wednesday 24 th September 2008 at 10:00pm as it was believed the target audience would be between the age of 18 and 35. Therefore, it must be commissioned after the watershed as the explicit content of the humour (suited for a panel game show ) would be inappropriate for younger viewers. This is on later than ‘Pet...

TV Comedy Celebrity Juice Who Commissioned the Programme? It was commissioned by ITV in 2008. ITV is a British television channel that stands for 'Independent television' that covers the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Who produced it? Celebrity Juice was produced by Talkback Thames for the first seven series. Talkback Thames was a division of FremantleMedia and was a British television production company that was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames Television. After series seven it was then produced by Talkback. Talkback is a British television production company that was established in 1981. What audience is it aimed at? Why? Celebrity Juice is aimed at a 18-35 year old target audience. This is due to the explicit and adult humour which is unsuitable for younger audiences. Furthermore, this humour is based around an energetic and enthusiastic panel show which wouldn't appeal to an audience older than 35. Al...

Katz' Uses and Gratification Theory What is it? The uses and gratification theory explains why audiences are driven  to consume most media product. Most media theorists agree it is because they need to fulfil certain needs. Katz' uses and gratification theory explains these needs by splitting them into four different categories. These include: personal identification , personal relationship , inform and educate and diversion . The Theory Personal Identification - Where the audience can relate to a character or their situation Personal Relationship - Where the audience builds a close bond with a character or group of characters Inform and Educate - Where the audience learn something from consuming the text Diversion - Where the audience can escape from their reality and immerse themselves in the text

4. (b) Discuss in detail how one programme offers audience pleasures. Give examples from the programme. [15 marks] Peter Kay's Carshare Series One Peter Kay's Car share is a 2015 situation comedy where each episode is 30 minutes long that offers a range of techniques including: audience pleasures, Katz' uses and gratification theory and numerous types of comedy that are all designed to make a link between the characters and audience demographic while making them laugh. The first series consists of six 30 minute episodes that focus mainly around the audience pleasures: identifying with characters and physical comedy which helps to give entertainment to the viewers. For example, in episode 3 the programme continues to use the radio station, Forever FM to create continuity for the conversations in the car and appeal to the audience demographic . The cultural references to 1980s/1990s (when a song by Carol Decker comes on the radio) appeals to a C1 30-45...