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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...

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...

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.