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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...

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...

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...

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 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...