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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...

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...