Kylie Brightwell

1) Which institution (channel) produced the show ? ITV/ABC/Thames 2) Who was the primary and secondary audience (age rating/gender/interests etc). Adults, female, 15 years+, working class,  3) When did the first episode air? January 7 1961 4) How many viewers followed the show? 6.3 million 5) How many seasons were made? 6 series 6) What date/year was the last episode aired? 1968-69 7) What was the budget for series 4? $2 million, budget of each episode $56,000. 8) The Fourth series was different to the third due to a $2million deal with ABC. It was shot on film. What did this mean in terms of:location, product values, editing, camerawork, and sound? British television did compete on the world market, with prestige productions such as The Avengers being sold to many countries overseas (90 countries by 1969). A lucrative deal with the American Broadcasting Company (reportedly $2million) required the fourth series of The Avengers to be shot on fil...

L/O: Research the 1960s (UK) in terms of social, historic and political climate of the decade; research the TV show the Avengers The Swinging 60s poverty: people were poorer Had a bath once a week Respectful to their elders Didnt have much health and safety  Hippies protesting free love Easier to have sex outside of marriage Decade of free love First time women had a contraception pill The 1960s life in the UK The most famous bands in the 1960s The Beatles The Rolling Stones pink Floyd  The Jackson 5 The Monkees The music was different during previous decades  experimented with several  musical styles. The most famous sports people in the 1960s Muhammad Ali Willie Mays Wilt Chamberlain Johnny Unitas Jim Brown political leaders in the 1960s John Fitzgerald Kennedy Robert F. ( Bobby) Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr. Richard Milhous Nixon J Edgar Hoover Three youth group fashions in the 1960s Hippie style was the ...

L/O: To explore the TV drama genre and conventions  What's the difference between and TV Drama and a Soap Opera? Contains a series of real life situations which are exaggerated yet relatable, though the use of; themes, settings, issues, and narrative. Intended to be more serious than humorous. What is the difference between a TV Drama and a serial TV Drama? Serial TV is defined as any television drama that is  organised into a series of episodes (as opposed to one-off dramas). Typically, a series contains between 3 and 12 episodes. A serial has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span an entire  season,  or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from traditional episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes. Sub-Genre Task: Popular dramas - Crime drama -  Dexter Period drama -  Poldark Teen dra...