TV comedy 4A

What is the difference between commercial and public service broadcasting?

A public serving broadcaster is owned and financed by the public. This means that the TV license that is paid by us finances all of the public serving broadcasters. A private serving broadcaster is privately owned and they have to finance themselves through advertisements. This means because the public is not paying the station, they can broadcast much more than the public broadcaster.

The public pays a licensing fee, to educate and entertain them. They want to know all that is going on in the world and the public broadcasting servers are there to bring the latest happenings to them.

Whereas a private broadcaster is not financed by the public and can broadcast much of what they want, within means of course. Private broadcasters have freer reign on but also have to make enough money on advertisements to pay for the station.

Programme name: Celebrity Juice 

Channel: ITV2

Time: 10pm

Date: Thursdays

Celebrity Juice is a more mainstream TV comedy as it follows up on well known celebrities and is portrayed to look like an exaggerated celebrity magazine such as HEAT magazine. As it is more mainstream it will attract a larger audience which ITV needs as they are a private service broadcaster and need to pay for their own service. Therefore the more viewers the more they can charge for the advertisements.

Who commissioned it? 
Talkback thames 

Who produced it? 

Dan Baldwin, Leon Wilson and Ed Thomas 

What audience are they aimed at? Why?

Celebrity juice is aimed at students and young adults, this age being 18-28 year old. The reason for this is because there is a lot of sexual references, which are sometimes borderline offensive; an older audience may find this unappealing as they think it's offensive and inappropriate. However, a younger audience would most likely see the comedy side of it and wouldn't take it so seriously. Adding to that, as Celebrity juice is a very mainstream and exaggerated panel show, a younger audience would be attracted to this because it stars celebrities who are popular in the media currently and they play games which are modernized to be appealing. 

Why are they on after the watershed time?

As Celebrity Juice has a lot of trasngressive humour, children need to be protected from the swear words and sexual language. This links to the fact it is aimed at an older audience because of the crude language and behavior.


Programme name: Peter Kay's Car Share

Channel: BBC One

Time: 9.30pm 

Date: Originally broadcasted on BBC Iplayer but is now on Wednesdays 

Peter Kay's Car Share is more of a family friendly comedy. It is a different, unusual sitcom as it is all set in a car. This contributes to achieving one of the BBCs aims; to provide original content. There is several rude puns but they are quite muted, this is because the BBC is a public company and cannot offend anyone or displease any audience as they are paying tax on their tv license to watch it. If the BBC get too many complaints eventually the programme will be taken off the public's viewing which means the BBC loses funding. Therefore Car share has a more easy-going humour, which doesn't cross boundaries

Who commissioned it?
Goodnight Vienna

Who produced it?
Gill isles

What audience is it aimed at? why?

Peter Kay's Car Share is aimed at an older adult audience, this being 30-50 year olds. This is because the programme isn't too rude or exaggerated. In addition to that, Car Share is relatable to an older audience because the whole show is based around commuting to work and facing daily life issues; it touches on Kayleigh being single in her late thirties and still not living alone, many could relate to this, whereas a younger audience wouldn't understand this struggle. Moreover, they play old music every episode which gives a nostalgia and allows them to sing along, this is appealing because it's fun for the viewers.

Why are they on after the watershed?

Transgressive humour is still included in Car share which would be deemed inappropriate for children to hear also it includes sensitive topics such as death, which a young audience wouldn't know how to react to.

Keith Lemon

Keith Lemon

He is usually seen as his alter-ego Keith Lemon who is known for being rather brash and a wannabe womanizer. But in real life, Leigh Francis is in fact a family man. Leigh Francis is an English stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and voice artist. His major television breakthrough occurred when Channel 4 offered him a £250,000 deal to produce a series called Bo' Selecta! and this was where his television character started to form.

Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon) has appeared in many TV shows, below is a list of shows he's made an appearance in:

2000-02: Whatever i want

2002-06: Bo' Selecta!

2008-09: Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour

2009: Celebrity Juice.

2010: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 

2011: This Morning 

2011: Sing If You Can 

2012: Mad Mad World. 

2012: Lemon La Vida Loca

2013:Through the Keyhole 

Codes and conventions of a comedy panel show

Codes and Conventions of a comedy panel show

• upbeat music, fast pace and loud soundtrack
• contestants are sat around a panel which can easily be seen to represent two teams
• current affairs montage title sequence, sometimes animated 
• can hear audience clapping and cheering before you see them
• set is backlit
• camera zooms over audience to host, and then pans or cuts to contestants as they are introduced 
• there are many cameras filming, that show many different angles
• normally 30 minutes long, sometimes an hour
• often after the watershed time because of the crude language
• recognizable host
• often have captains on the team and they are there every episode

A league of their own

8 out of 10 cats does countdown

Celebrity juice

   

Peter Kay's Car share || Audience pleasures

Peter Kay's Car share - Audience pleasures 

• They identify the two main characters, both are really chatty and they bicker for humorous effect.
• We can identify it's a situated comedy as them being chatty helps the story and characters personalty develop. Also its on going; it's linked.
• Unpredictability makes the comedy more interesting. It happens in the first episode when Kayleigh spills her urine over John, this effectively makes it more humorous as the audience isn't expecting it.
• Snowballing (the continuous dog joke)
• British comedy
• Transgressive humour
• Gains popularity as Peter Kay is well recognized
• Predictability (when they pull over to the dog walker)
• Private jokes between the audience and the characters
• Turns morbid subjects into humorous ones
• Repetition (always plays dated music in the car) 
• Same setting each time
• Crude language
• Immature behavior
• Exaggerated personalities
• Advertisements are weird to set up the characters to mock them  
• Familiarity- people may relate as its a typical daily life situation; them driving to work and the parodies of the local radio adverts. 
• Music has a nostalgic element
• Diegetic sound to move the narrative and there is a narrative resolution at the end of the series to conclude it all
• The unpredictability heightens the comedic value and creates and unexpected climax
• racist elements but kayleigh is unaware that it is offensive 
• Peter kay channels his personality into the programme, he has the same style every episode by using northern slang and says things that are relatable to daily life.
• Borderline offensive
• Characters relationships grow
• References to comedy duos in the past

TV Comedy || Car share

Peter Kay's Car share

Peter Kay's Car Share is a British sitcom set around supermarket assistant manager John Redmond and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson and their participation in a company car share scheme.

Writers: Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman and Tim Reid

When is it broadcasted: past 11

What are the codes and conventions of a situation comedy: 

• Limited Characters – There will be only a few main characters in the sitcom
• Limited Sets – In most sitcoms there are limited sets that are used
• Catchy theme tune – Sitcoms always start with an opening theme tune, to make it recognizable
• Canned Laughter - Canned laughter is where something is done purposely to make the audience laugh
• Use of Catchphrases – Use of catch phrases is where in the sitcom there is a catch phrase that is used over and over again in each episode where the audience will start to recognize it
• Linear narrative that uses equilibrium, disruption – Linear narrative is where it is about everyday life then something happens which they have to solve to change the equilibrium and then the problem is sorted but it isn’t the same.
• Use of Small social groups, e.g. family, friends, work 
• One Liner – A one liner is usually a throw away remark which is mainly used in a modern sitcom
• Storylines – Storylines are rarely ongoing and always come to a resolution in the in a sitcom

Viewing figures: 7.01 million, 6.44 million, 4.67 million, 6.18 million, 6.10 million, 5.78 million.

Critic opinions:  "I laughed over and over again, loudly and gracelessly, during BBC1's Car Share, Peter Kay's new, pared-down comedy project. Curmudgeonly John (Kay) has been allotted a chipper colleague, Kayleigh (Sian Gibson), as his car-share buddy as part of a corporate bid to save on parking spaces. The rest is simply wittering on. The complete series premiered on iPlayer, drawing a record 2.8 million viewers. I gobbled up the whole series in one afternoon. One serving wasn't nearly enough"

Episodes: 6

Who is Peter Kay? Peter John Kay Hon. D.A. (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian and actor. His 2010-11 stand-up comedy tour was officially inaugurated into the Guinness World Records as the most successful of all time, playing to over 1.2 million people.

TV Comedy || Audience Pleasures

The type of audience pleasures you need to write about in the exam include:

• narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution - How the sketch ends
• character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on
• pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation
• pleasures of difference-within-repetition
• performance unpredictability and spontaneity
• transgressive pleasures
• specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

Audience || Walliams and friends

Audience - Walliams and friends

Who commissioned the programme?
Shane Allen and Gregor Sharp.

Who produced it?

It is produced by King Bert Productions. The executive producer for King Bert Productions is Jo Sargent and Gregor Sharp is executive producer for the BBC. It is produced by Sarah Fraser for King Bert and directed by Matt Lipsey.

What audience is it aimed at? Why?

It is aimed at teenagers above the age of 15 and older adults. The reason for this is that David Walliams has been a famous face on Britains Got Talent which is very popular, therefore David Walliams is a friendly, familiar face to teenagers and older adults so it would appeal to them. Adding to that it does contain some rude content, resulting it being aimed at teenagers as they would find it funny also the rude puns and jokes wouldn't be suitable for children, however its suitable for adults as well because they would understand the jokes. Moreover, the sketches presented in Walliams and Friends are often exaggerated and contain a silly element to it, which some teenagers and parents would find funny.

Why is it on at that time and on that channel?

It's shown at 9.30pm and on BBC One. The reasoning for it being broadcasted at 9.30pm is that it passes the watershed time, this then allows it to be suitable for the target audience. Teenagers and adults are most likely going to awake at 9.30pm so therefore the programme would be able to gain views. Adding to the that the silly and rude comedy elements to it mean it has to be on at 9.30pm so younger children are not exposed to it. Furthermore, it is shown on BBC One because its a popular channel which everyone knows of, and BBC One often broadcasts comedy TV programmes such as Bad Education.

Is it on after the watershed? Why?

It is as the watershed time is 9pm and Walliams and Friends is shown at 9.30pm. This is because of the comedy it contains in it would be inappropriate for young children and would teach them things that isn't acceptable for their age.

Audience Demographic 

Walliams and friends audience is categorized in section E i think as its mainly based at teenagers and this is the section students come upon,