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Television and Radio Index

1) Doctor Who 2) His Dark Material 3) BBC industries 4) Radio 1 launch

BBC Radio 1

1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC Home, BBC Radio Light, and  BBC Third 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? The light program was split into Radio 1 and Radio 2 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Pirate radio was a radio that was targetting younger audiences that has a less formal presentation that BBC couldnt offer. It was popular as it was the only station that targetted younger audiences 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? The 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act offically outlawed pirate radio stations 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? They used TOny Blackburn- a previous Dj from priate radio to perform for Radio 1 to try and make Radio 1 similar to Pirate radio 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? Needle time was made so that the BBC could only pay music for five ...

TV Industry

1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Inform enducationak entertainment 2) How is the BBC funded? BBC is funded through TV license. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). They provide information through their news broadcast.  They support learning for people of all ages by providing the public with BBC bitesize. The BBC publishes comedy shows, etc 25% of their population teas are from underrepresented groups 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. By the OfCOM 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily. 6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain ? Answer this question in at least 1...

His Dark material

1) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre ? It has demons in it which also has multiple worlds which goes against reality 2) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  Lyra Belacqua-heroine Mrs. Coulter-villain Lord Asriel Belacqua-dispatcher Lee Scoresby-doner Will Parry-The helper 3) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) mise en scene is used when the witches have ragged and dark clothing to present them as evil 4) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience? You can find reminder notes on all these narrative theories here - just scroll down to narrative.  good and evil humans an...