The Inbetweeners and its targeted audience
Interview with writers Damon
Beesley and Iain Morris: http://www.film4.com/videos/article/iain-morris-and-damon-beesley-interview-the-inbetweeners-movie
Inbetweeners audience might
like
· Skins
· Misfits
Sitcom about a bunch of
middle-class adolescent lads. Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling
brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your
friends' sexuality...
Channel & date
first broadcast
Series 1: E4 May 2008 Series 2: E4 April 2009 10 p.m. (nearly 1 million
viewers) + 11 p.m
Channel brand
identity, history and ethos
‘Channel 4 is a
publicly-owned, commercially-funded public service broadcaster. We do not
receive any public funding and have a remit to be innovative, experimental and
distinctive.’
Scheduling &
competition: days & times; placement between programmes;
Repeats on related channels
Thursdays
Thursdays
Episodes of the first, second and third series can be viewed
by United Kingdom and Irish viewers through 4oD, and on YouTube
Different formats
Series 1-3 boxset released
on 25.10.2010. The Inbetweeners movie
released on DVD and Blu-ray 12.12.2011 in the UK.
All of the DVDs received an 18 certificate (high
number of sexual references and bad language). The film version received a 15 certificate in the
United Kingdom, with the extended cut release receiving an 18 certificate.
QI and its targeted audience
Channel & date
first broadcast
For its first five series (shown between 2003 and 07)
episodes premièred on BBC Four
and received their first terrestrial airing on BBC Two a week later, with
syndicated episodes of previous series shown on UKTV G2/Dave. QI has the highest viewing figures for
any show on BBC Four and Dave. From series F
in 2008 the show moved to BBC
One, with extended-length repeats on BBC Two (titled QI XL). For series G, the regular show moved to a pre-watershed
slot, with the extended edition still shown after the watershed. In March 2011
though, it was announced that the ninth series would see the show return to a
post-watershed slot on BBC Two.
Channel brand identity, history and ethos. BBC promotes education and learning. ‘BBC TWO is a mainstream channel with ambitious
factual programmes – the lifeblood of the channel's identity…we embrace all
genres but factual programming remains integral to our purpose.’ ‘BBC TWO is a broad-based mainstream channel that
naturally skews to an older audience. However our key focus is to appeal to a
heartland of viewers aged 35-54 and to reach out to a more culturally diverse
audience.
A 35-54 year old audience is a very diverse group in terms of
lifestyle and interests, but united by having come of age as consumers in the
first age of multichannel and having clear expectations of TV as, first and
foremost, a medium of entertainment. We want even more smart, stylish, intelligent
shows that can become must-see viewing for this demanding generation.’ ‘the
original home of many classic comedies’.
Regulatory
requirements At its core, QI
enshrines the original view of Lord Reith that the BBC should ‘inform educate and
entertain', all three of which duties are carried out to the great enjoyment of
panel and audience alike. http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/whoweare/publicpurposes/
Scheduling &
competition: days & times; placement between programmes;
Eight full series of QI have been broadcast across BBC1 and BBC2. The
ninth series (all things 'J') is currently being shown on BBC2 on Friday
nights, cementing its place as one of the top comedy shows in the UK.
Repeats on related channels An extended, post-watershed, version of QI is shown on BBC2 on Saturday nights, and repeats are shown regularly on the digital channel Dave where they regularly top the channel's ratings. QI is repeated regularly, both on the BBC itself and on Dave ‘the home of witty banter’. There are also plenty of clips circulating on the web.
Different formats
First three series (A, B and C) have appeared on DVD, and
they are available through the QI Shop.
Writers are also currently working on an iPhone App, a
search engine - "it will be a sort of interesting version of
Wikipedia"
The IT Crowd and its targeted audience
ADULTS 16-34 ‘With The IT Crowd, now we're on our third series we've got
a loyal audience. We'd love to break through to a pan-generational audience. I
think that's always been Graham's intention, to make it a proper family
sitcom.’ (Katherine Parkinson Dec 08)
‘The IT Crowd
is a fairly family-friendly show; some episodes do deal with occasional adult
themes and there’s a little salty language but nothing too risque.’ (Wired)
Channel & date
first broadcast
Series 1: C4 2006. All four series have run for 6
episodes each. The first series premiered on 3 February 2006, the second on 24
August 2007, the third on 21 November 2008 and the fourth on 25 June 2010.
Channel brand
identity, history and ethos.
Regulatory requirements
Scheduling & competition: days & times; placement between programmes;
Repeats on related
channels
Fridays at 10.40 follows 2 popular comedy shows (Peter Kay & Comedy Showcase) that have more high profile slots. It precedes a
film. Its competition on a Friday night is reality TV (E4), film (F4)
18 episodes (2006-8)
Different formats
DVDs of all 4 series
In
a first for Channel 4, each episode of the first series was available for
download from the station's web site for the seven days preceding its initial
television broadcast. Downloads were only available for UK and Ireland viewers
and were supplied in Windows
Media Video format. All but the first two episodes were encoded with DRM
restrictions.
The
opening episode of series 4 was released by Channel 4's online service 4oD a week before the television broadcast,
though in order to protect the programme this was only available to registered
and logged-in viewers, whereas much of 4oD's post-broadcast output is freely
available.
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