Thursday, 10 May 2018
Scheduling for Life on Mars
Importance of crime
dramas to channel/ ratings- this is important For life on Mars to be scheduled at a
time that they are allowed to show accurate representations of crime in the
1970s because if they show it at an earlier time then they can’t show the accurate
representations, which may affect the ratings for the program as being able to
show the accurate representations may engage the target audience to the program
as they will get an accurate representation on how crime was perceived back in
the 1970s and compare it to the way that crime is perceived today.
8 X 1hr episodes on Monday nights at 9pm. Peak
viewing time. Post- watershed. After EastEnders and Outtake TV, but before the
BBC News at 10pm- This
is important to the scheduling for Life on Mars as at peak viewing time is when
most people view shows so they may view this, it’s after EastEnders son it may
catch the eye of the audience and may make them stay tuned to watch the
program. It is also before the news so that the audience may be able to see a
difference in the police force from the way that they are represented in the
show in the 70s, and the police force from today in real life situations.
Finally, it is post- watershed which means that they can include graphic
details within the show and swearing
Zoning of crime
genre at this time is standard. Sometimes stripped over a number of evenings- this is important to the scheduling
of Life on Mars as it is scheduled at the same time as many other TV crime dramas
have, meaning that the viewing figures could be high as it is the peak viewing
time. Also this show is scheduled weekly rather than over the course of a number
of evenings as each episode doesn’t follow on from the previous episode so it
would lose the audience if this scheduling was used.
Repeated April 2006 Sundays 10pm- This is important to the scheduling of Life on
Mars as it allows the target audience to freshen up on what had taken place in
the previous episode before the new episode airs on the Monday night.
BBC pure drama video
The video suggests that the BBC are
showing through the dramas that they produce all aspects of life, from being born
in Call the Midwife, to falling in love with Pride and Prejudice, and to
changing throughout life with Doctor Who. They also portray historical factors
in their dramas and to allow the audience to see how we have got to where we
are today in the most accurate representation that they can portray. The BBC
needs crime drama to engage a whole host of generations from the new
generation, and watching how crime happened back in the time that maybe their
parents and grandparents were born and how it has changed throughout the years
and the older generations that may look back on how the world was back then and
how the world is today.
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