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Research into television

channels & Audience

By Laura Smith and Lara Roberts

Genre: Drama/ Supernatural/ Thriller Target Audience: 16+Story Line: It's a gripping story of three different families living in the same house in the 1960s, 1980s and present day.The families are linked by the spirit of a young girl – the 1960’s family’s daughter, who died in mysterious circumstances.

Marchlands• ITV is the biggest

and most popular commercial television channel in the United Kingdom.

• The channel was known as 'ITV1', because the 'ITV1' brand name was introduced by Granada and Carlton in August 2001.

• ITV stand for Independent Television.

Genre: Drama/ Crime Target Audience: 16+ Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3YSkHTdJEStory Line: Two vulnerable teenage girls who, in the summer of 1995, are accused of murdering their schoolteacher. For seventeen years, the two girls go their separate ways, Poppy having been charged with the murder.

The Ice Cream Girls• ITV is a commercial

public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 as Independent Television .

• ITV1 shows Soaps, British dramas and reality shows such as Downton Abbey, The X-Factor and This Morning.

• ITV1 have contended with BBC One for the status of the UK's most watched television channel since the 1950s

Genre: Drama/ Supernatural/ ThrillerTarget Audience: Teenagers and overTrailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfnYEjXJAJcStory Line: Being Human is about a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost that live together in Bristol.

Being Human

• The channel's target audience includes those in the 16–34 year old age group.

• The channel is on-air from 19:00 to around 05:00am each night.

• BBC Three's programming consists of comedy, drama, spin-off series and repeated episodes of series from BBC One and Two.

Genre: Drama/ Sci-Fi/ Target Audience: All ages Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6FMCqYrBoStory Line: Time Lord The Doctor travels around the galaxy's saving people with his mates ‘n’ stuff with his companions.

Doctor Who

• BBC3 has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent and new technologies.

• The BBC also includes different channels such as BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, BBC News, CBBC, Cbeebies, and BBC parliament.

Genre: Drama/ Thriller/ Sci-FiTarget Audience: 16+Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODl-kAhVsXYStory Line: A group of misfits that have done crime, get stuck in a storm whilst doing there community services and get powers.

Misfits

• The "E" stands for entertainment, and the channel is mainly aimed at the lucrative 15–35 age group.

• Programming includes U.S. imports such as ‘How I Met Your Mother’,’ Cleveland Show’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’.

Genre: Drama/ Supernatural Target Audience: All ages Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aco2sUvKF0MStory Line: Three witches, that are sisters, live together and have to kill demons with their powers.

Charmed • Its most

successful broadcast to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of The Inbetweeners pulled in over 3.7 million viewers.

• E4, sisters channels are Channel 4, Film4, More4, Kiss TV,4Music, Heat, Kerrang! and 4Seven.