1. Assignment #7: TV
Channel research
Kauana Labaldi 13V

2. TV Channels
ITV1
Channel 4
BBC One

3. General Information
• Name: Channel 4
• Channel: 4
• Channel 4 is a British public-service television.
• Began transmission on 2 November 1982.
• Audience: 5.1%
• Sister channels : 4seven, Film4, E4, More4,
4Music, Heat, Kerrang!, Kiss, Magic, Smash
Hits!, The box.
Programmes
Comedy – 69 ex: “New girl”, “Father Ted”
Documentaries – 101 ex: “Thelmas Gypsy Girls”, “One born every minute”
Drama – 37 ex: “Franklin and Bash”, “Short films”
Entertainment – 30 ex: “Come Dine with me”, “Meet Ricky Gervais”
Food – 22 ex: “Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals”, “Gordon Behind Bars”
News, Current Affairs and Politics – 4 ex: “Dispatches”, “Unreported World”

4. Documentaries in Channel 4
Thelma’s Gypsy Girls - Dressmaker Thelma Madine, the fairy
godmother of Gypsy wedding dresses, trains a group of gypsy and
traveller girls to create elaborate wedding outfits.
Time: 9pm
Day: Thursday
Target audience: 16-20
The Undateables - People living with challenging conditions
are often considered 'undateable' - this series meets a few and
follows their attempts to find love.
Time: 9pm
Date: Tuesday
Target audience: 18-24
Katie: The science of Seeing Again - Following a vicious acid attack in
2008, Katie Piper has undergone 109 operations to rebuild her face.
But it is the 110th op, using cutting-edge science, which could truly
transform her life, providing her only chance of seeing again through
her badly damaged left eye.
Time:
Date: 07 FEB.
Target audience:

5. Target Audience
• Target Audience:
From 11am to 3pm
Age: 30-45
Mostly Mothers
• From 4pm to 7pm
Age: 16-20
Teenagers
• From 7pm to 12am
Age 18-24
Adults
Working class
Most successful is from 7pm to 12am
Because of programs like: New girl, The big bang theory, How I met your mother
etc…

6. TV Channel
• Name: ITV1
• Channel: 3
• Launched 1955
• Sister channels: ITV1 HD, ITV2/ITV2 HD, ITV3/ITV3
HD, ITV4/ITV4 HD, CITV
• Time shift service: ITV1+1
• Slogan: “The Brighter Side”
• Owned by: ITV plc
Programmes: Target Audience:
Comedy: “Lemon la vida loca”, “Celebrity Juice” From 11am to 3pm
Drama: “Coronation Street”, “Emmerdale” Age: 30-45
Entertainment: “The only way is Essex”, “The Mostly Mothers
Jeremy Kyle Show” From 4pm to 7pm
Reality TV: “The only way is Essex”, “I’m a celebrity Age: 16-20
take me out of here!” From 7pm to 12am
Food: “Let’s Do Lunch with Gino”, “This Morning” Age 18-24

7. Documentaries for ITV1
Hillsborough – The Search for Truth
Documentary casting new light on the Hillsborough disaster. 96 football
fans lost their lives as a result of crushing, but the police blames the
fans themselves for the tragedy.

8. General Information
• Name: BBC One
• Channel: 1
• It was launched on 2 November
1936 as the BBC Television Service.
• Audience: 23%
Programmes
Drama: “Waterloo Road” “Eastenders”
Comedy: “Mock the week” “Not going out”
Entertainment: “Pointless” “Eggheads”
Factual: “Our war” “The sky at night”
Reality TV: “Cop School” “Wanted down under”
News: “News night” “BBC news at 10”

9. Documentaries in BBC
Same but Different - Short documentary portraits of primary
children with a range of disabilities, learning differences and
medical conditions.
Broadcast on: Thurs, 29 Marc 2012
Time: 5:00am
Duration: 60 minutes
Target Audience: Working class
Age: 35-45
The man who discovered Egypt - Ancient Egypt was
vandalised by tomb raiders and treasure hunters until one
Victorian adventurer took them on.
Broadcast on: Wed, 28 Mar 2012
Time: 9pm
Duration: 60minutes
Target audience: Parents
Age: 30-45

10. Target Audience
Target audience Target audience
• 9:30am-3pm 3pm-6pm
• Male and female • Male and female
• Ages: 35-45 • Ages : 7-12
• BBC1 • Cbeebies channel
• Parents • After coming from school
Target audience 6pm -8pm
• Male and female
• Ages : 45-60
• BBC1
• Interests : Politics and world news