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• It is the state broadcaster, is supported by the TV license fee and does not have any adverts on it

Our mission

To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.

Our vision

To be the most creative organisation in the world.

Our values

• Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.
• Audiences are at the heart of everything we do.
• We take pride in delivering quality and value for money.
• Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation.
• We respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone can give their best.
• We are one BBC: great things happen when we work together.

Six public purposes and how they will be delivered

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  Sustaining citizenship and civil society

  The BBC provides high-quality news, current affairs and factual programming to engage its viewers, listeners and users in important current and political issues.
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  Promoting education and learning

  The support of formal education in schools and colleges and informal knowledge and skills building.
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  Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence

  Encouraging interest, engagement and participation in cultural, creative and sporting activities across the UK.
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  Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities

  BBC viewers, listeners and users can rely on the BBC to reflect the many communities that exist in the UK.
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  Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK

  The BBC will build a global understanding of international issues and broaden UK audiences' experience of different cultures.
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  Delivering to the public the benefit of emerging communications technologies and services

  Assisting UK residents to get the best out of emerging media technologies now and in the future.

Panel Show - Celebrity Juice

• Panel Game Show starring Keith Lemon.
• 45 Minutes long.

Keith Lemon

TV Shows:

• Whatever I want ( 2005 )
• Bo' Selectal (2002-2006) - Sketch Show
• Celebrity Juice ( 2008-) - Panel Show
• Lemon La Vida Loca (2012-2013)
• Through The Key Hole (2013-) - Comedy Panel Game
• The Keith Lemon Sketch Show (2015-16) - Sketch Show

Career:

In his early career, Francis did a series of shorts for Paramount Comedy called Stars in Their Houses. Some of the shorts can be found on YouTube.

His major television breakthrough occurred when Channel 4 offered him a £250,000 deal to produce a series based on his television characters, such as his previous roles as Bobby Stark and Barry Gibson, and in 2002, Bo' Selecta! was born. The series featured Francis portraying a series of celebrities by wearing face masks to impersonate them, as well as portraying the main, non-celebrity character, Avid Merrion. 

Following Bo' Selecta!, Francis took one of the series characters, Keith Lemon, and created a brand new show, Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour, which aired on ITV2 in April 2008. The show was a success, and subsequently, Francis created another new show featuring Lemon, Celebrity Juice, which has aired 15 series to date. Lemon also co-hosted Sing If You Can with Stacey Solomon, and, since 7 April 2012, he has hosted his new show Keith Lemon's LemonAid on ITV. In November 2011, it was revealed that Lemon would make his feature film debut in Keith Lemon: The Film, with production starting later that month.

Since 31 August 2013, Francis has presented ITV panel show Through the Keyhole in character as Keith Lemon. Since 5 February 2015, he has appeared in the ITV2 comedy show The Keith Lemon Sketch Show.

TV Comedy: Panel Show

Codes and Conventions:
- Based on current affairs.
- Upbeat music, fast pace loud sound track.
- Audience, heard throughout the programme, clapping, laughing ( sometimes at taboo subjects)or cheering.
- Set is back lit, with the name of the programme set behind it.
- Camera shows the audience.
- Lots of cameras filming from many different angles.
- Presented by a recognizable host, the same in each episode and recognizable team captain.
.- reoccurring segments that the audience is familiar with ( "what are you talking about?" - 8 out of 10 cats.)  
- Satirical humor (making fun of serious topics) 

The form at and set design are so similar because it gives the audience an insight of the content of the show, whilst showing the similarities between other panel shows so that the audience are familiar with the format. The shows last approximately 30 minutes to keep the audience engaged but with a maximum amount on content. they are aired after the watershed so are therefore able to have transgressive content that would appeal to the viewers. The shows are broadcasted on commercial channels such as BBC, ITV and Channel 4, this is because they are cheap to produce and would have many viewers.The shows are cheap to produce, this is because the company needs to pay for the set and panelists, the majority of the rest of the content is done by the comedians. panel shows are mainly targeted at young  to middle aged adults as they are aware of current affairs and appreciate the satirical comedy style.

TV Comedy:Peter Kay's Car Share - Audience Pleasures

Relatable Situation -  
Episode one : Satnav playing up and radio not working.

Transgressive Pleasures - 
Episode one : Urine Sample and butcher joke.
Episode two : 'Dogging' joke.
Episode three : Japanese swearing and dating site names.

Narrative Pleasures - 
Difference in Kayleighs and Johns Personalities.

Specific Pleasures - 
Peter Kays personality.

Character Identification - 
Both characters are working class and therefore are relatable towards the target audience.

Snowballing Narrative - 
Episode one : Wee on clothing.
Episode two : Dogging joke scene with man at the end.
Episode three :  Kayleighs date.

Familiarities - 
Music and video parodies.

Repetition - 
Brillington College.

Narrative pleasures are used throughout of Peter Kay's car share where the difference between Kayleigh's  and Johns personality is displayed which will help to familiarize the audience with the contrasting personalities and will be relatable to the audience and their relationships with work colleagues. the characters are both identified working class and therefore relatable towards the target audience and inject humor to a  familiar car share scenario to work. In the first episode of Car Share we are introduced with the first scene of John trying to work the sat nav, this is relatable towards the target audience and they are likely to be familiar with the situation. Throughout each episode there are frequent adverts on the radio, giving more familiar and relatable scenarios for the target audience with those who are familiar to travelling to work listening the radio.

The audience are given the specific pleasure of Peter Kay's personality where certain aspects are displayed through his character John. People recognize Peter Kay and are familiar wit his jokes and the is therefore familiar to the target market for his famous career is stand up comedy. During episode 6 there is also a reference to ' cannon and ball ' this pleasures the audiences recognition of the familiarity of the comedy duo.

Transgressive pleasures are throughout each episodes. For example in episode one Kayleigh's urine sample gets over Johns cloths.; this taboo situation helps the audience find it humorous. Another example is the ' Dogging ' joke in episode two, where dramatic irony is used when Kayleigh reveals that she goes 'dogging' with her neighbor. when the audience is aware of the alternate meaning of the word, which John reveals. This is also a snowballing narrative where the scenario and joke grows as the pair disagree on the meaning of the word throughout the episode and the audience is surprised when Kayleigh demands John to pull over to a dog walker to confirm the meaning of the word. Both characters however are talking about the different meanings to the word. Kayleigh continues to say that John doesn't understand dogging, when the dog walker responds' hes clearly never f***ed in front of a crowd has he flower? ' Kayleigh and John then finding the humor of the awkward situation and Kayleigh urges John to drive on away from the dog walker. 

During episode 6, there is a taboo transgressive element, when Kayleighs face is painted black references to racism. This element continues when Dietetic music is used and  ' ebony and ivory ' is played on the radio to help portray the irony of this. Also this helps the audience recognize the connection between the characters and reminiscence of the old songs.


There is a difference in repetition when in the first episode we are introduced with Ted in episode 1, who later in episode 2 dies but where we are then introduced to 'Ted 2' which is a younger attractive male who is seen throughout the season with his top off. this adds an element of humour to the situation when Kayleigh is seen 'fancying' the male new trolley pusher.

TV Comedy: Peter Kay's Car Share

Network: BBC One

Number of episodes: 6

Cast: Peter Kay, Sian Gibson

Writers: Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman, Tim Reid

Comedy Genre: Sitcom

Scheduled Broadcast: 21:30

Viewing Figures:

Episode 1: 1.01 million

Episode 2: 4.67 million

Episode 3: 6.44 million

Episode 4: 6.18 million

Episode 5: 6.10 million

Episode 6: 5.78 million

Critic opinions:

"Kay’s new un-hyped TV show is big-hearted and silly and reminds us what a terrific comic actor he can be" - Brian Logan
"Peter Kay's Car Share made me genuinely LOL" -  Grace Dent

 

Codes and conventions of sitcoms:

Running jokes, a comic trap ( premise of a sitcom which the entire show is built), one liners, canned laughter, parody/spoof, satire.


Peter Kay
Peter Kay is an English comedian and actor.He was taught metal work at school by the actor Steve Coogan's dad, and like Coogan he was an altar boy. He proposed to his wife Susan on one knee outside 'Andy's Records', because it was the first place where they kissed. He's worked everywhere, in a factory packing toilet rolls, in a supermarket, in a video shop, at a bingo hall, at a cash and carry, as a mobile disc jockey and at a garage for six years in between all the other jobs. He claims he lied to get into college, he told them he'd two 'A' Levels and five GCSEs and apparently they never checked up.

He won the 1997 So You Think You're Funny contest at Edinburgh and the North West Comedian of the Year award. In 1998 Peter took his own hour-long show to the Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for the Perrier Award. Peter actually has a qualification in stand up, which he got as part of his Btec in Media Performance Studies. His childhood ambition was to be a bin man.

TV Comedy: Audience Pleasures

• narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution, 
• character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on
• pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation
• pleasures of difference-within-repetition
• performance unpredictability and spontaneity
• transgressive pleasures
• specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

Walliams and Friend Research

• Who commissioned the programme?

        Shane Allen and Gregor Sharp, commissioning Editors from the BBC.

• Who produced it?

         Sarah Fraser

• What audience is it aimed at? Why?

         Adults, as the show contains mature humor and sexual and inappropriate references for an under                    sixteen aged audience.

• Why is it on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience. 

        The show is aired at 21:30 on channel BBC 1.The show is aired at a later time due to the use of                         transgressive humor as its targeted at a more mature audience rather than an earlier  time where it                     can be viewed by a younger audience.

• Is it on after the watershed? Why?

        The show is aired after this time so it can be viewed by the appropriate audience so that the show can               include transgressive and inappropriate humor and language aimed for a more mature audience. 

• Know the audience demographic.

        The audience demographic is class B/C1: Middle management, teachers, creative and media people eg             graphic designers ect./ office supervisors , junior managers, nurses, specialist clerical staff - white collar.