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Radio: Launch of BBC Radio 1 CSP

  Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? The Radio stations offered before 1967 were the  -BBC radio home-which broadcasted mainly education programmes and new mainly speech based  -BBC radio light-broadcasting mainly light entertainment  -BBC third-broadcasting intellectual art based talk  2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched?# The BBC was reorganised in September 1967 by the new stations that were launched were The BBC radio home-replaced by radio 4 The BBC Radio light-replaced by the radio 2 The BBC Third -replaced by radio 3 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? pirate radio was an unlicensed and unlisted radio  4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? Because the British government had passed the marine broadcasting cast  5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were clo...

TV and Radio Index

 1-Doctor who 2-His Dark Materials   3-BBC-industries

Television: Industry contexts - Public Service Broadcasting

1  ) What is the BBC's mission statement? BBC mission statement is to inform educate and entertain.  2) How is the BBC funded? BBC is funded through the TV licence we pay to the Government who then they collect the money and pay BBC through.  3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). -To provide entertainment  -To support learning for all ages -To create creative output  -To have diverse content  -To reflect the UK Its culture and values to the world  4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. The Regulator for TV and Radio in the UK is OFCOM. 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?    they look over all media channels and make a code of conduct  That all media channels must follow or they will have there licence to make content will be removed or they will be heavily fined. 6) How do D...

His Dark Materials-CSP

 Language and close-textual analysis 1) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre? The dark materials fits the convention of the fantasy TV genre as based on the novel series of the same name by Phillip  Pullman it is produced by bad wolf and new life productions for BBC one and HBO 2) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  The hero-lyra who goes on a quest to save her friend  The Villan-the Religous empire The dispatcher-her father-who sets her off this journey  3) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) His Dark Materials uses media language such as low key lighting and non diegtic sound to show enigma codes around dust while rapid editing and diegetic ticking 4) ...