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UnitB322SectionBAnswertospecimenexamquestion
4a)PicktwoTVorradiocomediesyouhavestudied.Discusswhythey
werescheduled:
onthechannelsthatchosethem
onthedaysandtimestheyweretransmitted.(15)
MytwocomediesareHaveIGotNewsForYouandScrubs.
HaveIGotNewsForYouisscheduledonBBC1at9pmonThursdaynightsandisrepeated
withextrabitsonSaturdaysonBBC2.ItfitsBBC1asitisamainstreamprogrammethat
willappealtoawideaudiencebecauseitisfunny.Itisalsoeducationalasitcovers
serioussubjectslikepolitics,sothismakesitfitpublicservicebroadcasting.Itisessential
theBBCfitspublicservicebroadcastingbecauseitisfundedbythelicencefeeandsohas
tohavesomereasonforchargingeveryonetowatchit.
Thursdaynightisgoodforcomedyasitisawinddowntimeoftheweek,soBBC1always
showscomedyatthistime.TheBBCrunsitscomedyzoneonThursdaynights.After9pmis
goodasitisafterthewatershedandthereforetheprogrammecancontainswearingand
adultcontent.Theprogrammethatfollows(ReggiePerrin)isacomedyaswell,thisissoit
caninheritHaveIGotNewsForYousaudience.Theprogrammecanalsobewatchedon
theBBCiPlayer.
ScrubsisshownonE4.Itshowssixepisodesadayat13:05,13:35,6:00,6:30,00:40,and
01:10oneveryweekday,butnotatweekends.ScrubsfitsE4becauseitisachannelaimedat
youngpeoplethesametargetaudienceastheprogramme.ItisfitsbecauseE4showsalot
ofcomedyshows,coolshowsfromAmerica.E4candothisasitisanichechannelthat
isnotcoveredbyPSBregulationsasitisnotaterrestrialchannel.Thismeansthatit
canhavestrippedschedulesandrepeatprogrammesoverandoveragainthatareaimed
atyoungpeople.ThismakesiteasierforyoungpeopletoknowwhatisgoingtobeonE4.
Scrubsisshownatthemomentatlunchtimes,earlyeveningsandlateatnightbecausethese
arerepeatedepisodesandnotconsideredimportantenoughforprimetime.Itcanalsobe
watchedon4oD.

TheBBCdoesnotshowlotsofimportedprogrammessuchasScrubsbecauseitis
supposedtomakeitsownprogrammes.E4wouldnotshowHaveIGotNewsForYou
becausemostofitsaudiencewillbeolderthantheE4audience.

Examinerscomments
CoverstheBBC1audience
CoverstheBBCasaninstitution
ExplainswhyThursdaynightandexplainswhyafter9pm,butnotinmuchdetail
CoversE4asaninstitutionandhowittargetsitsaudience
Explainstimes,butnotinmuchdetail
Explainshowprogrammesfittheirchannels
Thisanswerdoeswhatthemarkschemeasksfor,soitjustneedsmoredetailfora
highermark

4b)Showhowthesetwoprogrammesoffertheiraudiencesdifferentpleasures.(15
Marks)
HaveIGotNewsForYouisverydifferenttoScrubsasitisalmostlivecomedyabout
recenteventsintheworld,whereasScrubsisasitcomwherethecomedyisbasedon
charactersandeverydaysituations.
HaveIGotNewsForYouisinfotainmentasitofferssomeeducationontheeventsofthat
week,whereasScrubsepisodesaresimplyforentertainment.
HaveIGotNewsForYouhasregularstarsPaulMertonandIanHislopthatthe
audiencecantuneintoseesparingwitheachothereveryweek.Thisissimilartothe
regularcharactersinScrubs,suchasJDandTurk,whoareinsomewayslikeafamily
thattheaudiencecandropinonregularly.OnebigdifferenceisthatHaveIGotNewsFor
Youispresentedbydifferentpeopleeveryweekandhasdifferentguests,andthe
audiencecantuneintoseewhoispresentingthisweekandhowwelltheywill
do.Scrubs,ontheotherhand,usuallyhasmoreorlessthesamecastineveryepisode,but
differentstorylinesfortheaudiencetofollow.

Scrubsisadrama,soithasepisodeswithnarrativesthatareresolvedattheendofthe
episode.Thisgivestheaudiencethepleasureofastorybeingtold.HaveIGotNewsForYou
followsasimilarpatterneveryweek,butthereislittlesenseofnarrativeresolutionone
teamwillwinthecompetition,butthisisreallyathrowawayending.Thequizisanexcuse
forpeopletobefunny.
Scrubswillhavesituationswherewecansympathisewithcharactersaswellaslaughat
themorwiththem.Forexample,whenJDisunluckyinlove.HaveIGotNewsForYouis
moreaboutpeopleperformingforTVasthemselves,sowetendtojudgethemonhowwell
theyhaveperformedinsteadoffeelingforthem.
Examinerscomments
Understandsthedifferencesbetweentheprogrammes
Showsunderstandingofhowtheprogrammesofferdifferentpleasures,butwhereare
examples?
Developsthisunderstandingfurther,butstillnodetailedexamplesfromtheprogrammes
Thisanswerdoeswhatthetoplevelmarkbrandasksfor,exceptfordetailedandappropriate
exemplification.Thestudentneedstostudysomeepisodesindetail

Thisstudentshasdoneprettywell.Theyonlyhadjustunderhalfanhourtowrite
theseanswers.However,theymustlearntogivemoreexamplesfromtheprogrammes.
TheycouldhaveusedexamplesofpanelistsinHaveIGotNewsForYoubeingfunny,
anexampleofastorylineinScrubsthatisresolved,andperhapsanexampleofan
everydaysituationthatisexploredinoneepisodeofScrubs.