(4a) Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels.


State the day, time and channel of each programme.

• Who commissioned the programmes?
• Who produced them?

Bad Education is a British sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Three
production-The first series started airing on 14 August 2012. On 23 August 2012, it was announced that Bad Education would have a second series. The second series began airing on BBC Three on 3 September 2013.^[ Part of the second series was filmed at St. Michael's Catholic High School, Finchley, London. Bad Education was also partly filmed at the former site of Ashmount Primary School on Hornsey Lane on 12 and 13 May 2013




Friday Night Dinner is a British television sitcom written by Robert Popper and starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and Mark Heap.The comedy is focused on the regular dinner experience of a British Jewish family (the Goodmans) on each Friday night. The first series originally aired from 25 February 2011 on Channel 4.

• What audience are they aimed at? Why?

The Gender of the audience for Bad Education is predominately male. This is because of the  crude/vulgar content of the situation comedy and the codes/conventions used through out the show. Stereotypically young males  are quite immature and are easily amused by sexual innuendo, which is a used through out Bad Education. Where as the female of the same age group are stereotypically mature and may not be amused by the vulgar content of Bad Education.


I believe that the target audience age will span predominately between 16-24 year olds as this is the primary target audience for BBC 3 as a channel. This is the age group for the target audience of Bad Education as the show uses current themes and trends which are commonly found amongst the lives of 16-24 year olds


Friday Night Dinner is aimed at a similar audience to Bad Education but could range to slightly older because of the parent element of the show that could be relatable to the more mature adults who may have kids of their own or be married themselves.

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

New episodes of Bad Education are usually shown after the watershed and on prime times such as 9.00pm, but never on key days such as Friday and Saturday. Usually because the content isn't suitable for earlier slots and their audience is a more mature audience. The programme isn't worth such prime days such as weekends, which is used for more generally popular shows.
Bad Education on BBC 3 can often be repeated from old series during the day. This is called a filler to use up time for day time TV that not many people watch.


Friday Night Dinner is on a Friday night because of the content of the programme. It suits the day it shows and also flows well with the time (9.00pm) as it is a prime time where a lot of families will be watching TV.

• Are they on after the watershed? Why?

Bad Education will be on after the watershed because the content isn't suitable for young viewers.
Friday Night Dinner is on  after the watershed because the content is quite mature that only an older audience will find funny and entertaining.

• Know the audience demographic

You must know:

1. day 
2. time
3. channel
4. for both programmes (Friday Night Dinner and Bad Education).