(4a) written up answer

Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels.

Bad Education is on BBC Three and shows usually at the time of 9.00pm on weekdays. It runs for 30 minutes on a once a week basis, I believe this happens because its a small story every week that has a brief beginning middle and end therefore doesn't need to be on for a massive period of time. Friday night dinner on the other hand shows on a Friday night because that night suits with the theme of the programme, Although they both have the same showing time which is after the watershed, this could be due to the slight inappropriate content that younger viewers would not want to watch.

The audience for Bad Education has a more specific audience because it is humerous for teens at school that can relate to the characters lives and find what they are doing relatable, It also has an appeal for teachers as they will  be able to relate to the teacher characters also appreciate their issues and day to day occurrences. Other than this there isn't any other audience that this programme would appeal to because all the story lines and jokes are always based on and around the school life, This never differs as it is the theme of the programme.
This is different for Friday Night Dinner, the audience for this is more varied because there is a larger range of characters that an audience can relate to. There is a mum dad and 2 sons, also neighbors and occasionally grandparents. Due to the fact that it is a family based comedy it means that all audience members who are in a family themself can find it appealing and will be able to appreciate the comedy. Many of the situations from this programme are often ones that will happen to every average family. An example of this was visit from Grandma, whereby the sons received awful presents but had to pretend to like them.