The British Broadcasting Corporation is a publicly funded broadcaster and is the biggest broadcaster in the world in terms of employees. Due to being a publicly funded company, they do not broadcast adverts. BBC's remit is to "inform, educate and entertain" the public. This is often reflected in the types of shows they air. BBC news is one that is aired to inform, and shows such as panorama are shown to educate and more humorous shows such as Miranda and The Great British Bakeoff are there to entertain. BBC have a vision to be the most creative organisation in the world and inspire other to be too. BBC's values include being impartial, honest and trustworthy. They want to be a company that is value for money and have the audience at the heart of all things they do. BBC believe in and celebrate diversity within countries as well as all around the world. BBC typically target order audiences, between the age range of 30 and older. This is clear in certain shows such as Antique Roadshow, Eastenders and Holby City. However, BBC have expand ed their target audience to target younger audiences, with channels such as CBBC, which is exclusively for morning and afternoons.
Famous documentaries on BBC include Blue Planet, Africa, The Nazis: A Warning From History and Planet Earth. These documentaries are all wildlife/ political documentaries, which match up to their remit as they want to be able to educate the general public and their viewers.
BBC consists of all types of documentaries. They do not show any particular type of documentary, and their portfolio of types of documentaries is wide. Short films such as Crimewatch falls into the Docudrama category, as they often react scene from actually crimes. Other documentaries Africa fall into the wildlife category, as they document and explore the activities of animals on a day to day basis. BBC also consists of political documentaries with shows similar to Panorama, which expose secrets from both the government as well as large global conglomerates.
Channel 4
Channel 4 are a publicly owned commercially funded broadcaster. The remit of Channel 4 is to be innovative and distinctive, reflect the cultural diversity of UK and inspire change in peoples lives. This is the basis of the shows they present on Channel 4, with shows like My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, and the Paralympics. There brand values revolve around acceptance, inspiring change and presenting alternative views.
The target audience for Channel 4 is people between the ages 18 and 30. This is fairly reflective in the choice of shows they show, as they are particularly youth orientated. Typical shows like The Inbetweeners and Big Brother are shows that would attract younger audiences as they feature younger stars who would attract the younger viewers.
Channel 4 have shown a number of documentaries over the past couple years. All those have been shown reflect their remit and brand values as they present controversial subjects ands topic that are disputed in society. My Transgender Kid presented the increasingly more common issue of individuals who feel they were born as the wrong gender, and showed the journey of their lives and transformations.
A common type of documentary that is shown on Channel 4 are Personal Journey documentaries. These are often documentaries that follow the lives of people struggle to be accepted in society and live trying to be part of a community. These are common documentaries on Channel 4 as they are the types of documentaries that portray diversity in Britain and showing their journey to gain acceptance represents channel 4's remit of celebrating diversity. ANotjehr common documentary that is shown on channel 4 is crime documetnaries, as it puts forward controversial disputes and allows the audience to "change" their option on certain topic, which adheres to their remit, which is to inspire change. Examples of this include Accused: The 74 Stone Babysitter and 9/11, The Falling Man.
Five
Channel 5 is a British public service broadcaster which also airs commercials. It has always been considered the less distinctive channel compared to other channels such as BBC and Channel 4. It is the shortest running channel among the 5 terrestrial channels, since opening in 1997, and has a remit to broadcast a wide range of programmes, as well as broadcasting a sufficient amount of news and current affairs. Out of all the terrestrial channels, this is also considered the most creative, and has undone a variety of brand reconstructions to keep up with the ever evolving needs of viewers.
Channel 5's brand values consist of attracting and engaging audiences in a friendly kind ways, with informal messages on screen such as "welcome back" and "settle in". These general brand values have helped them to develop a wide mass target audience, which has established them as a channel that is for everybody. They have allowed themselves to attract a variety of viewers through bran extensions to 5USA and 5Star.
Channel 5 conventionally show personal journey documentaries such as Extraordinary People. These are don ten shown as they do not want to exclude any members of the public, regardless of what type o lives they live. This is often compared to the types of shows shown on Channel 4, and these documentaries are often popular in audiences as they help to inform them on issues that are present and increasingly common in society. Other types of documentaries shown on Channel 5 include docudramas, as they also help to inform people on current affairs, however this is done in a certain way so they are presented in a more light hearted friendly way.
Overall, I would suggest that my documentary should be shown on BBC. I think this because BBC the biggest channel in Britain and has channels as well as programmes targeted to all types of audiences, furthermore. this type of documentary would be able to be shown to everyone as it is the first terrestrial channel. BBC consists of BBC 1 2 and 3, and i would say sy BBC 3 is the most accurate channel to broadcast it on as it is tailored specifically to younger audiences. Additionally, as mentioned in a previous post, this documentary is similar to those presented by Reggie Yates, who commonly features on BBC 3, therefore it would be accurate to show similar documentaries on the same channel. Many other documentaries such as Life On Death Row and Hood Documentary are shown on this channel, hence why I think my documentary would fit the criteria.
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