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Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC Radio Home, BBC Radio Light and BBC Radio Third. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? The Light Radio was split into Radio 1 and 2. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Pirate Radio was a radio that was targeted to younger audiences that has a less formal presentation that BBC. It was popular as it had been the only station that existed that had targeted younger audiences 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? The 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act officially outlawed pirate radio stations. 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? They used Tony Blackburn-a previous DJ from pirate radio-to perform for Radio 1 to try and make Radio 1 similar to pirate radio. 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? Needle time ...

1) Doctor Who 2) His Dark Materials 3) BBC Industries 4) Radio 1 Launch

1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Inform, educate, entertain 2) How is the BBC funded? BBC is funded through TV license. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). They provide information through their news broadcast.  They support learning for people of all ages by providing the public with BBC bitesize. The BBC publishes comedy shows, etc. 25% of their production teas are from underrepresented groups By informing the public about democracy, tolerance, etc... 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. By the OfCOM 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily. 6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the BBC's remit to inform, educa...

Language and close-textual analysis 1) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre? It has Daemons in it and also has multiple worlds in it which goes against reality. 2) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  Lyra Belacqua- Heroine Mrs.Coulter- Villian Lord Asriel Belacqua- Dispatcher Lee Scoresby- Donor Will Parry- Helper 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.) Mise-en-ecene is used when the Witches have ragged and black clothing to present them as evil. 4) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience? You can find reminder notes on all these narrative theories here - just scroll down to...