CONTRASTS BETWEEN AVENGERS AND CUFFS

THE AVENGERS                                                                 CUFFS

Surreal	naturalistic
comic	Serious
1960s	2015
Upper class	All social groups
New feminist representations	Men and women equal status
Light-hearted escapism	Serious topical themes
Two main protagonists	Team of police officers
Mysterious secret agent	East Sussex police force
Elegant clothes	Everyday outfits
RP accents	Variety of accents
sunny	Often drab weather
Good and evil conflict	Individual conflict
Old fashioned	Modern
8 years of episodes	1 series
Sci-fi	More realistic
Entertainment	Heavy topics
Changed the actors and actresses	Kept the actors and actresses
Luxury cars	Normal cars

THE AVENGERS- must see tv

• The film "The Avengers" Took off with its first episode on the 7th of January 1961. The show then lasted a total 8 years on the air.
• The language they used in the Television series is very different to the language we use now for example when they talk about feminism it had only just started back then but we are much more used to it now.
• The comedic sense of it is also very different some things said then are not as funny now as they used to be.
• The whole picture of the series is also very different as technology has progressed through the years so it looks much more realistic now then it did then.
• The Avengers storyline can also be looked on as similar to the TV crime dramas these day as they all seem to follow the same sort of plot.
• It received good reviews, for an example today the Internet movie database gave the show a healthy 8.4 out of 10. 
• The cast was very professional and the actors and actresses were very highly looked upon, including Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.

CUFFS

Cuffs-


Cuffs is a TV crime drama, it was showed in 2015 but was cancelled shortly after the first season. Cuffs was a fresh, authentic and visceral drama that takes the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing. The cast included a lot of highly successful actors such as Ashley Walters. By using people who are well known the TV show has automatically draw in a specific type of audience before the show has even aired. This TV show was very authentic and didn't want to lie to the audience, so showed a lot of the truth through the acting and scenes. By using this authentic effect the show suddenly becomes a lot more relatable for the audience which helps them to enjoy it more.

The opening title, to the show, was very effective. The show was set in Brighton so the opening title seemed to set the scene a lot for the audience as well as introducing the cast and actors. The opening title was around a minute long and had various different pictures flashing up to the screen, two at a time. All of the images were taken from Brighton, where the show was set, each image was the opposite of the second one. This showed two different sides of Brighton helping the audience understand what Brighton is like and what behaviour they could expect throughout the show.

There were many positive reviews written about Cuffs,which helped boost the shows reputation a lot. Although there were a lot of positive things said about the show it was cancelled after season one. The BBC said this was because they needed to create space for new shows to come through. They're are a lot of different diverse ethnic groups, in Brighton, and this is showed in this programme very well and how the different groups act around each other. Brighton, in 2017, is seen as a very open minded play to all sexualities and in one of the first scenes one of the characters says he is gay. This can show a lot about Brighton and how accepting it is of different sexualities.

TELEVISION SCHEDULING

BBC1 Sunday 10th September 9 p.m. Strike
BCC1 Monday 11th September 9 p.m. Rellik
BBC1 Tuesday 12th September 9 p.m. Doctor Foster
Long form narrative seems to be a popular form.
 

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