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Factual Programming

This document discusses different types of factual programming and their key characteristics. It outlines that sports programs like Match of the Day feature panel commentators and match highlights, while news programs have presenters and correspondents who provide clips and interviews. Documentaries utilize music, voiceovers, archive footage and stock images to convey emotion. Comedy shows involve audiences and panels of comedians with cutaways and gags. Reality shows engage audiences through voting and keep momentum with games and contestant interviews. Infotainment uses entertaining hosts and reaction clips. Makeover programs show before and after shots with happy music. Magazine shows have informal seating and interactions between hosts and guests with competitions. It also notes the differing importance of accuracy, bias and privacy

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Factual Programming

This document discusses different types of factual programming and their key characteristics. It outlines that sports programs like Match of the Day feature panel commentators and match highlights, while news programs have presenters and correspondents who provide clips and interviews. Documentaries utilize music, voiceovers, archive footage and stock images to convey emotion. Comedy shows involve audiences and panels of comedians with cutaways and gags. Reality shows engage audiences through voting and keep momentum with games and contestant interviews. Infotainment uses entertaining hosts and reaction clips. Makeover programs show before and after shots with happy music. Magazine shows have informal seating and interactions between hosts and guests with competitions. It also notes the differing importance of accuracy, bias and privacy

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Factual Programming

Sports: Match of the Day, Sunday Game, Soccer AM.


Panel of commentators.
Interviews with captains & players.
Cutaways to match highlights.

News; BBC News, UTV, RTE News, Channel 5 News.


One or two presenters.
Cutaways to other correspondents.
Clips of the area of interest.
Interviews with eye-witnesses, family of victim, etc.

Documentary: Blue Planet, Louis Theroux, Panorama, Stacy Dooley.


Music to convey emotion.
Cutways with voiceover.
Archive material & stock footage.

Comedy: Mock the Week, The Last Leg, 8 Out of 10 Cats.


Audience participation.
Panel of comedians.
Cutaways and games.
Gags &/or set pieces.

Reality: X-Factor, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Big Brother, Love
Island.
Audience participation and voting.
Games and events to keep up momentum.
Interviews with contestants.

Infotainment: Top Gear, Russel Howard Hour, The Daily Show.


Entertaining host/hosts.
Cutaway gags or clips.
Audience participation and reactions.
Makeover: Snog Marry Avoid, 60 Minute Makeover, Love Your Garden.
Cutaways to before & after shots.
Happy music showing end result to control emotion.

Magazine Programme: Celebrity Juice, Piers Morgan, The One Show, I’m
A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here…NOW.
Informal seating arrangements.
Hosts and guests interact like a conversation.
Cutawats to competitions and prizes.

ACCURACY: Accuracy is very important on a show like BBC News or even


Piers Morgan as they need their information to be as truthful as possible
as to not come across as biased, but rather completely neutral as to not
cause any political tension or spread any misinformation whereas on the
likes of Russel Howard, accuracy is not as important as current affairs
and politics are used as a setup for a joke rather than presented as
information.

BIAS: Bias is exremely important to not be included in a news


programme such as BBC News as it is one of the main sources of current
information for the masses which means that there is no room for
opinion, whereas bias would not be as important on say The Last Leg or
Mock The Week as the main pull of these shows is to hear the
comedians make fun of certain politics and ideologies, meaning the
more bias the better.

PRIVACY: It is extremely important that the news such as BBC, RTE,


Channel 5, etc. are as openly available to the public as possible as they
hold very important value for the viewer, no matter what county or
country they are in as it would be considered as world news, as opposed
to the likes of Love Your Garden or Celebrity Juice which are used more
for a means of entertainment and therefore can be privatised as not
every citizen needs their content.
TJ Harvey Kelly
NDY2

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