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Introduction to radio: blog tasks

  BBC Sounds: 1) Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? BBC Radio appears to be in good shape. With dozens of stations reaching more than 34 million people each week, it controls half of the national market. One in nine Britons still tune in to hear John Humphrys and his co-presenters berate politicians every week on Radio 2, which has a weekly audience of 15 million listeners and is "editorially I think it's in brilliant shape," according to Purnell. 2) According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? Purnell claims that only 3% of people under the age of 35 use the iPlayer catch-up radio app, which will shortly be discontinued, despite the fact that millions of young Britons continue to listen to regular BBC radio stations. 3) What is BBC Sounds? BBC Sounds is a brand-new website and app that will be officially unveiled on Tuesday at a fancy event at Tate Modern. It will consolid

Summer project

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  1) Research: TV crime drama extract analysis: TV crime drama extract 1: Narrative and genre How is the narrative and the crime drama genre communicated to the audience? Extract 1: NCIS:   The initial entry in the NCIS media franchise is the American military police drama television series NCIS. The fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigation Service serves as the focus of this comedy-drama series that blends aspects of the police procedural and military drama genres.   This show is a hybrid of genres meaning it consists of more than one: Action, Military, Police protocol and Thriller. The narrative of this story is that they solve multiple criminal cases. This creates suspense for the audience as it leaves them wanting more and to find out what will happen next which means that it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats which I believe is a good thing. Due to the fact that they are solving criminal crimes, this connotes that it's a crime drama to