Comparing Bad Education and Miranda (Schedule Question Research)

4 (a) Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels

Who commissioned the programme?

- BBC3 commissioned Bad education

- BBC2 commissioned Miranda

Who produced them?

- Bad Education is produced by Tiger aspect productions and Pippa Brown and Ben Cavey

- Miranda is produced by Jo Sargent, Nerys Evans, and Emma Strain

What audience are they aimed at and why?

-ff Bad Education’s audience is teenagers and young adults

-Miranda’s audience is middle aged people

Why are they on at that particular time?

- Bad Education was on at 10:00 on a Tuesday

-Miranda is on at 8:30 on a Wednesday

Are they on after the watershed, why?

-Bad Education is on after the watershed because the jokes and references made on the programme are deemed inappropriate for the programme to be shown before 9 o’clock

-Miranda is not on after the watershed as the jokes and references made on the programme are not deemed inappropriate enough for the programme to be shown after 9 o’clock.