Research and things

Who commissioned the programmes?

Bad Education – Chris Sussman

Miranda – Cheryl Taylor

Who produced them?

Bad education – Ben Cavey(BBC)

Miranda - ~Jo Sargent(BBC)

What audience are they aimed at? Why?

Bad education – Teens and young adults who find themselves in a school setting daily

Miranda is aimed at middle aged adults

Why are they on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience.

Bad Education – BBC3 10:00 (Transgressive pleasures, mild swearing and this is the normal time that the target audience settles and watches television)

Miranda – BBC 1 8:30 (This is because by 8:30, Adults have time to put the children to bed and settle down for the evening  

Are they on after the watershed? Why?

Miranda isn’t on after watershed but is very close to it because while the program features borderline Transgressive pleasures, it never gets too much into them

Bad Education is on after watershed because a lot of the program features unsuitable themes for minors including things like a lot of bad language.