Public Service Broadcasting

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Public Service Broadcasting

• Public Service Broadcasting has a desire to
  provide terms to understand the relation between
  the individual viewer, cultural production and
  political institutions
• -Colin MacCabe Public Broadcasting the BBC

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What is PSB?

• A broadcasting service paid for by a license fee
• It consists of
• Entertainment
• Information
• Education

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What is the aim of PSB?

• To provide a wide range of programmes
• To function as a policy-motivated channel as
  opposed to being profit-motivated.
• it supports the values underlying the
  political, legal and social structures of
  democratic societies and in particular the
  respect for human rights, culture and pluralism.
• -Porter Media and the Audience

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• PSB consists of
• National Culture
• Popular Culture
• Pluralistic/Multi Culture
• PSB shows attitudes towards
• Industry
• Politics
• General Public

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Why is Public Service Broadcasting relevant to
teenagers?

• but also just how conformist teenagers can be.
  Theirs is a life of distinct limitations and yet,
  concurrently, it is a phase when autonomy and a
  certain notion of individuality is expected. In
  this, the struggle to choose and project a
  distinct taste is paramount, although there are
  very few deviations allowed in what this might
  be, and peer judgments of these tastes are often
  cruelly executed and potentially ostracizing.
• The Importance of Television in Teen Life
• Glyn Davis and Kay Dickinson

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• Public Service Broadcasting covers
• Individuals
• Problems
• Awareness
• Information
• Influence

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Why BBC3?

• BBC 3 consists of
• Comedy
• Drama
• Youth Programming
• And is less formal than BBC 1 or BBC 4

• Our program is a 3 part drama which consists of
• Comedy
• Drama
• Youth issues
• And has a colloquial tone

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Whats wrong with teen programming?

• It is often
• Unrealistic
• Patronizing
• Dull
• Strongly moral based
• Stereotypical

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Havenstock
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Characters

• Stefan Vuchevich
• 15 years old
• Male
• White Eastern European
• In a coma
• Marcus father
• George - brother

• Harrison Bennet
• 16 years old
• Male
• White British
• Paralyzed from waist down car accident
• Anne mother
• Tommy - brother

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• Alys Underman
• 17 years old
• Female
• White British
• Advanced Ovarian Cancer
• Zondra mother
• Xavier - father

• Nitesh Champneri
• 16 years old
• Male
• Indian
• Manic Depressive
• Rakesh father
• Seema mother
• Davinia - sister

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• Hospital Staff
• Nurse Carlos Rodriguez
• Nurse Lizzie Walsh
• Doctor Brian Wadonga

• Mandy Cole
• 14 years old
• Female
• Black British
• Injured in car crash (mute)
• Sarah mother
• Jonathon - father

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Summary
As a teen hospital drama, Havenstock tells the
story of 5 teenagers as they deal with the
problems surrounding them both mentally and
physically. Throughout the three episodes their
pasts and reasons for their admittance to
Havenstock hospital are revealed through group
therapy sessions, visits from parents and
friends, interacting with each other and talks
with Stefan, the perpetual fly on the wall