C1 Radio

Do now 

1. 1951

2. BBC radio 4

3. strong female characters 

4. 7pm every Saturday 

5. to inform to educate to entertain 

Set episode 

story line

main characters 

genre conventions 

audience appeals 

how does this episode

inform, educate, entertain:

prison realise, hard to fit back into 

the community, slave labour 

how does the episode show the impact of

cultural context:

living in a van and cant afford a house,

 slavery-modern, pantomime-community, 

pub-community

Gavin - living in a hostile, sounds ill,

poor living, sounds sorry, involved in a 

crime but then told the truth 

Do now 

1. Domestic abuse, racism
2. BBC

Soap oprea conventions 

Character names 

     

• pip archer  
• ruth archer 
• ben archer 
• josh archer 

Do now 

1. there are about 6 million 
2. people in the countryside middle age
3. 7pm every day except Saturday
4. demographics 
5. to inform educate and entertain 

Audience and U&G        

Explain how the BBC uses different platform

to distribute radio programmes.

Refer to the archers to support your point.

• DAB, better quality 
• Archers website 
• daily 7pm 
• Omnibus Sunday morning 

The BBC uses various platform such as 

Spotify, Twitter, Facebook. The Archers is 

available on BBC. It is played on the radio

at 7pm daily but not on Saturday but 

Repeated at 2pm the following day and

also an Omnibus on Sunday morning.

The podcast are to download and catch up 

for 30 days. The archers is promoted 

through social media, facebook, twitter, the

internet fans are also engaged with the

topics through fan group discussion

they also use DAB for better 

quality and it is accessible, smart speakers

Uses and Gratifications   

personal identity - relate to topics 

free Helen characterisation various in age 

and interests   

information - help for topics domestic 

violence, modern slavery, prison realise

rural life 

entertainment - storylines gripping, escape

normal life 

social interaction - fan pages social media 

debates #freehelen 

audiences listen to the archers because

they might relate to some of the story lines

want that nostalgic feeling of the rural life 

or are interested in some of the story lines 

to learn more about them and be more 

aware.this will keep the audience 

entertained because

 it appeals to the audience through 

domestic violence, modern slavery, prison 

release. the show engages with the 

audience by using fan pages social media 

debates 

Do now

1. BBC, community radio

2. BBC radio is filmed by radio licence 

3. Commercial 

4. Community 

5. BBC radio BBC 4

Wednesday 5th February 2025

 

Exam questions and responses  

Media industries 

. off-com regulates radio

.there are three types of radio community 

commercial and public service podcasting

. PSB is different to commercial because 

commercial is funded by advertising 

from the company putting up ads and 

PSB is funded through the licence fee that

the public   

The archers fit to informing through mature 

subject such as domestic abuse, modern 

slavery this educates us on these types of

subjects and makes us more aware and 

sensitive towards these situations as this

still happens in day to day life also as prison

release will always be around it is good to 

inform people on these topics  

Archers is also normally pointed to people

with a city life as farming benefits the public 

and how much it impacts there life. also

archers shows a close community and 

gives people with a city life a chance to 

experience the rural life more. 

 BBC radio 4 broadcasts the Archers 

the audience of the archers is usually

well educated middle aged women 

archers targets there audiences by 

having strong female characters with 

difficult back story's they targeting middle 

age women by having mature subjects with

a realistic time line such as domestic abuse,

moderen slavery. 

Audiences listen to the archers because 

they might want to find out or experience 

more of the rural life or want to educate 

themself's about farming as it is an 

important factor of most peoples life styles 

and the more people informed about it the 

more support they will get for the industry. 

Do now 

1. 3 2

2. hour and a half each 

3. radio 4

4. TV licence 

5. Educate, Inform, Entertain

 

   

  

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