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  Historical, social and cultural context 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC Radio Home (1939-1967)  BBC Radio Light (1945-1967)  BBC Third (1946-1970) 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? BBC 1 , BBC 2 , BBC 3 , BBC 4 , BBC 5 . 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Pirate radio was an unlicensed radio broadcast , it was mainly popular because it was the only way of listening to music from radio .   4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? Because radio 1 came out and made relegations they had to follow which they did not follow . 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? By playing modern music that they expected youngsters to listen to . 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? It was how long people could listen to music , they had it so record companies could still make money ...

 1) Television: Introduction to Science-fiction TV drama 2) Doctor Who: Language and Representation 3) Doctor Who: Industry and Audience 4) Class: Industry and Audience 5) Class: Language and Representation

  1) Write an analysis for the episode - using notes from the screening in class.  Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, editing, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc. NCIS / Narrative:  Camerawork:  Editing:  Sound:  Mise-en-scene:  2) How does Todorov's theory of equilibrium apply to Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Try and use the expanded version of Todorov's theory: Equilibrium - Disruption - Recognition - Reparation - New equilibrium.  You can find  reminder notes on all these narrative theories here  - just scroll down to narrative. The equillibrium is when they are going school and everything is nourmal , the disequillibrium is when the king of kin is connecting with April and making her go wild and the new equilllibrium is when Ram calms down April . 3) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do each of the main char...