What I learnt: Most people have seen either of these programmes (or both) meaning they are well watched by many age groups.

• ‘Loved the first few series as it was good family viewing but speed watching after that as the appetites got ridiculous’

• ‘Entertaining, relatable, dramatic’• ‘tom clarkson was a treat to look at good

drama’ – Tom Clarkson was one of the characters in Waterloo Road, played by Jason Done who was casted as a teacher.

• ‘the characters were relatable and loveable and most of the storylines were relatable or realistic’

• ‘Was really good’• ‘Light entertainment, easy watching’• ‘Bare dramas’• ‘constant drama and different storylines

that were interesting’• ‘unusual to find soaps purely based in a

school other than grange hill’ • ‘I could relate to the characters at specific

points’

• ‘Not very interested in soap operas’• ‘they killed off my fave character’• ‘Didn't care’• ‘Don't watch tv’• ‘It isn't good’• ‘Didn't interest me’• ‘Never appealed to me’• ‘Eventually went down hill’• ‘The advertising didn't appeal to me so I never chose to watch it.’

Reasons why people didn’t

enjoy Waterloo Rd

Reasons why

people did enjoy

Waterloo Rd

What I learnt: Most people say they liked the drama aspect of Waterloo Road. Nearly a third said they overall loved the programme.

• The characters seemed relatable and the script sounded engaging

• 7/10 controversial at times, general story subjects (sex, drugs) made it a different kind of show completely when it came out

• At the time it was a popular TV show for my generation, and was about people around my age. Which perhaps made some of us feel like we could relate to the characters. Although not realistic in many ways, there was something fun about it. It made you want to try the things the characters did etc.

• characters were so so good• It had exciting characters and storylines.• It's so in touch with what you go through as a

teenager• Very different to Waterloo Road, a bit more

relatable for later teens.• I like Sid - Sid Jenkins was one of the main

characters played by Mike Bailey, he was in series 1 and 2, also episode 1 of series 3

• Was very different to anything else at the time• Iconic• very real problems and had a vintage feel• Effy was hot – Effy Stonem was a character in series

1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 played by Kaya Scodelario.

• Too many seasons• seemed proper mainstream

and couldn't commit to a new tv series

• Got a bit repetitive• Bit unrealistic• Too annoying, dislike like of

the character types

Reasons why people did enjoy Skins

Reasons why people didn’t

enjoy Waterloo Rd

What I learnt: Most people say they liked the characters and how real the teen problems were. Nearly half thought it was at least alright.

What I learnt: Nobody said ‘Definitely not’ meaning everybody was accepting, if not excited, by the idea of a new soap of this description.

What I learnt: The main people want is good storylines by a long way, next is drama and then reliability of the characters. This means I need to have big storyline(s) to attract people to my soap straight away.

What I learnt: Many people remember EastEnders adverts more than any other. Specific storylines just as who killed Lucy Beale and Peggy Mitchell’s death are also more remembered.

• ‘eastenders – Bobby the killer of lucy’

• ‘Peggy Mitchell dying’• ‘EastEnders adverts’• ‘Eastenders and Neighbours

advertising themselves’• ‘Eastenders – Who Killed Lucy

Beale? promo trailers Hollyoaks – wedding trailer (?)’

• ‘Ones for eastenders or Corrie etc and hollyoaks, the ones which showed big events like car accidents etc’

• ‘Eastenders – who killed lucy’• ‘I love the Holby season trailers!

(and last week’s preview advert for Fletch’s storyline’

• ‘Any hollyoaks one, it’s all hyper dramatic stuff’• ‘Casualty, a helicopter crash was hinted at when the characters are acting happy until the the advert

becomes slow motion and they all look up in fear as sparks and general destruction ensues…’

What I learnt: Many people do not buy TV listings magazines. It’s rare for people to buy the magazines because of the Soaps featured on the front.

What I learnt: Posters are nor commonly used for advertising soap operas so mine needs to be eye catching and clear.

What I learnt: I cannot learn from this question but it helps see that this wasn’t conducted equally and that most people who answered my survey were female.

What I learnt: I am glad at least one person answered from most age groups. This shows a range of views on soaps but as my TA is are between 16-24 it is good the most people answered from this section.