TV DRAMABy Eloise Barrett

There are different genres of TV Drama:

Teen Costume

Soap Opera

Horror

Period

Romantic(tend to be one-offs)Action

Medical

Sci-Fi

Family

Crime

Police

Here are a few TV Dramas and their genre’s:

• NCIS- Action• Grey’s Anatomy-

Medical/Romantic• The Vampire Diaries-

Teen/Horror• Dr Who- Science Fiction• Gilmore Girls- Family• Emmerdale- Soap Opera• Misfits- Science Fiction• Skins- Teen• Glee- Romantic/Teen

• Pretty Little Liars- Teen/Crime• Robin Hood- Costume• Smallville- Family• Casualty- Medical • Torchwood- Science Fiction • Downtown Abbey- Period • Hollyoaks- Soap Opera• Teen Wolf-

Teen/Horror/Action/Romance• The 100- Action/Science

Fiction • The Mentalist- Police

A TV series is where the story continues, e.g. Game of Thrones- say there will have been a story told throughout the week and the story will continue the week after so there is no cliff hangers even though that makes you want to watch it more. A TV serial is where the show is not

running into itself. Once a story has finished, the next time the show is on it will be a different story.

There are 7 groups of representation:1) Class

2) Sexuality

3) Disability

4) Regional Identity

5) Age

6) Gender

7) Ethnicity

There are different reasons as to why people like to watch TV drama. One reason being that most TV dramas are on at least everyday or every week so the actors faces would be recognisable to anyone who watches them. People may watch them if they live alone or live in a care home as they may feel lonely and they will recognise the faces on the screen. Also, as there is different types of drama, so there will more then likely be a TV drama that would match your liking.

A research study found that people who watched dramas scored higher on a test measuring empathy and social intelligence than people who watched documentaries. TV dramas offer some of the best storytelling there is because their numerous episodes give the writers the opportunity to develop robust characters the audience grows to love.

Most people watch drama for entertainment but you sometimes get them one offs that are based on a true story, e.g. The Moorside which was about a girl that was kidnapped by her uncle but the girls mother knew and made a plan for her and the child’s uncle to ‘find her’ and claim the £50,000 reward , then split it between them.