Peter Kay's Car Share:

Audience Pleasures-

The audience pleasures in Car Share include a range of things such as:

• Situational comedy (where the episodes take place in one particular place or situation). This sitcom is situated in a car throughout each episode.
• Two main protagonists who get majority of the screen time (Peter Kay and Sian Gibson).
• Natural conversation with comedic values.
• The radio in the car- recognition of music and relatable to an older target audience as the songs are from an older generation.
• Crude humour and jokes used (innuendo comedy).
• Reference to contemporary norms with comedy not to be taken too seriously or offensively (e.g. sexuality/racist remarks)
• Usually a snowballing/perpetuating joke lead on throughout the episode until it reaches its peak.
• Conversational comedy in a chatty tone with humor added in to make it recognizable.
• Sarcstic commentary on the car radio (innuendo jokes).
• Pleasure in viewing Peter Kay in a different perspective as some viewers may have seen Peter Kay from other TV programmes and enjoy seeing him in other situations than ones he has already been in.
• Easter eggs, little secrets in the programme if you look closely e.g. a missing sign in the background read "missing husband".
• Aimed at an older generation target audience with older references and music.
• Anticipation of the reactions and jokes; when the comedy reaches its peak.
• Transgressive humour - on the radio an ad for a butchers "meat in your mouth" - sexual innuendo.
• Relatable content and characters (seen from other content) through conversations and parodies of songs re-interpreted in the same music video style.
• Mature themes e.g. drinking, sex, crude slang.
• Over exaggeration and repetition as well as tone in voice.
• Fart/fat jokes, puns, racist and sexist remarks.
• Comedic impressions and parodies of other well-known things in the media.
• Music reflects situation- intense music with a built up situation.
• Singing with the music on the radio- funny to watch and hear. (Someone saw John singing and he realized and stopped- awkward and cringe).
• Music on the radio- jump cuts to next scene.
• Offensive language and remarks ('spastic' 'gay') - something you wouldn't get away with saying- funny but also rude.
• References to old bands/ comedy duos - reminiscing old music - pleasurable to an older audience. 
• Talking with mouth open- funny as you can't understand what he is saying and it makes him look ridiculous. 
• Hypocritical comedy -  Kayleigh said she wouldn't eat all of the food and then eats it all as well as some of John's.

Peter Kay's Car Share Research (Sitcom)

Who wrote it?

Peter Kay, Sian Gibson, Paul Coleman and Tim Reid wrote the sitcom Peter Kay's Car Share. Peter Kay and Sian Gibson appear as the main characters in the show.

What is the scheduled broadcast? 

Most of the episodes are scheduled for broadcast at any time past 11pm due to the nature of the program. This is so that children can go to bed before it comes on the television so that they are not exposed to the crude hilarity nature on the program as after the 9'o'clock watershed, adult content is broadcast which indicates that adults are the main target audience for this show. Children are most likely to be in bed at this time, whereas adults tent to stay up late. This is because children shouldn't be exposed to mature content and themes as they may copy what is heard or said on the show which could, in an extreme case,could get the company sued if they allowed it to be aired on TV before the watershed.

Codes and Conventions of a Sitcom

 Codes and Conventions of a sitcom include:
Limited characters- when there are only a few main protagonists which appear in almost every episode and usually do the same things.
 Limited sets- Only one or two main based scenes where the action happens.
 Catchy theme tune- A theme tune that is memorable so that people will recognize it easily.
Canned laughter- Gives the que for normal laughter, signifying that this part is comedic and should be funny, almost to provoke the audience to laugh.
 Repeated catchphrases- The audience relates to the last time it was said, gives the catchphrase a more memorable, comedic value.
One liners- Short jokes or witty remarks that have an effect on the characters involved and the audience.
Linear narrative- Present stories in a logical manner by telling what happens from one point in time to the next without using flashbacks or flash-forwards and then returning to the present.
Situation- Situated in one place at one time, usually the scene that the main focus takes place.
 Story lines- Has a main plot as well as two other subplots where the structure is laid out as a sort of beginning, middle and end where the plot is constructed.

Basic Audience Pleasures

Common Narrative pleasures in sitcoms such as:

those of narrative resolution, character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense,          comedy, and so on.

pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation.

pleasures of difference-within-repetition.

performance unpredictability and spontaneity.

transgressive pleasures.

specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

Walliams and Friend Research

Walliams and Friend Research

Who are commissioners?

The commissioners are Shane Allen and Gregor Sharpe who commission shows for the BBC.

Who are the producers?

The producer of Walliams and Friend is Sarah Fraser and the executive producer is Jo Sargent.

Who is the target audience and why?

This comedy sketch show is televised after the 9pm watershed. This allows the show to use transgressive humour which appeal to an older audience from about 15 and over, but mostly adults, as the audience needs to have a dark sense of  humour because strong language and crude humour are used throughout the show to make it entertaining and comedic for the audience to keep on watching.

Why is it on at that time and on that channel?

It is on after 9pm as younger children go to bed at that time so won't be exposed to any inappropriate content used for humour purposes. It is on the BBC as it is a channel that is viewed worldwide and is extremely popular. Channels like these take on programmes that they think will benefit by having a wide range of people view it so that it becomes a well known show. People will talk about it in public and more people will begin to view the show on the channel which increases the audience and the income that the BBC receives.