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Summary of fictional and factual shows:

Summary of fictional and factual programmes on ITV and Channel 5:

ITV:
Overall, there are more factual tv shows than fictional throughout the week on ITV; the majority of factual shows are news shows, or talk shows such as The Jeremy Kyle Show or  Loose Women. There are news shows scattered throughout the day, and therefore attract a wide audience who are available to watch at different times of the day, (morning news, lunchtime news, and two evening news shows). The fictional side of the channel focuses on soap dramas and game shows; therefore attracting an audience of young adults. ITV has a more specific target audience than Channel 5, as the factual and fictional shows cover mature topics and have an informative style instead of a style that would attract even younger audiences.

 Channel 5:
Similar to ITV, the fictional element of the shows contains many soap dramas or comedies such as Home And Away and Neighbours which attracts an audience of young adults; however the channel also uses it's TV scheduling to attract a much younger audience. Shows such as Peppa Pig, and Paw Patrol are on from 6am-8:30am nearly every morning which suits parents and children's everyday schedules. The factual shows on Channel 5 take on more of a documentary style, or are in fact documentaries or docudramas; examples of these are Inside and The Nightmare Neighbour Next door. Similarly to ITV there multiple news shows on everyday at different time slots to expand the target audience. Therefore, Channel 5 has more of an informative and educational tone to it's shows, and focuses more on the factual shows, and focuses on giving those shows more coverage by placing them at the end of the day.

After considering this information about the styles of each of the channels, and researching into different factual and fictional shows I have come to the conclusion that my tv show will be factual. By focusing on the documentaries and docudramas that are shown on Channel 5 I have decided that I want to produce a documentary. I feel as if my documentary will fit best on Channel 5 as the majority of TV scheduling is taken up by factual shows.

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