TV Drama is a huge genre, covering a wide range of sub genres and alternations, but to define it, it is fictional action in the form of being told as someones (one or more of the characters) story/ point of view.
Examples of TV Drama;
Upstairs Downstairs- Eastenders
- Doctor Who
- New Tricks
- Misfits
- Waterloo Road
- Shameless
- This is England '86
- Skins
- Red Riding
- Hotel Babylon
The are so many sub gemres of TV Drama, or combinations of TV Drama with other genres. For Exapmle;
medical, legal, horror, supernatural, fantasy, sci-fi, crime, historical, soaps, thriller, situational, genreal drama,
Holby City and Casulty are examples of TV drama and medical drama- New Tricks and Wallander are examples of Crime Drama
- The X Files and Misfits would also go under the Sci Fi genre
- Genre is the category or section of something, usually entertainment prducts such as music films and TV and books. It defines the topic of the media piece into a category.
- TV Genre therefore means how programmes are categorised according to certain conventions they have, to create a genre of similar products according to these converntions.
- Mot genres break into several sub gemres, in which the media product also has features and converntions from a different genre.
- The evolution of sub genres in TV genre began in the 1950's, when the BBc was developing and ITV began. Drama programmes began developing and seperating into sub genres as more people began to watch television and a wider audience needed catering for, people of different backgrounds, ages and culture had varied tastes and interests.
