Context of whole show:

“No Offence” Follows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester. Trying their best to keep the streets of Manchester free of crime. When all else fails, they decide to use unconventional methods to teach the perpetrators a lesson.

S1, E1: Plot

‘Dinah catches sight of a robbery suspect on her way home from a night out, but when she chases him into the path of a double decker bus, her candidacy for promotion to sergeant is thrown into question. Meanwhile, two young girls with Down’s syndrome have been murdered, and a third young girl is missing. Dinah notices a link between the cases, and it’s not long before the team find themselves running out of time to find the latest victim before the killer strikes again.’ – Wikipedia

Genres: Drama, Police procedural, Dark comedy

Network: Channel 4 and All 4, also broadcast in France.

Program Creator: Paul Abbott

Writers: Paul Abbott, Jimmy Dowdall, Paul Tomalin, Jack Lothian, Tom Grieves, Mark Greig.

Cast: The series stars Joanna Scanlan as the protagonist, Detective Inspector Viv Deering. which is radically represented to have not only one but a couple of lead female roles in a crime/mystery/detective genre.

Production company: AbbottVision

Exam Prep:

Example Question:

To what extent do television producers attempt to target national and global audiences box
through subject matter and distribution?
Refer to both of your television Close Study Products to support your answer:
Capital and Deutschland 83
OR
Witnesses and The Missing
OR
No Offence and The Killing

(Key ideas: Representation, Industry, Audience, Language)

This question is asking for: Representation, Industry and Audience.

• Both CSPs attract global audiences by having different nations incorporated into the show. e.g in No Offence the main detective was polish. In The Killing, it was originally Danish.