Broadcasting – To a mass audience

Narrowcasting – To a niche audience

10 Key elements – Press

The storyline was properly structured and easy to follow.

Key plot points happened for reasons.

Connections could be formed with relatable characters.

Editing was done to a professional standard

The Royal Charter is the constitutional basis for the BBC. It sets out the BBC’s Object, Mission and Public Purposes. The Charter also outlines the Corporation’s governance and regulatory arrangements, including the role and composition of the BBC Board. The current Charter began on 1 January 2017 and ends on 31 December 2027. The Government will carry out a mid-term review of the Charter, focussing on governance and regulatory arrangements. This review is not a full Charter Review and so will not look at the BBC’s mission, purpose or the method by which it is funded. The Agreement between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the BBC sits alongside the Charter. It provides further detail on many of the topics outlined in the Charter including the BBC’s funding and its regulatory duties. The Agreement runs coterminous to the Charter but can be amended during the Charter period subject to the agreement of the Secretary of State and the BBC.

Lord Reith was a founding member of the BBC. His founding principles still define the BBC today.

Radio was now the ‘Centre of Everything’ (Habermas transformation of the public sphere).

The Frankfurt School was a German school of theory.

The BBC was the first of its kind and people could connect with others around the world.

Broadcasting was initially a public service, however its growth was funded by the licence fee, advertising and tax. The ‘public service’ became unfashionable in the 1980s