Bad Education & Miranda

Miranda

Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Miranda Hart
Written by	Miranda Hart
Directed by	Juliet May (2009-2013) Mandie Fletcher (2014-2015)

• Who commissioned the programmes?

The first two series of Miranda were broadcast on BBC Two. In February 2011, it was announced that for the third series, the show would be moving to BBC One.

• Who produced Miranda?

Producer(s)	Nerys Evans (2009) Emma Strain (2010-2013) Sarah Fraser (2014-2015)

• What audience is it aimed at? Why?

Because the audience is 30+ the type of comedy has sexual references, so has to be aired after the water shed, and the actors/ comedians are of that age range so the audience can relate to the situations, and settings.

Pleasures

The TV comedy Miranda offers the audience pleasures such as a regular time slot, (which is after the water shed), that the audience feels superior. These are just some of the examples of pleasures that Miranda contribute to the audience, with these features the TV show is a success and consequently the target audience can relate to the characters, situation and everyday setting of the set.

Recognition and familiarity of Miranda’s main character is a key aspect, as the audience feel like they know her personally, like a friend, as she talks to the camera front on so the direct personal approach works well. The way the character is represented of that of a hopeless, stupid and socially inept individual, therefore the audience feels superior to Miranda, as she somehow messes things up and says/ acts all in the wrong ways against social convention and expectation.

The humour type in Miranda is that of a mature nature, as sexual innuendos are present. The target audience for Miranda is for the 28+ age range, so the comedy type works well. There is  Farse/ slapstick comedy type, where Miranda falls over the coat stand repeatedly throughout  different examples of episodes in that series, which gives it a predictability pleasure as the audience feel like they know and understand Miranda’s actions and behaviours, which also links back up to the point about knowing her personally like that of a friend.

The setting of the TV comedy gives the audience recognition of a familiar setting, so they can relate to the characters and everyday setting. Furthermore pleasures such as social and family issues makes the audience relate to all the characters situations.  

Narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution

 Is how the show ends

Character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on

Character identification: When you identify yourself a as character.

Snowballing: Where the joke gets bigger and bigger until something concludes the joke, in bad education something bad happens.

Suspense: waiting for the next joke to happen

Pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation

Recognises the characters, story and setting

Pleasures of difference-within-repetition

Waiting for certain characters to say there jokes

Knowing what the characters are like, so knowing what sort of jokes they will say.

Performance unpredictability and spontaneity

Unexpected events happen

Transgressive pleasures

Jokes that are insulting, racist, sexist ect

Specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

You can recognise the actors