1. Factual Programme Production Class Task
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2. Reality
Reality is a type of genre in which the programme is unscripted and is seen to be real- life situations involving everyday people and not professional actors. The set of the programme is usually a house or a studio.
Examples of Reality TV Show:
X Factor
Geordie Shore
Made in Chelsea
Come Dine With Me
Take Me Out
Love Island
I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here

3. Sports
Sports is a TV genre that screens television shows which are all based around a certain type of sport or sometimes serval types of sport.
Examples:
Soccer Republic
Match of the day
Soccer Sunday
Greyhound View

4. Comedy
Comedy is genre that is a combination of humour and serious topic which is basically comedians making humorous or sometimes inappropriate comments about serious topics or celebrities. This is used as entertainment for viewers.
Examples:
8 out of 10 Cats
The Keith Lemon Show
The Inbetweeners
Mock of the Week

5. Documentary
Documentary is genre TV programme based on factual information about a person, place or thing. It tells a real life story of a particular topic or event.
Examples:
David Attenborough Wildlife Programme
Making a Murderer
Reeling In The Years
Panorama
Dispatches

6. Magazine Programme
A Magazine Programme is a programme that consists of different topics about people or events.
Examples
Top Gear
The One Show
Primetime
E! News

7. Makeover
A makeover show involves a person, community, house or garden being transformed by the TV Programme.
Examples
60 Minute Makeover
Snog Marry Avoid
Tattoo Fixers
Property Brothers
Gok’s Fashion Fix

8. News
A News Programme is a scheduled programme that reports current events.
Examples
RTE News
BBC Breakfast
5 News
60 Seconds
Channel 4 News