Your task is to programme a TV station's entire output for an entire evening, based on genre. You need to design an evening's viewing that will appeal to fans of the genre that you choose - but will not bore them.

Process

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• Start at 7pm, finish around midnight
• Choose a selection of different programme formats - mix comedy, drama. documentaries, feature films etc for varied viewing. You should have no more than one programme within each format (ie you can only choose ONE feature film, ONE documentary)
• Make your choice from existing, real programmes. Research your selection by surfing what's on around the world:
  • http://www.tvshow.com/
  • http://tvschedules.about.com/
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/
• You will need to produce a schedule giving times, titles of programmes and a brief (one or two short sentences) description of each programme that will make it appeal to an audience. Design your work so that it looks like a TV listings page - use a table in Word if you like. Here is an example, but you should look at some TV listings magazines to get an idea.

Time & Name of Show	Picture/Blurb
7.00pm Welcome to Shark Night	Shark Expert,Dr Rocky Strong, introduces tonight's toothsome TV. Batten down the hatches and sit tight for the ride of your life.
7.15 Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa	Rocky Strong introduces us to the flying sharks - just when you thought it was safe if you stayed out of the water!
7.45 Britney & the Basking Sharks	Pop's favourite princess puts on her scuba gear and goes to investigate these fascinating creatures
8.15:Jaws (1975) FEATURE FILM	Spielberg's masterpiece still has the power to make us scream and scream again. Starring Roy Schneider, Rober Shaw & Richard Dreyfuss

• You will also need to think of a catchy name and concept for your night -"Horror Special" isn't going to persuade anyone to sit in front of their TV screen for a whole evening.

Tips

• Remember that all your programmes must belong to the same genre, although your audience will change as the evening progresses
• Think carefully about time slots, and keeping viewers watching from one programme to another
• Think carefully about the content of your programmes - have you paid attention to the watershed?
• Is there a star who could host this night?
• If you're looking for a movie, try the Search By Genre facility @imdb.

Happy scheduling!!

Due in: Thursday 2nd October