BBC3 is an English TV channel which has a target audience of 16-34 year olds. The channel focuses on new talent and new technologies and comedy that may attract younger audiences. The channel is on from 7PM to 3AM each night which suggests that the targeted audience may be busy during the day, possibly students or full time workers. The channel mainly uses comedy series that will relate to teens+ and entertain them at the same time. However one example of teenage dramas on BBC3 is In the flesh, a sci-fi drama about zombies who attempt to live in a normal community.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uAJklDka_U

ITV1 is an English channel which often broadcasts TV shows for families such as the X-factor and Britain's got Talent, it also shows a wide range of TV dramas targeting a wide range of audiences such as the series ‘Dontown Abbey’ and ‘Broadchurch’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g6xg8gKxEk – Downton Abbey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsFOWAPTDI – Broadchurch trailer

E4 is a British channel which appeals to the age group of 15-35. The ‘E’ in E4 stands for entertainment. The channel is known as channel 4’s youth channel which often plays comedy series and Drama series written to attract a younger audiences. E4’s most known drama series is Misfits, a show which relates to youth in the fact that they’re commonly stereotyped as young offenders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud8AJDaAW7c – Misfits trailer

ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man which is known for broadcasting American TV series such as Gossip Girl and the Vampire diaries but also broadcasts shows such as the xtra-factor and Britain's got More talent. This channel has a wide range of audiences during the day as it often broadcasts family shows such as these but during the night the targeted audience is 16-35 year olds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GWtgdAYHMU – the vampire diaries trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKG6ZucW5IA – Gossip Girl trailer