1) What is the BBC's mission statement?
"To act in the public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain." They prioritise their audience.
2) How is the BBC funded?
The BBC is funded partially from the government but also the TV license. This allows them to create more shows that meet their mission statement.
3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above).
To inform, educate, entertain, reflect UK values, to have diverse content and to produce a creative output.
4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above.
Ofcom (Office of Communication) regulates TV and Radio in the UK.
5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?
People can submit complaints if they find an issue with what is being aired on the channel or something they are concerned about.
6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain? Answer this question in at least 150 words.
Doctor who and HDM (His Dark Materials) both meet the BBC remit which is to inform, educate and entertain. Where they meet the remit too entertain is very clear in both of these shows. Both include interesting concepts like the idea of the different worlds as seen in HDM and the idea of time traveling and different worlds in Doctor Who. Doctor Who's first episode (aired in 1963) informs an 1963 audience about the space race by relating the show on exploring other worlds and going into space. The older episodes also help a modern audience study and analyse what that era of an audience would typically want or the factors of current events of that time could have impacted the story line of that series. HDM helps educate and inform a audience by somewhat teaching about religion and blackholes. However, when educating about religion they are very critical about the church and teaches a audience that the church could be controlling and is a negative representation.
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