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Who we are• E4 is the entertainment destination for a

cutting edge young audience• Its eccentric and witty persona and strong

branding make it a massive talking point • E4 is on Freeview, DSAT and cable, and E4

HD on Sky increasing its audience potential big time

• It also won channel of the year at The Broadcast Awards in Feb 2011

Channel 4 Remit - http://www.channel4.com/info/corporate/about/channel-4s-remit

Programmes on E4 – • How I Met Your Mother• The Big Bang Theory• 90210• The Inbetweeners

How I Met Your Mother (often abbreviated to HIMYM) is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. The 2013–14 season is the show's ninth and final season. The series follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of friends in Manhattan. As a framing device, Ted, in the year 2030, recounts to his son and daughter the events that led him to meeting their mother.

How I Met Your Mother Press release -

90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas and Gabe Sachs, that aired on The CW from September 2, 2008 to May 13, 2013. It is the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS Television Studios.The series originally revolved around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood home with his family to care for his mother, former television and theatre actress Tabitha Wilson, who has a drinking problem and clashes with his wife Debbie Wilson. Annie and Dixon struggle to adjust to their new lives while making friends and yet adhering to their parents' wishes. The series later focuses on the same group of friends as they graduate from West Beverly Hills High School and begin their lives in the adult world. Some attend college at California University, while others begin exploring avenues beyond post-secondary education.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90210_(season_4)

ITV is the UK’s largest commercial TV station, offering advertisers unparalleled volumes of audiences from all key demographics. Just to give you a taste, in 2012 ITV played 80 of the top 100 commercial programmes for 16-34s and 96 of the top 100 commercial programmes for ABC1 adults.

Programmes on ITV –• The Jeremy Kyle Show• Coronation Street• Loose Women• Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey is a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece. It first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 26 September 2010 and on PBS in the United States on 9 January 2011 as part of the Masterpiece Classic anthology. Four series have been made so far.The series, set in the Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with the great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy. Such events depicted throughout the series include news of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the first series; the outbreak of World War I, the Spanish influenza pandemic, and the Marconi scandal in the second series; the Interwar period and the formation of the Irish Free State in the third series; and the Teapot Dome scandal in the fourth series.

Downton Abbey Press release –http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/downton-abbey-ep8-2013-video

BBC Remit - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/who_we_are/audience_councils/england/role_remit.html

Our missionTo enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.Our visionTo be the most creative organisation in the world.Our valuesTrust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.Audiences are at the heart of everything we do.We take pride in delivering quality and value for money.Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation.We respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone can give their best.We are one BBC: great things happen when we work together.

Programmes on BBC1 –• Eastenders• Gavin and Stacey• Live at the Apollo• Strictly Come Dancing

Audience – 13+ but also children who watch the soaps, such as Eastenders

Programmes on BBC3 –• Family Guy• Snog Marry Avoid?• Doctor Who• Some Girls

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor. He explores the universe in his TARDIS (acronym: Time and Relative Dimension in Space), a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, the Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilisations, help ordinary people, and right wrongs.

Doctor Who Press release – http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/The-Day-of-the-Doctor-50th-Anniversary-Special-Update