TV DRAMA : THE WIRE & TIMELESS

Our exam question will ask about how representations are created.

THE WIRE Season 1 Opening and intro

Open video extract here 

 

TIMELESS TV drama series trailer here 

Timeless is currently available on Netflix and really worth getting to know as it introduces you to so many different periods in US history each with their own mise-en-scène.

 

In class, you (the 16-34 demographic) confirmed that you were all Netflix subscribers.

Contrast Netflix's increased take-up with the BBC's corresponding reduction in viewing figures. Read the article below:

Matthew Moore, Media Correspondent

Wednesday January 20 2021, 12.01am, The Times

BBC ‘complacent’ about exodus of young viewers