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The Undateables
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- 1The Undateables ProducerLucy Leveugle
- 2The Undateables Production CompanyBetty
- 3The Undateables Release Date3rd April 2012
- 4The Undateables Broadcast ChannelChannel 4
- 5The Undateables DirectorLuke Sewell
- 6The Undateables Marketing and Promotion"love is blind, disfigured, autistic"
"sensationalist marketing" (Mencap '12)
21 complaints to ASA (Gypsy weddings got 300)
ads: "irresponsible, harmful and offensive"
"could encourage bullying" - 7The Undateables Genre"shockumentary"
'Victorian freak show'
light-hearted and funny to attract mass audience
Does it really educate or is it just there to entertain? - 8The Undateables Background and Context"the title did have some problems + people didn't want to take part" - Liz Warner at 'Betty'
began as a one off in 2006
C4 makes "cutting edge documentaries" - 9The Undateables Narrativelight-hearted narration
editing and 'carnivalesque' music
somewhat mocking
Sally Phillips - overtly patronising tone
narrative structure for each episode is the same - 10The Undateables Representationintrusive to peoples' lives
editing makes thing seem so different
trying to challenge social prejudices
the title itself is controversial
Tom Sutcliffe criticised it for making light entertainment of disability - 11The Undateables Audience ResponseThe Guardian - "offence equals controversy, controversy equals ratings"
Daily Mail - "the nastiest, most dismissive title C4 producers have ever coined"
The Telegraph - "eye-opening, refreshing ad brutally honest"
Online Blog - "the title creates a sense of othering"
Mencap - "people with disabilities are under-represented in the media"
The Metro - "after its outing proved popular with the viewers" - 12The Undateables Audience Postioningsympathy/pity
positioned to learn something whilst being entertained - 13The Undateables Audience Targetinglistened to response for S01 and changed S02
tone of narrative voice shifts - less patronising
introduce themselves
music changes - "fairground" to "emotional"
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- brief overview of The Undateables case study for tv
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- Charlotte Holland
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