British TV Case Study –

GoggleBox

Gogglebox is a British reality show that has aired on Channel 4 since 7 March 2013. The show features a number of families and groups of friends from around England and Wales, who react to British television shows from their own homes.

The show won a BAFTA award in 2014 and a National Television Award in 2015 and 2016. Series 7 began airing on 19 February 2016 and was the longest series to date with 17 episodes ending on 10 June 2016.

Recently in class, we watched an episode of the series, and more precisely series 8, episode 5.

Straight away from the opening, we are presented with an advert of sofas, relating to the products, which, are shown within the individual episodes, as well as showing us families and individuals, directly linking the advert with the cast of the show.

At the start, we are also introduced with the different families who we will be seeing throughout the episodes. The cast is of a variety of ages, gender and ethnicities meaning that more people can relate to the show. However, when taking a closer insight into the show it can be clearly identified that most of the cast is still however, mostly of a white background.