What is TV Drama?

TV Drama is a hard thing to generalise into just one twerm as there are so many variations. Simply it is fictionalised action in narrative form. You have to understand the main ways in which TV Drama splits into different broadcast types.

- The Accused
- The Bill
- Eastenders
- Coronation Street

- Holby City

- Casualty 

- Hollyoaks

- Emmerdale

- Neighbours

- Teachers

- Waterloo Road

TV Drama and other genres:

- Survivors - Horror + Drama

- Doctor Who - Sci-Fi + Drama

- Misfits - Comedy + Drama

- Skins - Comedy + Drama

- Being Human - Sci-Fi + Drama

- Genre means kind or type

-  A television genre refers to a tv programme which have things in common so can be categorised.

- Many genres break down into sub-genres. Crime drama has become a genre in itsw own right.

- Because of tv drama the number of sub-genres has risen, such as costume dramas, children's classic dramas and soap operas. This happened in the 50's as the BBc was evolving and ITV first began broadcasting. 

Costume Dramas: Cranford, The Tudors

Childrens Classic Drama: Grange Hill, Byker Grove

Soap Operas: Friends, The Bill, Coronation Street.