At Your Public Service: Education Made Entertaining!

One of the honourable tasks of public broadcasting is to engage audiences in reflecting about issues that matter to our society: History, language, politics, culture and social behaviour. A purely educational task – high relevance but small market shares! Is there a way to make these issues sexy? Public broadcasting needs to come up with new techniques of storytelling to keep the audience. Narration-driven documentaries are out - programmes which can turn social issues into personal and emotional journeys are in! But how far should public broadcasting go craving for higher market shares? Is it justified to wrap a relevant programme into an appetizing cover? Should a public broadcaster show sexual techniques without warning about the danger of acquiring AIDS? And should an environmental programme show in detail sensational footage of how to kill animals? Do the means serve the purpose that is to educate?

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A Rook

duration 28 minutes 58 seconds

A Rook

A Rook

From UPF

A hunter and a cook go into the wild to kill an animal with the intention of making a meal out of it using herbs and spices found on their way. The hunter is an elderly,…
Fun with Japanese

duration 10 minutes 4 seconds

Fun with Japanese

Fun with Japanese

From UPF

This innovative language variety programme reveals the beauty of Japanese language and culture. It highlights key phrases from classical and modern literature and…
Håkon & Haffner's building blocks

duration 28 minutes 40 seconds

Håkon & Haffner's building blocks

Håkon & Haffner's building blocks

From UPF

What is a typical Norwegian house? Why do Norwegians love their cottages - and do we really like the city? What is Norway's most important building? And what…
In God's Name

duration 49 minutes 37 seconds

In God's Name

In God's Name

From UPF

A TV-series that tries to answer why certain young people withdraw into a religious life away from their normal environment. The journalist, Annemie Struyf, travels the…
Threesome

duration 28 minutes 59 seconds

Threesome

Threesome

From UPF

It's about three young people age 18-22 who move into a flat for 2 months to explore all areas of sex. They are given a sexual topic in each episode and a quest…

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