The boundaries of genres and of issues are being broken down like never before. The new generation of formats does not seem to care about genre traditions. Everything is possible; everything is hybrid. Is it a history documentary or an adventure computer game? Is it a dating show or a documentary on cultural change? Is it a programme on economy or just another reality show? In this session we will learn how formatted shows compare to traditional programmes, how they may reach a broader or even younger audience for public service channels and how at the same time these more or less established formulas of commercial broadcasters can be taken further to be distinctive and surprising, even educating.
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This is a new television format created by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle, combining historical drama with adventure reality and based on a true story of Hanneke…
Heroes of the Baltic Sea
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This is an unconventional television show where the host, Petra Nagel, puts her personal life and emotions on display as she dates men from all over the world. The…
Petra Dates The World
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Vinh Linh is a district of Quang Tri province in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the United States released a large number of bombs on this land, destroyed many…
Surviving in the Earth’s Womb
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Five people with very strong opinions about poverty in the Netherlands (particularly on welfare recipients) are faced with the harsh reality of being poor. They meet…
The Poverty Project
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What if it is possible to simply think yourself young again? Years ago, Harvard psychologist Dr Ellen Langer made this extraordinary claim. Forty years later, Channel…
Turn Back the Clock
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