CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE AVENGERS AND CUFFS

The Avengers	Cuffs
Surreal	Naturalistic
comic	serious
1960s	2015
Upper Class	All social groups
New feminine representation	Men and women equal status
Light hearted escapism	Serious topical themes
Two main protagonists	Team of police officer
Mysterious secret agent	East Sussex police force
Elegant clothes	Everyday outfits and police uniform
RP accents	Variety of accents
Sunny	Often drab weather
Violence show but not explicit or gory	No explicit violence shown
Carried on for 8 years (161 episodes)	Only 1 series (8 episodes)
Slightly wacky plots	Realistic and serious plots
Old-fashioned	Modern
Expensive and luxury cars	Everyday vehicles
John Steed, Emma Peel, Tara king, Cathy Gael.	Jake Vickers, Ryan Draper, Jo Moffat, Felix Kane, Donna Prager.
Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson, Honor Blackman.	Jacob Ifan, Ashley Walters, Amanda Abbington, Paul Ready, Eleanor Matsuura.
8.4/10 IMDB rating	7.4/10 IMDB rating
Action filled Spy thriller	Crime Drama

                      

The Avengers-Must see TV

• The Avengers first aired 7th of January 1961. 
• The show carried on for 8 years and totalled 161 episodes until it stopped in 1969. 
• It was a spy thriller and has a rating of 8.4/10 on IMDB. 
• The cast has stared: Diana Rigg (Emma Peel), Patrick Macnee (Jonathon Steed), Linda Thorson (Tara King), Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale) and Ian Hendry (Dr. David Keel). 
• The series was the first to show female characters that are equal to the man since at the time it was released not many women were seen as actors on TV and the world was still somewhat sexist towards women, so the show gave a big boost to femenism
• The show showed the country of Britain to be much more sunny and the people to be quite posh, when really Britain was quite rainy and the real-life bustling cities were quite different to the beautiful countryside in the show 
• It is keeps up to date with the available technology at the time and it kept up quite well with the historical context even though some of the plots were slightly wacky 

Cuffs

Cuffs is a British crime drama released in 2015.

• It was shown on BBC 1. 
• The first episode was released on the 28th of October 2015.
• It was set in Brighton.
• The main cast consisted of: Jacob Ifan, Ashley Walters, Amanda Abbington, Paul Ready and Eleanor Matsuura. 
• There were 8 episodes in the first series and the BBC have confirmed that there won't be a second one. 
• It has representations of many different ethnic, gender and sexuality groups and there are different social class groups
• The function of an opening sequence is to interest the audience and introduce the characters
• It is shown before the watershed because there is no explicit language or violence 

Television Scheduling

BBC1 Sunday September 9pm: Strike (the silkworm)
BBC1 Monday September 9pm: Rellik
BBC1 Tuesday September 9pm: Doctor Foster


Yes long form narrative seems to be a popular form.

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