Radio 1 Timeline

Episode Timeline Activity 

We are going to create a timeline of everything that happens in an example of the Radio 1 Breakfast show.  In the exam, you need to be able to explain how the content of the show follows PSB rules and attracts its audience, and will therefore need to refer to real examples from a broadcast.  

Each group will be given a different section of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show to listen to.  The section will be approximately 30 minutes in duration.  Your group must note down everything that happens in your 30-minute section onto the grid.  At the end of the activity you will hand in your grid and your teacher will make a copy of it for the rest of the class.

Here is an example of the detail that you must go into when noting content:

Questions:  

After you’ve identified and written down the content of your section, you must answer the following questions:

• How does the programme promotes British music?

Radio 1 play up and coming British artists’ songs at times where there is a big audience, which gives the artists a lot of attention. 

• What percentage of tracks played during your slot were British?

0 

• What genres of music were played during your slot?  Do a tally.

Pop, Electropop, Hip-Hop/Rap 

• Celebrity interviews – who is being interviewed and what are they being interviewed about?  How many of the interviews are with British people?
• News items – list the stories and identify which relate to Britain.  

Stories on Brexit and football.

• Quizzes and games – what can you win?

Quiz - FA cup tickets

• How does the broadcast fits into the BBC ethos of ‘informing, educating and entertaining’?

It informs people by showing the news, it educates people through the news and it entertains people through music and involving the audience with quizzes.  

• How does it differ from commercial breakfast shows?
• Who you think the audience is from the content of your section?  What evidence do you have for this?

In my section I think the target audience was around 15-30, as it was early in the morning where people would be going to school and work. Also, the person who was quizzed was 30 years old.

• What platforms is the show is distributed on?

Radios, BBC iPlayer, the BBC website.

List A	List B	List C
Bruno Mars: Finesse	Avelino: 1 in a Million	Dream Wife: Hey Heartbreaker
Camila Cabello: Never be the Same	Big Boi: All Night	Fekky: My Size
Craig David: I know You	Diplo: Get it Right	Hailee Steinfeld: Let Me Go
Eminem: River	Dua Lipa: IDGAF	Jorja Smith: Let Me Down
James Arthur: Naked	G-Eazy & Halsey: Him & I	Kendrick Lamar: All the Stars
Jason Derulo: Tiptoe	HAIM: Nothing’s Wrong	Marmozets: Major System Error
Jax Jones: Breathe	Isaac Gracie: Terrified	Moose Blood: Talk in your sleep
J Hus: Bouff Daddy	Jessie Ware: Your Domino	Paramore: Fake Happy
MK: 17	Justin Timberlake: Filthy	Rae Morris: Atletico
Not3x: My Lover	Liam Payne & Rita Ora: For You	Rudimental: These Days
Ramz: Barking	One Bit & Noah Cyrus: My Way	Sunflower Bean: I was a Fool
Raye & Mr Eazi: Decline	Portugal: Feel it Still	The Vaccines: I Can’t Quit
Sigrid: Strangers	Post Malone: I Fall Apart
Taylor Swift: Gorgeous	Steel Banglez: Bad
Tom Walker: Leave a Light On	SZA & Calvin Harris: The Weekend

Radio One Play List for week commencing 22nd January 2018

Each BBC Radio station has a playlist of songs that it must play every day/week. These songs will be picked to help meet the service licence and mission to promote British talent and to attract the audience.  

Use the grid below to note down the programme contents:

Timing	Content
6:30	Chatty introduction - upbeat music in background.
6:32	interacts with audience by asking them a question - 'tell me all the tat you've got over Christmas'
6:33	give away FA CUP FINAL TICKETS - mentions the quiz for 7:15
6:34	MARK RONSAN AND MILEY CYRUS
6:38	DRAKE - HOTLINE BLING
6:41	Interaction with audiences - reads out responses and replies - chatty dialogue (social media) - requests the audience to swap their foods - starts another social media chain 'ive got loads of bounty and snickers over from Christmas if you are keen for a trade...'
6:42	'today's star listener' - fanfare and gift, giving away an elf on the shelf and some pasta for an 8 year old boy flying to Switzerland on his own - shout out. More replies and responses to audience
6:44	STRAIGHT TO MY HEAD' - YOU ME AT SIX
6:47	more responses coming through - James replies and answers questions - wide audience (massive interaction)
6:49	'PANIC ROOM' - AU/RA + CAMELPHAT
6:52 6:55 6:58 7:00	references yesterdays quiz, more tweets without me - halsey feel it still - the man updates on tweets - more interaction with audience and has final answers for them

How does the programme promotes British music?  

- upbeat, house music in background

- new up to date music every 3/5 minutes

- interacts with the songs

What percentage of tracks played during your slot were British?  

What genres of music were played during your slot?

pop music - current (6:30-7)

rap, pop, electronic (7:00-7:30)

alternative rock, pop, house, indie rock, electronic (7:30-8)

Celebrity interviews – who is being interviewed and what are they being interviewed about?  How many of the interviews are with British people?

there was no interviews in my section however James Gregg asked questions via social media and replied with updates.

News items – list the stories and identify which relate to Britain.  

Quizzes and games – what can you win?

prizes from his office, jam slam give away (super bowl tickets), quizzes (FA Final Cup Tickets). 'today's star listener'

Who you think the audience is from the content of your section?  What evidence do you have for this?

young, interactive audience, roughly 17-29 years old - social media platforms, replies and asks questions. Chatty dialogue between the audience and James Gregg. 

What platforms is the show is distributed on?  

Radios, BBC iPlayer, the BBC website

For any song played you must identify the genre, the name of the artist/band and song, and whether the artist/band are from the UK.

  

Timing	Content
7.00	Greg James intro.
7.01	News, Sport, Weather.
7.05	Songs: The 1975 (English pop band), Cold Water (Major Lazer - American), Sucker Punch (Sigrid - Norwegian)
7.15	Quiz; FA cup tickets.
7.21	Song; Who are you (Anderson .Paak) (American) - Hip-Hop/Rap
7.23	Song; Jonas Blue - Polaroid
7.27	Ariana Grande - thank u, next

Timing	Content
7:30	Sports News / Weather
7:32	Sting. GJ gives out audience details
7:35	That Sound – Sam Fender
7:38	Sunflower – Post Malone ft. Swae Lee
7:41	Radio 1 Jan Slam (Giveaway)
7:42	Chris Stark joins show, mini interview
7:45	Losing It – Fisher
7:47	Sound Of List – Mentions Adele, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Years & Years
7:48	Baby – Clean Bandit
7:52	Snippet of Captain Marvel Trailer
7:53	GJ talks about Camila Cabalio singing to her parrots. Discusses Sesame Street too.
7:54	Feels – Calvin Harris ft. Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, Big Sean
7:57	Joke about Brexit
7:57	Homesick - Catfish and the Bottlemen

How does the programme promote British music?  

The programme promotes British music because it talks about successful British artists such as Adele, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding etc. as well as plays a few British songs.

What percentage of tracks played during your slot were British?  

1/6 of the tracks were British

What genres of music were played during your slot?

pop music - current (6:30-7)

rap, pop, electronic (7:00-7:30)

alternative rock, pop, house, indie rock, electronic (7:30-8)

Celebrity interviews – who is being interviewed and what are they being interviewed about?  How many of the interviews are with British people?

Interview with another Radio 1 host, Chris Stark, and talked about the Jan Slam giveaway for the football tickets.

News items – list the stories and identify which relate to Britain.  

The Super bowl and football was talked about, with football obviously relating to the U.K but also dipped into US players.

Quizzes and games – what can you win?

prizes from his office, jam slam give away (super bowl tickets), quizzes (FA Final Cup Tickets)

Who you think the audience is from the content of your section?  What evidence do you have for this?

young, interactive audience, roughly 12-29 years old – as when Gregg James done the sting, people as young as 12 were listening as well as teachers and other workers, either on the way to school or work.

 What platforms is the show is distributed on?  

Radios, BBC iPlayer, the BBC website