Cuffs Cast Names:

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 1. PC Donna, 2. PC Lino, 3.Jake, 4.Jo, 5.Ryan, 6.the boss (Felix), 7.cheif super-intendant, 8. DI Felix Kane            .

9.PC Misha

10. Mohammad Bangash

11.Benson

12.Nathan 

13. Sian Quirk

14. Cinammon

- Q3. How far does Cuffs adapt police drama conventions to fit its family audience at 8 p.m. on BBC1?

 Q3. 

Cuffs adapts itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm on BBC1. Cuffs is shown before 9pm meaning it has to keep to certain requirements to sustain it’s family friendly viewers. In Cuffs, no blood, guts and heavy violence is shown throughout the series. For example, when the racist enters the shop to find a Indian man he decides to stab him but keeping the programme suitable for all viewers we do not get to see the stabbing actually happen, all we see is the owners of the shops son reaction to stabbing then the blood and the aftermath later on the floor. Another example of how Cuffs adapts police drama genre conventions is how the show does not include any bad language. Throughout Cuffs no sense of swearing or sexism is used making it fit its family audience at 8pm. Keeping the entertainment and the social interaction up throughout the series giving it good adaptations to continue receiving its mass audiences. The programme is entertaining, humorous and fun to watch pleasuring the audience with a crime/ police drama.  

The regulators of BBC, BBC1, S4C, Channel 4 and other broadcasters if Ofcom who control what is allowed to be produced, at what time and on what channel. BBC1 keep to their regulations by involving no threatening scenes or harsh violence. Allowing Ofcom to let them continue Public service broadcasting to ‘educate, inform and entertain’ -Lord Reith. Cuffs to be broadcasted at 8pm, I believe is the right time they should streaming due to it being later in the evening you (will get less youngers viewers watching) meaning less chance of what is shown to be affecting the audience. 8pm is close to the time where violent and threatening scenes are allowed to be shown so Cuffs fits very suitably into its regulations and requirements that Ofcom set. Concluding that, Cuffs does adapt itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm. The genres of these episode include casting choices of both genders including a gay police officer working on side with a straight officer and other women.

Therefore, I conclude that Cuffs does adapt it self well to fit its family audience at 8pm. It’s scheduled to play at 8pm for the audience to be able to watch the programme enjoying it whilst it involves the violence but not showing the scenes. It adapts its police drama conventions well including real life examples of violence that occur today whereas fitting it’s audience at 8pm it doesn’t physically show the violence keeping it suitable for the BBC viewers.