Media - Teenage dramas, coursework research

Teenage Dramas

Skins

Creators of the programme: Jamie Brittain, Bryan Elsley and Mike Bailey

Audience: certificate rating, 18+ - boys and girls

Ratings: 833,000 viewers

Production Company: Company Pictures, E4, Stormdog Films

Run time: 60 minutes (including adverts) 

Number of episodes: 9 in a series

Aired on: E4

Inbetweeners

Written by: Damon Beesley and Iain Morris,

Audience: teenagers, 18 – 24, mainly male (but also attracts females)

Ratings: 2.247 million viewers

Production Company: Bwark Productions, Young Films

Run time: 25 minutes

Number of episodes: 12 in a series

Aired on: E4

Release date: 1^st May 2008

The O.C.

Creator: Josh Schwartz

Release Date: 7 March 2004

Audience: Teenagers

Originally aired on: Fox network

Ratings: 9.7 million viewers

Production Co: Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television, College Hill Pictures Inc.

Run time: 44 minutes