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Why was the pre-watershed scheduling of 8pm significant in terms of the representations they could offer? (3 marks) It was significant as it meant that they could use themes such as homosexuality, racism, and sexism. These reasons mean that parents may not want their children watching an episode with these themes. For example, parents might not want their kids to be seeing a same sex relationship, such as the one with Jake Vickers and the enemy lawyer. As wrong as it is doing this, they might do this to deter their kids from being gay. How were the following areas represented in the episode: Ethnicity  Gender Sexuality  (10 marks)           Cuffs was written and distributed in 2015 and therefore provides a snapshot of the cultural, politcal and social issues of the UK population at this point in history.  In this episode, ethnicity is presented in a positive way through the main character, PC Ryan Draper. With him being an...

Main Character Setting Overall Tone Appeal Jake Vickers- The gay rookie. PC Ryan Draper- Widower husband, Jake's partner and tutor. Jo Moffat- An investigator. Lonely with a dog. Having an affair with the Police Commissioner. Robert Vickers- Police Commissioner, wife dying from cancer. Felix Kane- Police investigator with a troubling personal life. Narrative Opens with Ryan battling a group of people antagonising nudists at a beach. Parallel editing, Jake becoming a police officer by his dad. Jake and Ryan get paired up, Ryan is the tutor. Jake is immediately open, says he's gay. First call, help a mentally ill suicidal drug addict. Jake does bad, shouts at the man. Ryan does good. Leave the addict at hospital alone, first mistake made by Ryan Racist is let out of prison and attacks an indian man. Father abducts his child due to family dispute. Ryan lectures Jake for saying "chill." Ryan shouts at a kid, we learn he's a father. Crazy shoplift...

L/O - research the 2010s (UK) in terms of social, cultural and political climate of the decade; research TV usage in 2015 Cuffs was released in October 2015  What were the key events, in the UK and globally that happened in 2015 that might influence a TV series set in present day UK Politics After the 2015 election, parliament was primarily conservative with 331/650 seats, labour suffered their worst loss ever at this time since 1987 David Cameron was prime minister Calais migrant crisis  Cameron re-elected in 2015 Obama was president  Sports Golf Masters Premier League FA Cup Wimbledon Tennis Tour de France Rugby Union 6 Nations starts Athletics World Cup Events Terrorist Attacks in Paris Fuel prices drop Caitlin Jenner comes out as trans  Brexit Ireland legalised gay marriage Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July 2013 and came into force ...