THE AVENGERS                                                                                 CUFFS

Surreal	Naturalistic
Comic	Serious
1960s	2015
Upper class	All social groups
New feminist representations	Men and Women equal status
Light-hearted escapism	Serious topical themes
Two main protagonists	Team of police officers
Mysterious secret agent	East Sussex police force
Elegant clothes	Everyday outfits
RP accents	Variety of accents
Sunny	Often drab weather
8 years of episodes	1 season
Swapping actors	Only one set cast
Sci-fi	Modern realisation
Light-hearted entertainment	Serious realism
Slow-paced, builds up to dramatic scenes	Fast-paced and non-stop action
Luxurious, everything is expensive e.g cars	Often-drab, dirty e.g graffiti

The Avengers

• The TV show aired its first episode on the 7th January 1961 after the first episode the TV show manged to last 8 years and 8 seasons
• The cast was filled with many popular actors at the time including Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson.
• This TV show is one of the first in stands for feminism, with women doing the role of what men were usually expected to play.
• This TV show is rather old now, and aspects like the technology and animations can certainly seem quite dated compared to today's mainstream.

Cuffs

Cuffs is a drama TV series showing the lives of front-line officers within Brighton and the surrounding area of Sussex serving within the fictional South Sussex Police service. This series was aired on BBC one and was first aired in October, 2015. There was violence in the show but it was handled relatively sensitively, no direct shots of, inappropriate aspects such as self-harming or nudity.

Here are some reviews for it:

‘The Characterisation felt a bit soapy’
‘felt like any other police show we’d seen’
‘some nice moments of subtle humour’
‘this series felt alive to the perils of modern policing.’
‘It also looked pretty good – lots of sweeping shots of Brighton, a bright summery vibe to it which was cleverly offset with all the day-to-day awfulness the police had to clean up.’

Television Scheduling

Monday- Council House Cracksdown

Tuesday- Council House Crackdown

Wednesday 9:15- Council House Crackdown

Thursday 9:15- Council House Crackdown