Tuesday 13 September 2016

TV Research Task

1. American Horror Story














This is a horror TV series which is created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. The different seasons contain different story lines and the plots generally don't overlap except sometimes showing a character from a past season. Season One is about a murder house which a family move into and lots of different people have been murdered there in the past whereas Season Five is about a freak show which is very similar to a circus and shows people who are slightly abnormal.

2. Vampire Diaries













This is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and is based on a book series which is also called the Vampire Diaries and is written by L. J. Smith. The show is very popular and has won four of the People's Choice Award and numerous Teen Choice Awards. The series follows the lives of two brothers, Damon and Stefan Salvatore, who have been living their lives as vampires for centuries and they try and blend into the normal world every day.

3. Sherlock












This is a British-American crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The series is set in the present day and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. It was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.

4. Stranger Things










This is a American Supernatural Horror-Sci-Fi TV Series and the plot follows the disappearance of a young boy, and a telekinetic girl who helps his friends in their search, while the boy's mother, older brother and the town police start their own investigations. The show is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, India in the 1980s.

5. Game of Thrones











This is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It's an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire which is George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels. It's filmed at Titanic Studios in Belfast and on location somewhere in the United Kingdom, as well as in Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and the United States. It has several plot lines including preparation for the creatures advancing and the winter, a conflict for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms and people attempting to claim the throne.

6. Orange Is the New Black















This is an American comedy-drama web television series and The series focuses on Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman living in New York City and is sentenced to 15 months in Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum-security women's federal prison and later goes into MCC, a private prison company in New York.

7. The Killing











This is an American crime drama television series that premiered on April 3, 2011 and is based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen (The Crime). It's set in SeattleWashington and the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

8. The Inbetweeners

















The Inbetweeners focuses on Will who has just moved into the area three friends at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The episodes include situations of school bullying, broken family life, indifferent school staff, male bonding, and failed sexual encounters. It is a British sitcom and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris.

9. Our Girl











This is about a girl in the Army who defeats stereotypes by presenting herself as a strong role model and can do anything a man can do. The seasons and episodes involve different situations such as in Season 2 Georgie is captured by terrorists and she has to escape.

10. Doctor Who











This is a fantasy TV Series as it`s about a man who calls himself "The Doctor" who has the ability to travel through space and time. The seasons feature different plots and will change the actor for The Doctor through regeneration due to the length of the show. 

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