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Channel 4 Remit - Coggle Diagram
Channel 4 Remit
Champion alternative points of view
Women as strong, independent, intelligent breadwinners.
Celebration of cultural diversity - diverse ensemble cast.
Young people as proactive people who advocate change - Mattie is one of the heroes of the show.
Challenges the view that the racial other is a threat - BAME people amongst the heroes.
The women are the narrative leaders and we follow their journeys.
Stimulate debate on contemporary issues
Pre-Brexit vote - protests about robots (metaphor for the racial other) 'taking over' white British people's jobs.
European refugee and immigration crisis.
Is technology (automated voice calls, supermarket scanners etc.) taking over, or are people in power using technology to control us and limit our potential?
Amazon Alexa - is artificial intelligence helpful to us or is it destructive?
Be innovative and distinctive
Challenging science-fiction conventions - no CGI, theatrical make-up and costume, no futuristic themes.
Not an original concept - adaptation of the Swedish programme Real Humans.
Woman of colour as the lead character - not a white male hero.
Reflect cultural diversity
Diverse ensemble cast - East Asian, Eastern European, black-British representations.
Centred around a white British family and most of the extras are white - not completely diverse.
Villains are white - challenges the view that the 'other' is a threat to us - it is the people in power (who are usually white) who are villains.
Nurture new and existing talent
Established actors - Katherine Parkinson, Colin Morgan, William Hurt.
Upcoming talent - Gemma Chan (unestablished actor as the main character).
Nurturing young talent - Pixie Davies, Lucy Carless, Theo Stevenson.
Inspire change in people's lives
Encourages us to reflect on the fact that middle class British people exploit those who have less rights than them - e.g. sweatshops.
Encourages us to be open minded and tolerant towards concepts that we do not understand - be curious and do not base fears and prejudices on messages conveyed by the people in power (because they are the villains).