Representation clip

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pvbp3/growing-up-poor-original-series-1-girls

The BBC also has to represent Britain and reflect how Britain actual is to the audience watching their programmes. The BBCs mission as quoted from the BBC webpage is “To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain”. This means the BBCs mission is to tell facts but also entertain audiences which means they must represent Britain truthfully and honestly due to the BBC potentially having an international audience also so that it does not offend viewers who are watching. An example that I analysed from the BBC is a programme called ‘Growing up poor’ which follows the lives of teenagers who are trying to survive on £10 a week and struggling with their daily lives. The BBC represents Britain honestly and seriously as it shows a balanced debate and impartiality to the situations the people have to deal with, the programme shows how people have to deal with poverty and how they ended up this way which doesn’t show the BBC being subjective but objective due to them only showing the facts and never being opinionated. Overall from analysing this programme I believe the BBC are honest in their representation of Britain and tell the facts of what is happening.