The Comedy Of Channel 4

I have recently realized with the help of one of Television Development classes that I absolutely love these comedy drama's that channel four are pumping out. Shows such as The Inbetweeners, Shameless, The It Crowd and the now extinct Teachers seem to be really enjoyable and i think it's all down to this style of youth. Not to make myself seem shallow or anything but the shows main appeal seems to come from their relation to the youth of Britain and the popular cultures that seem to be followed by almost every young adult, myself included. For me a lot of revolves around the music. The chart topping songs seem to appear and with every new episode update themselves to the most recent chart while in production so as to keep in style with the fast paced times.

Speaking of these fast paced times, it would seem every new album i buy seems to be out of date by the end of the month. I recently bought an album by Friendly Fires, and already it has left the charts completely and even I'm getting a little bored of it. So what do i do? I move on to the next big thing.

It's amazing that channel four have been able to keep up, but i'd say they've done pretty well.

The other thing that i notice about these shows is that they seem to be able to easily relate to relevant workings of the mind of the youth today. It's all about sex, violence, drugs, family, friends, nights on the town; stuff that you would find in your own life. Just watching the shows comedy even reminds me of me and my mates all having a laugh.

From a personal perspective it would seem that channel four have hit the nail on the head and hopefully will continue to do so with their cutting edge comedy and drama.