Analysing The Competition

What is the show's title?

What is the show's channel, broadcast day and time slot?

what are the show's viewing figures for one episode of the show?

what similarities does the show's format and content have with your own?

how would your show beat it in terms of viewing figures?

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Worlds Sneakiest Animals
Channel - BBC2
Broadcast - Friday, Time - 18:32 (6:32pm)
Viewing Amount 1.28 Million

The similarity with these is that it focused all about animals and this is what mine will be about so in a way they are very comparable even tho they might be about different subjects they are still keeping it to do with animals, in worlds sneakiest animals it is exactly what it says in its title it shows you what are the sneakiest animals in the world and mine will be about how animals are mistreated and therefore leaving my show more serious and this could attract a larger audience because it is a serious matter rather than a learning about what animals are sneakiest, i feel like i would gain a larger audience because the real animals lovers would choose my show over the educational show as they would want to find out how to help out and how animals are mistreated and to stop it.

Gorilla Family And Me
Channel - BBC2
Broadcast - Sunday, Time - 21:00 ( 9:00pm)
Viewing Amount 1.57 Million

In Gorilla Family and Me Gordon Buchanan goes and travels to see a family of gorillas, in this it is participatory which is what i wanted mine to be so we have similar ideas and again it is all about animals, an animal which isn't suited to be a pet as it is too big such as mine which would be horses and other animals if i wish to widen my idea, so this show is very relatable to mine due to the structure of it. I feel like i would gain more views due to our shows being very similar but mine is more about abuse and how animals are mistreated, this could gain me and advantage over this show because i will be talking about animals that most people wouldn't consider as pets the same as this show but in a more serious matter as people who own animals or love animals would watch something more serious in order to think about how to keep their pets safe.

The Dog Rescuers
Channel - Channel 5
Broadcast - Tuesday, Time - 20:00 (8:00pm)
Viewing Amount 1.09 Million

In the dog rescuers RSPCA officers set out to find out and help dogs that are abused and neglected, this is very similar to what my documentary will be about because mine is about animals that suffer from abuse and neglect, the dog rescuers only focus on helping dogs whereas in my documentary the animal range will be expanded to every animal and by doing this it might allow a much more larger audience to tune in due to multiple animals being involved in my documentary rather than one, this is due to peoples preferences of animals, by just trying to only help dogs this may only suit to an audience who only like dogs and wouldn't gain an audience from people who just like cats, by have a wide range of animals it helps me gain a larger audience.

From my research i have found that the timings are shown rather late, the sort of time where younger children would go to bed, therefore i would play my timing of my show around 8:00pm as this seems to the most average time between all 3 of my researches, i think this is a good idea because animal cruelty can be very depressing for a younger audience to view injured and neglected animals when they don't know what is going on, so by showing the show at a late time it allows the younger audience to go to bed when the more mature audience can sit down and understand my documentary without getting too emotional without understanding what is going on.