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Sex, Lies and Soaps

SEX, LIES AND SOAPS

PROGRAMME 2: BAD BEHAVIOUR

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Clips

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Clip 1: Why do people behave so badly in the soap world? 02.43 – 04.39

  • Opens: 'There is a lot of pressure on TV…'
  • Closes: '…but then again, it kind of is.'

Clip 2: Do they get it right? 07.14 – 09.34

  • Opens: 'Brighton pretty much is Hollyoaks by the sea…'
  • Closes: '…there are consequences to everything, binge drinking included.'

Clip 3: What don't they show? 10.45 – 13.10

  • Opens: 'I find it slightly unrealistic that…'
  • Closes: '…it's a bad thing.'

Clip 4: Do soaps glamorise violence? 13.23 – 17.45

  • Opens: 'Us two are brothers.'
  • Closes: '…you can't switch it and say everybody's doing it.'

Clip 5: Should the baddie always get punished? 19.50 – 22.25

  • Opens: 'But how far should soaps go…'
  • Closes: '…so unlikely in a situation like that.'

Links

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www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/
editorialguidelines/edguide/
The BBC's editorial guidelines for producers. Includes a section at the end showing Ofcom's guidelines for commercial broadcasters.

www.channel4.com/bratcamp
The website of Channel 4's reality series Brat Camp in which badly behaved teens are shipped off to the wilderness for a shake-up. Contains an interesting selection of relationship and health tips for both parents and teens.

www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/
L/lifestuff/content/tv/progs/quit.html
Channel 4's interactive Life Stuff website focusing on quitting smoking.

www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/
L/lifestuff/content/teachers/up_close/spaced/aims.html

Channel 4's interactive site exploring recreational drug use.

www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/
microsites/H/hollyoaks/index.html

www.hollyoaks.com
Hollyoaks websites.

www.itv.com/emmerdale
www.emmerdale.net
Emmerdale websites.

www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders
Eastenders website.

www.itv.com/coronationstreet
Coronation Street website.


Channel 4's Citizenship and PSHE website
The 'Mind Matters' part of this Channel 4 website offers advice and tips on body image and self-esteem
Notes to support Channel 4 Learning programmes
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