ITV 4 Listings

Hello Guys, welcome back to my blog and to part four of my ITV listings.






Today we will be looking at ITV4 whom have said that their channel that:

ITV4 is a haven of sport and action, providing entertainment that is a glorious escape from everyday life.





Going from strength to strength, the channel is made for men, with a core audience of 25-44 year old males.


At its heart, ITV4 has some incredible sporting action including the French Open, Le Tour de France, Live Darts, Live Snooker and Live Boxing alongside four live games from the world’s most anticipated tournament, the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The channel is also the home of British Horse Racing with almost 100 days of exciting live racing scheduled in 2018 across both ITV and ITV4.


The channel also has an extensive range of US cult classic shows including Storage Wars, Pawn Stars and Ax Men

When checking out the tv listings it was clear that the channel was most invested in factual programmes, whether it be live sports or one of those reality shows where there's always a risk or a challenge made but the circumstances are made to appear much more serious than they actually are.

In regards to fictional, the only type they seem to do and the most popular genre is crime dramas. The shows however are unlike other crime dramas on other itv channels such as Mrs Marple as these ones include a bigger male cast and also have comedic elements, which implies it was created to specifically a larger male audience.

Channel	Programme Title	Time	General Synopsis	Genre	Target
ITV4	The Chase	6:20am – 7:05am	Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. Four contestants must pit their wits against the Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them winning the cash prize	Factual – Quiz Show	Both Genders 25+ A,B,C1,C2
	The Professionals	8:55am – 10:00am	Inside the secure corridors of Criminal Intelligence 5, a high-level British anti-crime unit, George Cowley hands out tough assignments to his two top agents: thuggish William Andrew Philip Bodie, who favors a `hit first, ask questions later' style, and the more cerebral Raymond Doyle, a former Docklands police constable.	Fiction – Crime drama	Male 35+ A,B,C1,C2,E ( E - referring to students)
	Tour de France	11:15am – 5:00pm	The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours, it consists of 21 stages over a little more than 3 weeks.	Factual – Sports	Both Genders 15 - 40 A,B,C1
	Pawn Stars	7:00pm – 7:30pm	This series opens the doors to the only family-run pawnshop in Las Vegas, where three generations of the Harrison family use their sharp-eyed skills to assess what's real and what's fake. Objects the colourful customers bring in range from the obscure to the truly historic, and it's up to the guys at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop - with help at times from their network of experts - to reveal the sometimes surprising answer to `What's this worth?	Fiction – Reality TV	Male 25+ B,C1,C2,D,E
	Lethal Weapon	9:00pm – 10:00pm	Lethal Weapon follows Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh as they combat crime in Los Angeles. Following the death of his wife and their unborn child, ex-Navy SEAL Riggs moves to California in search of a new start at the LAPD, where he is paired up with Murtaugh, who recently suffered a near-fatal heart attack. The newcomer's tendency to not look before he leaps clashes with Murtaugh's more considered technique, but when they look past the surface friction, they see the partnership might give them what they need.	Fiction – Crime Drama, Comedy	Male 25+ B,C1,C2,D,E

Looking at these TV listing, I will keep my conclusion short. I won't be creating any shows for ITV 4 because the programmes shown aren't necessarily things I have watched before and aren't necessarily something I find interesting therefore I it wouldn't make sense to me for me to create a show for the channel.

That's all for now folks, catch you guys later :)






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