Situation Comedy - Car Share

The show is written by Peter Kay, Sian Golbson, Paul Coleman and Tim Reid, and has won numerous awards, including Best Comedy Show at the 2016 National Television Awards.

Codes and conventions of sit com:

• Family- General characters of sitcoms in order to allow a wider age variety .

• Audience - Relates to audience.

• Realism - Realistic storylines but it exaggerated through humor, adds empathy.

• Timings - Length of programme and how often- on at 9:30 due to transgressive humor.

• Sets - Often have one place that is seen as the main set and used most frequently.

• Stereotypes - Recognisable characteristics, reletable to audience, makes them feel in the moment.

• Simple narrative - Balanced narrative, then loss of stability, then a resolution.

• Cast - Regular characters and uncommon characters to make audience relate- adds humor.

• Canned laughter - Prompts the audience to laugh.

Car Share is aired on BBC1 at 9:30pm on a Friday. The first episode had 6.85million viewers, along with another 2.5million that watched on BBC iPlayer.