AO3/BACKGROUND

GENRE

Spoken news sketch, imitated HHTV - meant to look like a live action

REGISTER

Low, childlike lexis - scientific jargon replaced with simplistic epithet

AUDIENCE

Caters to children aged 5-12, informative yet comprehensible

MODE

Multi-modal, spoken words and visual aids via paralinguistics

PURPOSE

Aims to educate children about the stone age - give them a basic knowledge of histography, enjoyment makes them more susceptible to the message

CBBC 

Children’s programme - irreverent on dark aspects of Western history dated stone age - WWII
Based upon the books written by Terry Dreary
Won numerous domestic and international awardsHas been titled greatest British children’s television series of all time
Child-directed lexis - language that helps children learn, such as melodic repetition, simplified vocabulary and repetitive questioning: children have shorter attention spans
Parody modern media to create satirical humour
Covers the different ages that occurred, whilst imitating a HHTV news sketch
Narrative through a third-person perspective
Covers the different ages that occurred in Britain and the animals, land formations, people etc - made of the ages and how these factors change throughout the ages
38 international awards, 9 BAFTAS, 1 British comedy award