Programmes for schedule:

Programmes created for the purpose of the schedule:
I am now going to explain the ideas behind the programmes created for the schedule.

1. Quiz It- This programme, as you can tell from the name is a form of game show. The basic idea behind this programme is that there will be a general knowledge quiz between a number of contestants, resulting ultimately in a prize for the winning contestant. This idea is clearly based on existing game shows including The Chase and Pointless. The show will last approximately for an hour, as most game shows do. The initial idea is that there would be several rounds to the game, to whittle down the number of contestants. As the channel is aimed at women between the ages of 18 and 24, I thought that the questions would purely be general knowledge as I feel if the questions were specifically about a topic, the programme would not engage an audience as vast. However, for the final prize on the game show, something that would interest women would be a city break or holiday. I think this would be a suitable prize for a game show on a channel with the target audience of 21TV as every woman would enjoy a break or holiday.
2. The Date- A twist on the already existing dating programmes that currently air such as Take Me Out and Dating In The Dark and programmes that are no longer produced such as Blind Date. Each of these have a different twist on British dating shows and I thought that an original, new dating show would fit perfectly on 21TV. I chose the simplistic title of The Date as I felt it would get the point of the programme across. As you can see from the schedule the show is on air alternating days at 6:30PM with a double bill, each episode lasting half an hour. I thought that for this programme, the contestants could apply online, as well as some others and for this, I would have to include something on the website that accommodates this. Perhaps another section on the Contact Us page would be appropriate for this. As the contestants would already be picked for the show, The Date would bring them together, on the Isle of Man and compatibly match the couples. (This idea was taken from the BBC 3 series, The Year Of Making Love) The show would then put the allocated couples in a house, on the Island as the programme would show their journey as they come closer together or are torn apart and are not at all interested in each other. The series will last for six weeks, resulting in the contestants moving back home, deciding whether or not they would like a relationship. 
3. Latest News- I chose to have a news segment as channels that I researched seemed to have their individual news bulletins. BBC 3 and MTV both have small news segments throughout their day. As you can see from the schedule, I chose to have it on once a day for 30 minutes. The news that will be included are stories that are relevant to the target audience on 21TV and the things they enjoy, such as the programmes that are on 21TV. Therefore one example could be a breaking story about a celebrity that is starring in a 21TV show. I initially named the news broadcast 'Showbiz News' but after some deliberation, I decided that 'Latest News' was more practical and formal, I also thought that not all of the news that will be reported, will be about celebrities; if there is an important national story from the UK or the Isle of Man no matter what the story is, I feel it should be reported in some detail. 
4. Hottest Music Right Now- As the schedule shows, this programme is scheduled to air on a Friday and Saturday night. The programme will essentially be a collection of the 'hottest' music videos right now. I chose this particular time slot so that the music videos would be on when the audience are planning to go out for the evening. As interaction with the audience if crucial to the success of the channel, I think that it is imperitive that the audience are able to contact 21TV with a music video they would like to see on during the programme, I think it is important that this is make accessible on the website.
5. Students- The initial idea behind this concept was a comedy series. As you can see by the schedule, this programme is set to air every night (bar Sunday) for a double bill. Although this may seem like a lot of the same programme, when researching I found that BBC 3 do this with their airing of Family Guy, which airs every night from 10:30pm and shows a double bill. The idea of this comedy show, is that there would be a group of students, at University or college, and the (fictional) series would show their lives at university and the problems they create and how they cope with living together. This concept could be likened to The Inbetweeners, however I think that the idea of this show is different enough from The Inbetweeners to be successful.
6. Make Me Up- I have mentioned the ideas of this programme in previous posts as is it one that Eleanor has created. They can be found in this post on Eleanor's blog. 
7. Away From Home and Alone- I created this with the initial thought of it being either a one-off documentary or a short series, following different people that are within the age range of 21TV, living away from home and being alone. I really like the idea of this documentary and one of the reasons that I was able to think of it, is because it would be something that I would be interested in watching, if it were made for television. Therefore, the idea would follow multiple people, as they live away from home whilst studying, if they are travelling or perhaps if they decide to move across the country or to a completely different one. I think that a lot of the target audience will be able to relate to this as the majority of students are within the target audience range of 18-24. However, if a member of the audience is not a student and simply moved away from home for a job or a partner, then I feel that they could really relate to this programme too. 
8. Have You Got The Gift- This is the idea that I am least confident about. When constructing the schedule, I was aiming to have a verity of genres on the channel and one I felt that I was missing, was some form of talent show. However, as there are already countless talent shows on the air, including X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent. I decided that creating a talent show completely different to any that already air. However, after completing the schedule and coming back to write about the programmes that I have created, I have now decided that I do not this there is a space on the market for another talent show. I do not think it would be received well by the audience, especially as I have chosen to air it at the exact same time as the long running talent shows. (This is a fault of mine as I did not think carefully enough when constructing the schedule.) Due to changing my mind, I will edit the schedule when I have access to a computer that has the software needed. 
9. Have You Got The Xtra-Gift- The paragraph above explains these two programmes as I created a follow up programme to appear after the one above. 
10. Sunday Movie- As I have explained in previous posts, this is when I will air a movie but to keep the suspense, the movie title will not be shown until the movie comes on. Therefore, I named the programme, Sunday Movie. I thought that this was a little twist on airing a movie and I think it will keep the audience intrigued. 

• Crazy is the only show I do not currently have an initial idea for.