The Bill -
Creator: Geoff mcQueen
Producer: Lloyd Shirley (1984-87), Johnathon Young (2005-10)
Original run: 16th Oct 1984 - 31st Aug 2010 (focussing on cotemporary)
Dixon of Dock Green -
Creator: Ted Willis
Starring: Jack Warner
Original run: 9th July 1955 - 1st May 1976
Note: not seen as realistic as later shows such as Z-cars and The Bill
Hillsborough Sun article -
19th April 1989 - four days after disaster
Orgreave Miners strikes & Hillsborough -
22nd Oct 2012 - calling for fresh enquiries into South Yorkshire police cover ups
Theorists -
Cohen - "the media reacts to an aspect of behaviour"
Althusser - "the power of the mass media resides in their ability to place a subject"
Perkins - "stereotypes are not always negative"
Gauntlett - "identity is complicated"