Q3 How far does Cuffs adapt police drama conventions to fit its family audience at 8 p.m. on BBC1?

 Cuffs adapts itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm on BBC1.  We know this because Cuffs is shown before 9pm this means it has to keep to certain requirements to sustain it’s family friendly viewers. In Cuffs, no blood, guts and heavy violence is shown throughout the series. For example, when the racist enters the shop to find a Indian man he decides to stab him but keeping the programme suitable for all viewers we do not get to see the stabbing actually happen, all we see is the owners of the shops son reaction to stabbing then the blood and the aftermath later on the floor. Another example of how Cuffs adapts police drama genre conventions is how the show does not include any bad language. Throughout Cuffs no sense of swearing which makes it fit its family audience at 8pm and this makes it that anyone can watch it in their family.

The regulators and controllers of BBC, BBC1, S4C, Channel 4 and other broadcasters if Ofcom who control what is allowed to be produced, at what time and on what channel. This means BBC1 keep to their regulations by involving no threatening scenes or harsh violence.  Cuffs to be broadcasted at 8pm, I believe is the right time they should streaming due to it being later in the evening you (will get less youngers viewers watching) meaning less chance of what is shown to be affecting the audience and the younger generation.

To conclude, Cuffs adapts itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm on BBC1 because it is shown before 9pm and has no blood. For example, when the racist enters the shop to find a Indian man he decides to stab him but keeping the programme suitable for all viewers we do not get to see the stabbing actually happen, all we see is the owners of the shops son reaction to stabbing then the blood and the aftermath later on the floor. Also, The regulators and controllers of BBC, BBC1, S4C, Channel 4 and other broadcasters if Ofcom who control what is allowed to be produced, at what time and on what channel. This means BBC1 keep to their regulations by involving no threatening scenes or harsh violence.