Avengers: explain how social contexts influence television programmes.
The social contexts influence television quite significantly today. In the avengers it is obvious to the viewers that this is not set in present day it is set in the 60s with indications of the war which was not that long ago. We notice this by the way the characters speak such as when John Steed enters the pub Piggy Warren starts the conversation with 'Ah!, hello ol' boy' and 'oh the little poppsy' this indicates that we are still in a time with old fashioned language.
Another thing that was noticeable was references of the war as in the pub there are a number of WW2 planes hanging and the fact that Piggy Warren had a gun represents that they have not got rid of there items of defence from the war. It is also to be noted that it is illegal to carry a gun in the United Kingdom so they are also effectively breaking the law.
It is also noticeable to the viewer that they are quite the wealthy kind, as on the train they had a considerable amount of leg room, comfy seats etc. During their train journey John Steed offers Emma Peel afternoon tea "sugar or lemon". Also comedy added in there with fitting large items into small hand luggage.
Harrison Allman-Varty.
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ReplyDelete1. You draw attention correctly to the national social anxieties caused by the recent war 'the enemy within' and the sinister conspiracies.
2. You should notice that Emma Peel is represented as an intelligent career woman on equal terms with Steed.
3. You could have explained other issues: ethnic inequalities; assumption of heterosexuality; 60's generation gap between Peel and Steed; contested social values between 'swinging London and duty to Queen and country