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LOL Class

I've been watching Dr Who avidly since 1977 and strangely have absolutely no interest in seeing this.
 
Anyone else getting the distinct impression that Katherine Kelly's going to be the baddie in this?
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Bob is asking for a definition of "Younger" answering your question before you even asked it.

If you think about it Doctor Who is aimed at 8 year olds and BBC Three is aimed at 16-30 year olds, so Class is intended for an older audience than Doctor Who is.

The cast of misfits and inbetweeners were young too, and they were disgusting.

Not this young, and Rani from the Sarah Jane Chronicles was in the INbetweeners as a "hot chick" a couple years before she was the sweet and innocent girl next door on the SJA.

I really need to see a trailer, before I dig too deep a hole.
 
The BBC announced that the first two episodes will go out on October 22nd.

BBC America followed with a Tweet saying that they'll broadcast it in 2017.
 
BBC Three's stated target audience is 16-34. To compliment Cbeebies target audience of 0-6 and CBBC's target audience of 6-12.
 
Young Adult means you have to talk very slowly about puberty, and when a couple of starcrossed lovers thrash against each other, taking out their rigorous sexual inclinations, it's a firm handshake.

The trailer I saw looked comparable to Doctor Who, and not Sarah Jane Adventures.

I was wrong.

Sorry.
 
Posted on the BBC's DW webpage: "Class is a YA series that will premiere on BBC Three this Autumn and will feature more mature themes than Doctor Who - please note it is not suitable viewing for younger audiences."
So it's Torchwood? Doctor Who already has mature themes, Clara losing Danny for example and her grief, the starship UK abusing a sentient being, the question wether to change history to save people or not comes up regularly (Fires of Pompeii and Waters of Mars). Or is it okay to kill innocent kid Davros to prevent billions of deaths or is that wrong and those are just a few recent examples.

When they say more mature I think what they mean is more sex and blood and that often ends up being juvenile.
Looking back at The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, the former was made for a much younger audience but ended up being the more mature show. Torchwood was like a 13 year olds idea of a mature show i.e. dumb.
 
Class will premiere (the first two episodes) in Australia on Monday 24th on ABC2, although the first two episodes will be on iView just after the UK premiere.
 
In Canada, Space will be premiering Class October 22, same day as in the UK.

I do find it surprising that BBC America is waiting until 2017 to air this, what with Canada and Australia broadcasting the same week as the UK. BBC America seems to be dropping the ball, as I imagine by 2017 most Americans interested in the show will have already sought out alternate means.

Doesn't bother me, I get to watch it on Space. Still, this is an odd move to make.
 
I do find it surprising that BBC America is waiting until 2017 to air this, what with Canada and Australia broadcasting the same week as the UK. BBC America seems to be dropping the ball, as I imagine by 2017 most Americans interested in the show will have already sought out alternate means.

If I had to guess, they had already made their scheduling plans, and they don't have the free timeslots in October/November for Class. Plus, a month's notice isn't helpful for their marketing of the series; it takes time to book space in, say, Entertainment Weekly, get signs on buses, etc.

I realize that the BBC likes to play its games with scheduling, but that's not always helpful to its commercial partners. A broadcast in 2017 isn't ideal, but it's probably the best they can make of a bad situation.
 
Which is a bit stupid really. BBC America is a production partner. They would have known more than Joe Public do and British broadcasters manage all that on short notice but I guess in the end it's just done differently over there.
 
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