French lessons

Authors :: Doyle, Sarah
Source :: Broadcast. Feb 4, 1994 Issue 5, p7S, 2 p.
Publication Year :: 1994
Abstract: TFI a commercial TV station in France launched Helene et les Carcons a soap opera aimed at teenagers. The series, produced by AB Productions, is one of a number of home-grown soap operas and attracts between 4 million and 7 million viewers aged between seven and 14 years of age. A survey of 1,500 viewers aged between 11 years and 19 years carried out by the LLoyds Bank Film Challenge and Channel 4 revealed that this age group want to watch programmes about teenagers, but to provide programmes for this group in the UK could prove to be costly and risky.