Types of TV drama

1 Soap opera/Social realist
 - There's always an
 -Always improbable things going on
 -Deals with social issues
 -Characters represent real life people
 -Always set in community
e.i: Eastenders


2 Crime police
 -criminals and cops
 -Always a bad cop
 -A psycho murderer
 -Victims/ court scene
e.i: CSI, Law Order


3 Medical
 -Always a storyline building up out of the hospital
 -Learn about the doctors private life
 -The discovery of the illnesss
e.i: House, Grey's anatomy


4 Costume
 -Historical setting
 -War time setting
 -Social class differences 
 -A hero
e.i:Rome, Spartacus, Casa nova


5 Docu-drama
-set on reality
 -following specific people's daily life
e.i:The Only way is Essex, Jersey shore