Another drama produced by the BBC, is 'Silver Street. Silver Street is a radio soap opera, the first such to be aimed at the British South Asian community, and is broadcast on the BBC Asian Network. It was introduced in 2004. The target audience for this drama would be much younger, of early 20s, also which are addressed through the characters in the drama.
Social groups explored in this drama are teenagers and their lifestyles, how they go through relationships and when they end badly how it impacts them. Also another social group is family and the respect it holds for the parents. Furthermore how they care and protect one another, and sacrifice aspects within their life to help members. Also it is representing multi-cultural society, which was an aim for BBC to become more diverse.
Codes and Conventions followed by Silver Street:
- 8-10 charcaters which is unconventional for a radio drama
-3/4 scenes
-Dialogue; speech is crucial as it gives a good idea of the atmosphere being created
-has sound effects; both diagetic and non-diagetic
-every bit of speech must help the plot move in some direction, increasingly involving the listener as it does.
-silence for 3seconds to show scene change
-pauses also used to give the listener time to coprehend with what they've said and also makes it more dramatic
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