AOB1.3; Live T.V show The One Show analysis

The One Show is a half hour daily live show which is broadcasted on BBC One every weekday at 7pm. It is presented by two presenters who are Matt Baker on a Monday to Thursday and Chris Evans on a Friday and Alex Jones daily. The show is also known to have guest presenters when one of the other presenters is away. Matt Baker is a former Blue Peter presenter and as such has a lot of experience at hosting a show. Chris Evans is a radio presenter and as such is good at talking and has a huge audience of fans and Alex Jones who has become well known through presenting the show.

The episode being discussed was broadcasted on Friday 28th August in which Alex Jones and Chris Evans were presenting. They are interviewing Karen Gillen (Amy in Doctor Who) and Peter Wright (BBC producer). Everything in the show gives an informal, lively and welcoming feel and this ranges from what they are wearing to how they are talking to the guests and the audience. They are wearing smart casual clothes for example Chris Evans has his shirt open at the collar with no tie. The presenters talk to each other in first name terms almost as if they are friends and feel confident in each others presence and talk to the guests in the same manner. This rubs off on the audience giving the show a laid back, friendly feel and makes you feel relaxed in their presence, almost as if the presenters are sitting in your lounge and talking to you directly like they are one of your friends. They act appropriately as to how the audience might act, for example Chris seems to be 'over the moon' at meeting Karen Gillen as she gets a very excitable introduction. The same way a member of the audience would be if they met her. However when Peter Wright is introduced he gets a less excitably welcome because he is not so well known by the audience.

 The mode of address and the language used correspond well together because they are both quite informal and simple to be understand by all. The show includes both live elements which are filmed in the studio, where they are talking together and interviewing the guests, and short pre-recorded elements consisting of around 5 minutes.



The show is set in a BBC studio with brightly coloured lights and furniture which again gives off a friendly, fun and warm feeling.  The studio has a huge window overlooking the rest of the BBC1 media village studios in London. The natural light from this window and the lights in the studio mean that the studio is very bright and takes away the stuffiness and darkness that the studio would be with out it. The objects/props used in the show are everyday items like a glass coffee table and green sofas which you would find in someone's living room. Some of the props relate to one of the topics being discussed, for example there is a model dalek which reminds people of them and what they look like.





The target audience for this show is pretty much everyone. The age range of the presenters is from late twenties to forty-something. The language used and how they dress is designed to bring the audience closer and make them feel more comfortable. It has an estimate of around 5.1 millions viewers, this number shows just how popular it is.

The episode is presented well throughout and each bit is explained about and keeps relevant to the topic being discussed. The presenters are very good at leading onto the pre-recorded clips and seen to take it in turns to start each element. They will probe each other a little bit in a friendly way into remembering what they are saying this again rubs off the friendliness and the laid back approach of the show. Before they show a pre-recorded clip they would be talking about it and then they would introduce it. For example '

The opening titles on the show has been the same since the first ever show back on the 9th July 2007. Where the opening titles are played, like in the theatre, right at the beginning before the presenters start talking as if a symbol that the show is going to begin it is the shows calling card. When viewers hear the music of the one show there know what it is. For the opening titles to do this they have to be catchy, upbeat and very memorable. The one show titles do this very well making good use of graphics and the colour red which could be used because one it is the colour of bbd one or because it can be put in connection with danger, love and pleasure all thing the show includes to tater to its wide audience.


There are lots of different camera shots that are used in the studio and in the pre-recorded elements of the show. These are wide angle shots which give the viewer a sense of the studio and can see everything going on. Close- up shots when ever one of the presenters is talking to the camera or to show the interviewee facial expression. Over the shoulder shots are used when interviewing the guests. The camera shoots from the studio to the pre-recorded element.


All of the sound apart from the music is diegetic. Because it is live show it would not really be possible and there is no need to add in non-diegetic sound. The soundtrack is the only non-diegetic which is a pre-recorded music which runs along side the title and is what people associate with the one show.