Factual television

Factual television

Factual Television is a genre of television programming which documents actual events and people. These type of programs are also described as documentaries, observational documentaries, fly on the wall, docudrama and reality television. Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the term "factual television" has most commonly been used to describe programs produced in recent years. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AQA2donz_XgC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=factual+television&source=web&ots=M4yw-UTFNA&sig=xV4unujS2ALoml-fNcN-hq-YVAI&hl=en] [ [http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/tv/100/articles/factual.html BFI | Features | The BFI TV 100 | Factual programmes commentary ] ]

Programs

Television programs in this genre include COPS and Rescue 911 from the United States, Airport from Great Britain, and Bondi Rescue from Australia and Motorway Patrol from New Zealand.

Awards

'Best Factual Series' has been a category at the British Academy Television Awards for quite some time. 'Most Popular Factual Series' and 'Most Outstanding Factual Series' were new categories introduced to the Australian Logie Awards in 2008 to cover this genre.

ee also

* List of Australian television series#Factual
* Docudrama
* Documentary film
* Fly on the Wall
* Reality television

References

External links

* [http://www.tvfactual.co.uk/ Factual Programmes]
* [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AQA2donz_XgC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=factual+television&source=web&ots=M4yw-UTFNA&sig=xV4unujS2ALoml-fNcN-hq-YVAI&hl=en Google Books] - Factual TV: tabloid TV?


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