One off dramas tend to focus on crimes that create anxiety
Long running dramas have a variety of sub plots which create different problems within the program
Each drama has its own unique representational aspects
The crime dramas have five key binaries which appear in each episode. These consist of:
1) Crime/police
2) Criminals
3) Lawyers vs courts
4) Social workers vs police
5) Victims vs police
Examples of crime dramas are:
Life on Mars - "The programme tells the story of DCI Sam Tyler who, after being hit by a car in 2006, finds himself in the year 1973. There, he works for Manchester and Salford Police as a DI under DCI Gene Hunt. Over the course of the series, Tyler faces various culture clashes, most frequently regarding the differences between his modern approach to policing and the more traditional methods of his colleagues. Mixing the genres of science fiction and police procedural, the series centres on the ambiguity concerning Tyler's predicament: it is unclear whether he is insane, in a coma, or if he really has travelled back in time."
CSI: Miami - "The series is an American crime drama television series that follows the investigations of a team of forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes."
The Bill - "The Bill is unusual among police shows for taking a serial format and not focusing on any particular area of police work. The show covers the work and lives of patrol and response officers on one relief in the uniform division, and the work of the CID. In its current serial format, some stories are resolved in an episode or two, whereas others can stretch over months."
*All quotes found on wikipedia.org*
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