Documentary Drama

In 1926 John Gierson come up with the term 'documentary drama'. A documentary is something that has actually happened. They provide the audience with an insight into to a topic they may not know about. Documentaries inform and can educate an audience about a topic. This must be done in an entertaining way to sustain the interest of the audience because if this wasn't done the audience wouldn't continue to watch the documentary as there is so much choice of documentaries and channels. The audience has more choice because of audience fragmentation due to the digital and satellite television. Specific channels now focus on documentaries, having complete channels devoted to them, this is known as narrow casting.