Media Series - TV
Sub genres and hybrids


Media language – Pages 5-6
EDUQUAS

To what sub-genre do the following science fiction programmes belong? Match the sub-genre in column on the right to the correct programme on the left.


Programme (s)
  • Roswell, Torchwood, Colony, V, The X-Files
  • Star Trek, Firefly, Red Dwarf, Blake’s 7
  • Doctor Who
  • Almost Human, Real Humans
  • Transformers, Westworld
  • Smallville, Ultimate Spiderman
  • Defiance, Survivors, Falling Skies
  • The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ben 10, Fairly Odd Parents, Power Rangers, Teen Titans
Sub-genre
  • Aliens (on earth, invasion)
  • Space
  • Time travel
  • AI/Mecha/Cyberpunk
  • Robots/cyborgs
  • Superbeings/comic book
  • Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic disaster
  • Children’s

What genre is combined with science fiction in the following programmes?
Match the hybrid in column on the right to the correct programme on the left.


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  • Red Dwarf
  • Making History
  • Westworld
  • Stranger Things.
  • The Flash
  • Heroes
Sci-fi and ..?
  • Sit-com
  • Costume drama
  • Western
  • Horror
  • Superhero
  • Teen drama