Homework Cuffs

Characters
The characters in Cuffs are all well thought out, they all have interesting personal backgrounds. Also integrated is how this affects their job, for example, Ryan's son is always skiving school, so Ryan has to deal with his son being a single dad, slowing down how does his job.
Performances
The performances of the characters are excellent, not much can be said to criticize. For example when Jake first goes out on the job he messes up trying to calm down Nathan, Ryan intervenes and the continued actions and gestures really show Jake's emotions.
Plotlines
Just like the characters, all the stories and narratives are excellent. The narratives for just one episode are great and the prolonged personal narratives intended to last over episodes are also. Exactly the same with characters though we are bombarded with narratives and plots so a bit less of them or more time for them to be explained would make them great.
Tone
Personally, the tone of the series is great. For example when Jake punches and knocks out the murderer from the start of the episode, it's a serious situation as the murderer could have seriously injured Ryan, but when he punches and a moves his hand around in agony we get a sense of a humorous tone as he doesn't go to arrest him straight away he just does a funny act.
Suitability for BBC1
The programme is perfect for this type of channel, it is full of crime dramas and different soaps making it an excellent fit. However, due to it being prewatershed many moments which should have that more gory or explicit tone don't, which makes it a bit out of place on the channel.
Audience appeal
In general, the audience appeal would definitely be for 15/17 year olds up, the humour and lack of any gory moments makes it suitable for a younger audience to watch it, and the more serious moments and moments that push the line for what is acceptable would appeal to older audienceinto this genre of programme.