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Summary:STRUCTURED SERIES OF PROGRAMMES FOR VIEWERS WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE WAY TELEVISION WORKS - BOTH IN TERMS OF 'GENRE' AND ORGANISATION
Description:`REAL PEOPLE` CONTINUING THIS NEW SERIES ABOUT POPULAR TELEVISION. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC - SOMETIMES RATHER REVEALINGLY DESCRIBED INSIDE TELEVISION AS `REAL PEOPLE` - ARE A VITAL, IF RARELY DISCUSSED, PART OF VAST NUMBERS OF COMMERCIALS, GAMES SHOWS, NEWS STORIES AND DOCUMENTARIES. THIS FILM FOLLOWS, FOR THE FIRST TIME ON TELE- VISION, A CONTESTANT APPEARING ON THE CONTROVERSIAL GAME SHOW `THE PRICE IS RIGHT` AND SHOWS A DOCUMENTARY CREW INTERVIEWING VICTIMS OF CRIME. TV PRODUCERS TALK OPENLY ABOUT WHAT MAKES A GOOD `REAL PERSON` AND HOW TELEVISION MAKES USE OF THEM.