The Bill Analysis

An hour long episode that consised of a storyline over two or three of them until it got concluded.
Aimed at adult viewers as it is to do with a theme of crime and bad things going on that children dont need to pick up on.
At the beinginning after the titles have run, they give you a voice off screen with and image to show what has happened so far in the storyline to get people to pick up and understand what is going on. This is all going on while the programe theme tune is playing in the background.(VERBAL, AURAL AND VISUAL)
The whole episode is pretty much verbal based as they need to make sure that the whole story is explained so that nothing is missed out and leaving people without knowing whats happened.
The dialogue is spoken in the breifing there is between all of the police officers that are dealing with the case at that time (VERBAL)
When a character comforts one of their work partners who seems to be upset by putting his arm on her shoulder (NON VERBAL)
On screen through one of the shots they show part of the story in the pervious episode at the beginning (WRITTEN)
Showing pictures of the people who are involved in the case without being introduced to the characters themselves properly (WRITTEN, VISUAL and NON VERBAL)
Set in a police conference roon (VISUAL)
In a house which the crime is or has taken place (VISUAL)
They are all wearing either policing uniform or suites that show their level of professionalism (VISUAL)
These three above help to set the scene making it more interesting for the watchers.