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I am having a bit of trouble deciding on which channel to show 'Totally Maisy,' for a few reasons. I first though about CBBC but the target audience just isn't quite right. On the BBC website it states that their target audience is 6-12. 'Totally Maisy' is aimed at 13-18 year olds so it comes just outside the age boundaries of CBBC. I then thought about lowering my target audience but decided against as I don't think some of the themes of the tv programme is best suited for CBBC. The program most like 'Totally Maisy,' that is airing at the moment on CBBC is 'Sadie J.'

"Sadie J is a BAFTA-nominated British children's television comedy-drama series about a teenage girl named Sadie Jenkins, who is described as "the only girl in a boys' world" because she is surrounded by her Dad Steve, his apprentice Keith, her brother Danny, his best friend Jake and their dog Roger. It was billed as 'a feel-good comedy about a feisty 13-year-old girl with the sass of Cheryl Cole and the punch of a prize fighter'."

Sadie J is of school age but there is not one scene set at school where in 'Totally Maisy' there is. Also Sadie and her friends are all 13/14 where Maisy and her friends are 15/16. It is the next generation.

In my research I found that a Jacquline Wilson adaption 'Girls in Love' was aired on CITV in 2003-2005. This is much more the sort of thing I am looking towards writing.
"Three teenage girls - Ellie, Magda and Nadine, are three best friends that go through the somewhat weird and wonderful world of boys together. The show is narrated by Ellie, and usually portrays her life events in her sketchbook."

However since its own channel and not on ITV, CITV have since ditched the older audience range of kids and gone for a whole new generation of younger programming. No more will they address themes of sex and drugs. 'Totally Maisy,' will not address themes of sex and drugs but will address boys and love so is not suitable for either channel.

My co producer Hennie came up with the idea of making it a web based series. I don't know much about these so will continue to research into these to see if this platform is the best. We have discussed having an interactive side to this so that the audience could choose the ending they wanted for example.