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Term Paper Title	Introduction
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Introduction

Documentaries on the television are becoming ever more popular with the public as they get more interested in what is happening in the world, particularly if it is something that causes general concern like for instance a large and well known company deceiving its customers. People like to expand their knowledge and documentaries are the ideal thing for doing that without having to get out of your armchair.

I looked up ‘documentary’ in the dictionary. This is what it quoted:

“ A work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social, or historical subject matter in a factual and informative manner and often consisting of actual news films or interviews accompanied by narration. “

The Question

‘Write a review of a TV programme. Include the subject matter, the style of the programme, the degree of balance shown, whether it was interesting and informative.’

I decided to watch a documentary on supermarkets and whether they really stick to what they claim. The documentary is one of the most popular show, it’s called ‘Panorama’. This was shown on Monday 23rd November. I was on BBC1 10:00pm and titled ‘Are you being served?’

I will try and provide in this essay an able observation and discussion along with a conclusion at the end about that documentary.

Content

The documentary talked about how the big supermarkets have grown over the years squashing their smaller competitors.
Out of town small businesses cannot keep up with the food selection and availability of the big supermarkets. There are 3,200 supermarkets in Britain alone. All of which are open on Sunday and most of them are even open for 24 hours a day. There is just no way a small business can keep up with that. Often the small businesses are run by a family and they have other matters that they need to contend to so they cannot possibly open for those hours.

Panorama interviewed a couple of people. I was particularly interested to see their side. They said that they prefer to shop at a supermarket because there is much more selection and it is all under one roof. They do not have to go around to many specialist stores to get their goods, it is convenient. One woman admitted that she never looked at the price in the supermarkets. It did not matter.
I designed an interview and handed around to just five people who go shopping for food regularly. The interview along with the results and evaluation are included in the project.

It seems that supermarkets can ge...

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