1. Introducing the future of
soaps……
A NEW soap for
a NEW
generation

2. Where everything is sweet…
But sour.
mostly

3. Why is the soap
called ‚Cherry
Gardens‛?
Well..
• It’s got a ring to it.
• Short and snappy.
• Name of a real place in Chelmsford, which is
our setting.
• Sounds like a soap opera name.
• It has connotations of a sweet area but is this
ironic?
• ‘Gardens’ suggests a rural area.

4. Location…

5. Location,
Location…

6. Location, Location,

7. Cherry
Gardens’
CHARACTERS

8. Name: Marris Morris
Age: 52 years
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Occupation: Owner of village pub
Other:
• Divorced from wife Sally who left him 5
years ago.
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• He is depressed from the divorce and
misunderstood by the community. He believes
that every female is his wife Sally.
• Lives alone above his pub. The only time he
imagination?
comes down is to get a pint or to chat to the
busty blonde bar maiden (whom he thinks is
Sally) who his son, Dom, is going out with.
The village inhabitants see him as a strange
old man but he is really just longing after
his wife Sally.
• He needs help…

9. Name: Dom Morris
Age: 22 years
Occupation: Electrician
Other:
• Girlfriend, Georgia is the bartender at
his dads pub.
• Georgia has a child from a pervious
relationship, Dom wants to take on role of
father, but people are telling him to
leave her before he gets too involved.
• He wants to get married but friends are
persuading him not to.

10. Name: Georgia
Stimpson
Age: 26 years
Occupation: Barmaid
Other:
• In a relationship with bosses son, Dom.
• Has a three year old son, Billy, from a
previous relationship, but does not know
the father.
• She has a bit of a reputation to get
around with men.

11. Name: Dan Smith
Age: 15 years
Occupation: Student
Other:
• Stereotypical Chav.
• He sits at the children's park with his
mate Kirk and they smoke.
• He is a wannabe Kirk.

12. Name: Kirk Hudson
Age: 17 years
Occupation: Unemployed and on
benefits
Other:
• Stereotypical Chav.
• Horrible person.
• Had 2 dogs which he loves.

13. What could they look like?

14. Name: Beryl Clark
Age: 80 years
Occupation: Retired teacher
Other:
• Widowed
• Loved by everyone
• Knows all secrets
• Spreader of gossip
• In a wheelchair
• Is cared for by her daughter who never
married, Hetty, who she is trying to set
up with Marris

15. Name: Hetty Clark
Age: 54 years
Occupation: Dinner lady at school where her
mother, Beryl, used to teach
Other:
• Single and lonely
• Can’t use technology to access dating
sites
• Cat owner
• Looks after her mother Beryl

16. Narrative of the 1st episode
• Youths in pub, trying to get served,
staring at barmaid
• Marris tells them to leave
• Kirk mock Marris
• Marris mocks Kirk’s dog, Mick.
• Marris gets punched by Kirk.
• Beryl goes to Marris’ aid
• Marris admits he needs help.

17. Demographic
&
Psychographi
c profiles

18. Other media texts
• Other shows our target audience would
watch include:
• The X Factor
• Celebrity Juice
• Britain's got Talent
• An Idiot Abroad
• You’ve Been Framed
Our target audience like to see people
getting hurt/embarrassing themselves for
laughs… To make themselves feel better
about their own working class lives

19. Other media texts!!
• They would read ‘The Sun’ for daily news
intake.
• They would use websites rather than
books for source their information.
• They would use social-networking site
on a regular basis.
• Through these websites, we would make
our soap unique by opening up some
storylines to our audience meaning they
can help decide characters’ fates.
We are trend setters!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20. Channel 5
• There is a lack of British soaps
• Wouldn’t be competing against a
similar soap on same channel
• Competition between other
channels
• It was too similar to Eastenders to
put on BBC1 , ITV already have 2
popular soaps so…
• Channel 4 is aimed at a younger
audience

21. Invest for……
A NEWsoap for
NEW a
generation
(…And for lots of money)