Regional Identity

WalesGavin and StaceyDialogue/Dialect – English with a strong Welsh accentLocation/Setting – Barry, WalesProps – cigarettes, normal everyday objects.Costumes – Quite butch clothes, not very feminine.Makeup – quite minimalClass – Middle to lower class

Nessa Jenkins is a welsh woman who is quite butch and aggressive. She has a strong Welsh accent and uses stereotypical Welsh phrases. She is also very patriotic as she has a tattoo of the dragon from the Welsh flag. She is represented as quite lower class.

Scotland Waterloo RoadDialogue/Dialect – Scottish accentsLocation/setting – Scotland, upper schoolProps – school equipment Costumes – School uniform, smart clothes, casual clothes.Makeup – Quite natural as they are students except for some girls.Class – Middle to lower class

Christine Mulgrew.She has a strong Scottish accent. She drinks a lot of alcohol. In some ways she fits the stereotype but she also challenges it as well because I don’t think she is a very ‘outdoorsy’ person and she is not shown eating haggis or wearing tartan.

England EastendersDialogue/Dialect – London CockneyLocation/Setting – London’s East EndProps – Everyday things such as mobile phonesCostumes – Everyday, casual clothes Makeup – everyday makeup. Ranges from woman to woman.Class – Lower to middle class

Mick Carter.He is a stereotypical ‘geezer’ who is tough. He has a strong, cockney accent. He fits the stereotype of a Londoner from the east end.

IrelandDialogue/Dialect – Northern accent Location/Setting – ChesterProps – Everyday objectsCostumes – Everyday, casual clothes Makeup – Natural, however some women were a lotClass – Middle to lower class

Brendan Brady He is seen as a stereotypical Irish man as she drinks a lot and can be quite aggressive.

London

London in split into two main stereotypes. Some are shown as posh, snobby and rich and others are shown as more lower class, poor, common and sometimes violent and criminals.

Made in Chelsea Eastenders

Manchester

Represented as being ‘chavs’ and common, uneducated, criminals who drink a lot. They are seen as lower class.

Shameless

EssexThey are represented as being very glamorous and they only

care about their appearance. They are also shown as being not very smart and it’s made out like they party all the time.