Television in the 2010s

L/O - research the 2010s (UK) in terms of social, cultural and political climate of the decade; research TV usage in 2015

• Cuffs was released in October 2015 
• What were the key events, in the UK and globally that happened in 2015 that might influence a TV series set in present day UK

Politics

• After the 2015 election, parliament was primarily conservative with 331/650 seats, labour suffered their worst loss ever at this time since 1987
• David Cameron was prime minister
• Calais migrant crisis 
• Cameron re-elected in 2015
• Obama was president 

Sports

• Golf Masters
• Premier League
• FA Cup
• Wimbledon Tennis
• Tour de France
• Rugby Union 6 Nations starts
• Athletics World Cup

Events

• Terrorist Attacks in Paris
• Fuel prices drop
• Caitlin Jenner comes out as trans 
• Brexit
• Ireland legalised gay marriage

Youth Groups

• The youth stereotypes were 'chavs' and 'roadman' 
• Social Media and Phones
• Knife crime
• Music
• Crime

In 2015, the conservatives won the vote with just over half of the entire votes. The conservatives were therefore in power, with help from the Liberal Democrats. Ever since this election, the conservatives have been in power. There were also terrorist attacks, these were done by some muslims and the media gave all muslims a bad name. People around the world were protesting global warming, and in the UK, protests about student tuition fees.

In what ways have the events shaped the era
The 10 years following 2010 was very confusing and eruptive. For example, the terror attacks throughout the years caused a lot of disruption in society.