Examples of TV drama include: Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Doctor Who, Casualty, Holby City, Being Human, Hotel Babylon, Ugly Betty, Misfits, The Event, Desperate Housewives.
Shows like Midsummer Murders, Lewis and Foyle's War are all crime dramas. I believe the reason for this is because crime and murders provide a perfect storyline for TV dramas, due to the scenes of action and the prospect of a mystery.
Different kinds of TV drama include: Action & Adventure, Biographical, Classic & Period, Crime, Historical, Horror & Supernatural,
Legal & Courtroom, Medical, Musical, Political, Relationships & Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy,
Soaps, Spiritual, Thriller, War & Disaster, Western.
Genre means 'Type'. Therefore a TV genre refers to programmes which can be categorised by
things there share alike. Many genres break down into sub-genres, for example crime drama. TV
drama has given birth to a number of sub-genres. What started out as a drama on television,
single plays, quickly evolved into different kinds of dramas such as costume dramas, soap operas
and crime dramas. This took place in the 1950s as the BBC was evolving and ITV first began
broadcasting.
