Charge (TV series)
Charge was originally produced as a youth television show aimed at showcasing viewer's user-generated content. It was broadcast on the Media Trust's Community Channel on Sky channel 539, Virgin TV channel 233 and Freeview channel 87 in the UK.
| Charge | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Thomas-James Fisher (Series 1–2) Luke Toyne (Series 1–3) James Pyke (Series 1–4) Lady Lykez (Series 1) (Abi Griffiths (Series 3–4) Leah Charles (Series 3–4) Veena V (Series 3–4) |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 160 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ray Addison (Series 1–3) Luke Toyne (Series 4) |
| Running time | 60 mins (inc. ads) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Community Channel |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 2007 |
After the second series it was decided to expand charge into a separate youth strand on the Community Channel and it ran in this form for two series.
Content
Targeted at 16- to 25-year-olds, the first two series were dedicated to showcasing viewer's originally produced content and featured a mixture of music videos, drama, comedy and documentary. Series 3 and 4 concentrated on dealing with a different issue each week that affect young people and featured studio guests and series produced by young television producers including The House and True Tube.
Specials
There were a number of special produced for Charge including Street Crime UK – a series of short documentaries from around the UK looking at knife and gun crime, and McConville Reports following a young trainee journalist's quest to interview the leaders of Britain's leading parties.
Filming
The show was filmed at Riverwalk House in London, UK.