Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Desert Island Discs set product (2027 on): 3 lessons, booklet, model answers. Section B radio, BBC, PSB, low prep.
The NEW radio set product, ready before you need it. Desert Island Discs replaces The Archers from the 2027 exams: this unit covers everything the Section B radio slots can ask, built on the official Eduqas factsheet.
Dropped in at the deep end with Media Studies? Teach the BBC with confidence tomorrow morning. Experienced media teacher? The stepped-question training and calibrated model answers are done for you.
What’s included:
• 3 x 60-minute PowerPoint lessons (all text 20pt+, every task works without computers): Radio’s Longest Castaway (format, PSB, licence fee, the 2023 BBC Studios twist) / Convergence and Regulation (BBC Sounds, Ofcom) / Audiences + Exam Wrap (honest audience profile, pleasures, U&G)
• Student booklet (Word) with recall bank, structure tables, glossary and exam practice
• Model answers (Word): top-band AND mid-band answers for both 12-markers (technology reaching audiences; why audiences listen, with Uses and Gratifications), each with why-this-mark reflections tied to the Eduqas assessment grids
• Teacher guide with scheme of work, rotation notes (The Archers applies for 2025/26) and content guidance
Coverage: public service broadcasting and the Royal Charter, the licence fee debate, the 2023 move to BBC Studios, convergence and the podcast archive, BBC Sounds growth, conglomerate/vertical integration/diversification vocabulary applied to the BBC, Ofcom and self-regulation, the audience criticism and broadening strategy, presenter targeting, active audiences, Blumler and Katz. Question shapes mirror the real Archers questions (2019-2024) this product inherits.
Spec-checked against the Eduqas specification, official factsheet, past papers and mark schemes.