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With reference to at least four police dramas explain how the genre of police crime drama has changed over time  

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'With reference to at least four police dramas explain how the genre of police crime drama has changed over time.' Crime drama has always been featured as one of the most popular genres of our society. However over the year's crime drama has been changed and adapted to fit into different times. Many aspects of crime drama have been changed such as camera shots, seriousness of crimes and police language/jargon in order for crime drama to change with the times, become more realistic and retain its former popularity. Throughout time many crime programmes featured on T.V have changed through Media language (Iconography, editing, camerawork and music). The Bill, first created in 1984 featured a lot of Iconography. At the start of the title sequence the camera focuses on a police shield on top of a police hat. This can be seen as one of the obvious symbols of the police. It can...

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