Bruce Forsyth

Bruce is a co-presenter in this show and adds a bit of age to it as the target audience is from young people to old people. He tries to bring comedy into his presenting and he also interviews the contestants.

Verbal Techniques
He is very well spoken and uses good English because the Target audience is predominantly adults.  He tries to make it look like he is just having a conversation with Tess and makes jokes as they are talking. He uses a loud voice so he is heard over the live audience. His catchphrase is 'nice to see you, to see you...nice' This gets the audience involved and as he is now known for it, he does it every episode because everyone is expecting it while he presents. I think he has been selected to present as it is a family show and he appeals to all the family because he is funny for all ages. He uses simple language because the audience is quite low on the socio-economic scale so they will understand more simple language.

Visual Techniques
He is very formal as it is shown at night so he is wearing a suit and bow tie because all the dancers and the judges are dressed up very formally so the presenters are too. His body language is formal and he acts like the gentelman everyone think he is by taking holly's arm or helping her down the stairs because he is 'old school' and polite. His facial expressions are made obvious because he usually tries to make his jokes funnier with them as the audience will laugh at him more. For example when hes told a joke and hardly anyone laughs, he will roll his eyes and shrug which will then make everyone laugh.

Context
You see him in the studio on the stage and back stage when he is interviewing people. He appeals to a wide range of people as he will appeal to older people with his humour and the fact that he is the same age, but he also appeals to children as his humour can be quite silly. They would probably be from B to D on the socio scale and be both men and females. He has presented light-hearted things like game shows before, don't think his presenting style changes because h presents them in the same 'jokey', fun way.