Doctor Foster

Doctor Foster

The main character is a female named Doctor Foster, she is represented as an independent woman as she takes it on herself to find out about what her husband has been doing when she's not there. She has also been represented as a questioning woman who is trying to delve into the mystery about her husband. She is also shown as somewhat strong in dealing with the facts that she finds as from the trailer I can see that she seems to show anger in her face but doesn't portray that outwardly but then a knife is shown into the equation which shows the climax as it foreshadows that there is going be be physical violence. 

This contrasts with the previous conceptions of female stereotypes as in this show I can clearly see that a female character takes the main role along with other female characters playing a strong part in the series. This idea juxtaposes with other shows as many female characters take the background role and are submissive to the male, whereas, in this, Doctor Foster steps out of that stereotype into becoming independent by doing things herself. 

The people who produced Doctor Foster are female, one of them is Suranne Jones who also happens to play Doctor Foster in the series. This alters the way the characters may be constructed due to females producing the show which might create counter-stereotyped female characters and more antagonist male characters in reverse to mainstream sexist stereotyped shows.

The target audience would be adults (mainly women) from around the age 20 to 50 as the producers are female, the cast is mostly strong female characters so it is in a influenced perspective of a female so a female audience is most likely to watch it. The director's viewpoints are put into the show's context so influence a more female viewpoint of the show to the audience.