Cuffs adapts itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm on BBC1. Cuffs is shown before 9pm meaning it has to keep to certain requirements to maintain  it's family friendly reputation  . In Cuffs, no blood, guts or heavy violence is shown throughout the series. For example, when the racists enters the shop to find a Indian man he decides to stab him but keeping the programme suitable for all viewers we do not get to see the stabbing actually happen, all we see is the owners of the shops son reaction to stabbing then the blood and the aftermath later on the floor. They very cleverly use the spillage of chilli powder to represent death rather than violent imagery. Another example of how Cuffs adapts police drama genre conventions is how the show does not include any bad language. Throughout Cuffs no sense of swearing or sexism is used making it fit its family audience at 8pm.  The regulators of BBC, BBC1, S4C, Channel 4 and other broadcasters if Ofcom who control what is allowed to be produced, at what time and on what channel. BBC1 keep to their regulations by involving no threatening scenes or harsh violence.  Cuffs is broadcasted at 8pm, I think this is the right time they should streaming due to it being later in the evening you (will get less youngers viewers watching) meaning less chance of what is shown to be affecting the audience. 8pm is close to the time where violent and threatening scenes are allowed to be shown so Cuffs fits very suitably into it’s regulations and requirements that Ofcom set Ofcom's morals are appropriately met, and therefore its enforced. Concluding that, Cuffs does adapt itself very suitably to fit its family audience at 8pm.