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Oddity with Eggheads series programming

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    redmic

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    grahamlthompson - 23 hours ago  » 

    redmic - 28 minutes ago  » 

    A1944 - 4 days ago  » 
    Odder and odder! I just looked again and the one-off schedule for BBC2 HD Eggheads on Tuesday was still there, as it should have been. I then noticed that on selecting it, I was offered "record whole series". So I selected that and after a blink, all episodes are now set up with their correct flags and series indicators. I wonder what was going on. I will, of course, keep a close eye on it and, as a backup, I have a one-off set for BBC2 SD.

    I have noticed this on the bank holiday eggheads programme and just set the series recorder when looking at the Monday schedule to get the record roundel. Have noticed this with other programs especially on Drama or similar channel when a programme is repeated during the day but then drops the transmission of the earlier timing (that being the one set for record) but you would expect a series record to then pick up the later timing but it doesn't do so

    If the later showing has the same series crid and same programme crid it will not record it as it has already recorded that episode.

    Yes but what had been happening was that it would broadcast at 1300 repeat at 1800 then the next week drop the 1300 transmission but transmit at 1800 (ie a new episode)

    | Sat 12 May 2018 11:09:52 #11 |
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    redmic - 2 hours ago  » 

    grahamlthompson - 23 hours ago  » 

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    A1944 - 4 days ago  » 
    Odder and odder! I just looked again and the one-off schedule for BBC2 HD Eggheads on Tuesday was still there, as it should have been. I then noticed that on selecting it, I was offered "record whole series". So I selected that and after a blink, all episodes are now set up with their correct flags and series indicators. I wonder what was going on. I will, of course, keep a close eye on it and, as a backup, I have a one-off set for BBC2 SD.

    I have noticed this on the bank holiday eggheads programme and just set the series recorder when looking at the Monday schedule to get the record roundel. Have noticed this with other programs especially on Drama or similar channel when a programme is repeated during the day but then drops the transmission of the earlier timing (that being the one set for record) but you would expect a series record to then pick up the later timing but it doesn't do so

    If the later showing has the same series crid and same programme crid it will not record it as it has already recorded that episode.

    Yes but what had been happening was that it would broadcast at 1300 repeat at 1800 then the next week drop the 1300 transmission but transmit at 1800 (ie a new episode)

    That's because the broadcaster has used the same series crid for all showings. If they used a different series crid there wouldn't be an issue. This is a favourite trick used by Channel 5.

    It's nothing to do with the box, any other box would do the same.

    | Sat 12 May 2018 13:14:32 #12 |

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