Re: The Killing

On 19 August 2011 17:37, Mike Holden <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is UK, Radio Times grabber.
>
> There are currently 2 separate versions of the series "The Killing"
> running. The first (and original) Danish series is running on BBC4.
> The second, the USA remake, is showing on Channel 4. These are
> clearly separate series, they just share a name.
>
> Unfortunately, they both seem to have been assigned the same
> seriesid and programids are being generated which clash between the
> 2 series, so if I record s01e08 of one, then s01e08 of the other
> series gets flagged as already recorded/earlier recording etc, and I
> am placing lots of manual overrides to get them both to record
> fully.
>
> Is there anything we can do within xmltv to sort this out?

(replying to list as well, now that the post has appeared)

Hi Mike,

I've already encountered this issue and have 2 rec schedules set up to
cater for it. I'm not sure there is much we can do about it, as the
correct titles in both cases are "The Killing". I have had the exact
same issue with the recent showings of Wallander on BBC1/4 and Alibi
on cable.

I am currently handling The Killing as follows:

i) a channel rule for BBC4 for The Killing, with no dupe detection
(BBC4 are not repeating episodes as they are on most days of the week
in the upcoming run, and also the listings are not including subtitle
data). I am recording this for me as I missed some of the first run.

ii) a channel rule for CH4 with dupe detection enabled using 'Subtitle
then Desc' to catch any repeats on the channel. I am recording this
for SWMBO.

I've just checked my upcoming and all seems well for the next two weeks.

Cheers,
Nick

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