----- Original Message ----- From: Duncan Barclay To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [backstage] Resources
Hi, Although not in XML format, Radio Times does have data that can be downloaded (although I don't know how official it is). The list of channels can be found at http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/channels.dat , and if you take the number of the channel and put it into the address like so: http://xmltv.radiotimes.com/xmltv/92.dat (92 for BBC1), you can get listings for a while (looks like 2 weeks). Unfortunately, there seems to be lots of separate bits of information in the file that I don't know the purpose of (one might be for working out if it is a film, etc). Shouldn't be too hard to use (assuming you want to) as it is effectively just a csv file but without commas, and you might even be able to list it on backstage.bbc.co.uk. Duncan Duncan- Below is what makes up the radiotimes dat files. Dave $title, $sub_title, $episode, $year, $director, $cast, $premiere, $film, $repeat, $subtitles, $widescreen, $new_series, $deaf_signed, $black_and_white, $star_rating, $certificate, $genre, $desc, $choice, $date, $start, $stop, $duration_mins
