A small question.

There are a number of occasions where the schedule on channels is NEVER as
published!

A good example the 10pm-10:30pm slot on BBC TWO.  Programmes in this slot
actually start never earlier than 10:02pm and usually end at 10:32pm, with
Newsnight starting at 10:33pm.

The schedule is shown in the newspapers, on the BBC site, and (most
importantly) fed to EPG (ie, Sky's and the one used by Windows Media Center)
always says 10pm-10:30pm for whatever programme is on.

Obviously the late start is because people often watch the news headlines on
BBC ONE and then turn over to 'TWO for some entertainment, thus the delayed
start.

Also, the junction between the end of the regional news on BBC ONE matches
the start of Newsnight, which also makes sense.

I can understand for humans using the EPG, 10pm-10:30pm is good enough, but
if you PVR anything (Sky+, Freeview Playback, WMC) in this slot you get an
overrun from the previous programme and miss the end.

Can something be done with the source data to fix this?

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