Re: iPlayer Tags 'shortened' v.v 'original'

2020-09-19 Thread James Scholes
They are almost certainly trimmed versions of programs which previously had continuity announcements or other guff at the beginning/end. For those suggesting the actual content is being edited, the BBC have a different tag for that - editorial. On the other hand, I have multiple versions of s

Re: iPlayer Tags 'shortened' v.v 'original'

2020-09-19 Thread michael norman
On 19/09/2020 11:05, Jim web wrote: In article , Chris Brady wrote: However bearing in mind the increasing left wing PC bias of the Beeb, so many Brit classic comedy programmes have had the tag ' shortened' in the metadata. This nonsense started in about 2019. Why? You seem to be tryi

Re: iPlayer Tags 'shortened' v.v 'original'

2020-09-19 Thread Jim web
In article , Chris Brady wrote: > However bearing in mind the increasing left wing PC bias of the Beeb, so > many Brit classic comedy programmes have had the tag ' shortened' in the > metadata. This nonsense started in about 2019. Why? You seem to be trying to get your 'answer' in before your

Re: iPlayer Tags 'shortened' v.v 'original'

2020-09-19 Thread Dave F
The BBC is almost certainly removing the parts of the episodes that may upset listeners of a certain persuasion, -Dave ___ "First they came for the statues, but I was not a statue so I did nothing..." On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 at 09:26, Chris Brady wrote:

iPlayer Tags 'shortened' v.v 'original'

2020-09-19 Thread Chris Brady
I'm trying to rationalse what's going on in Brit. comedy re-airings on iPlayer. Judging by the rubbish that goes under the name of 'comedy' today how dare they mess with our old-time classics. This year and last year the Beeb has been re-airing series 8, 9 and 10 of the Navy Lark at 320 kbps. Prev