Okay - Adam, you did indirectly give me the key to the solution. The guide on my Xfinity On Demand lists availability for seasons 4 - 7 (with 7 being the one currently showing on PBS). But when I click through on Seasons 4 - 6 to watch them on Netflix, they are listed as Seasons 1 - 3. And, even more curiously, from what I can tell using names of bakers and air dates given on Wikipedia, they are not even in chronicological order, so that what Netflix calls Season 1 is actually season 5; Netflix Season 2 is actually season 4, and Netflix season 3 is actually season 6.
When I went to my archive as suggested by Adam, I saw that while Xfinity had told me I was watching Season 4, on Netflix it was actually Season 2. At some point in the evening I switched to watching it via my Firetstick, and not Xfinity, which took me without making my scroll through to the middle of the episode I had most recently been watching. When I went back to Netflix this morning (via the Firestick) and looked for Season 4, episode 10 I could not find it, and instead should have been looking ofr Season 2 episode 10 (with the Wedding Cake Shostopped - sorry for the mild spoiler). I guess the renumbering would make sense if it had something to do with a technical difference between "The Great British Bake-off" and the US serialization of it, but since they are out of order that does not seem to be it. Anyway, now I know what I am looking for is season 5 and 6, and they do not seem to be available for streaming in the US. On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 12:39 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I've no real idea about the comings and goings of various seasons of Bake > Off on Netflix, but would just note that Netflix has a log of all the > shows/movies that you've watched. If you go to > https://www.netflix.com/viewingactivity you can see your full viewing > history (if accessed on a PC) and theoretically, you can click through to > rewatch episodes. > > You can also use this to "remove" things you watched but maybe didn't > like. I know I can thumbs down them, but Netflix's algorithms are sometimes > way off for me, so just deleting things I didn't enjoy works better. > > > Adam > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 8:14 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I have a bit of a television mystery on my hands, wondering if anyone >> here can solve it. >> >> A couple of days ago I noticed that PBS was airing Season 7 of the Great >> British Baking Show (Bake Off). Watched the ones that were available so >> far, then noticed to my delight that on Netflix Seasons 4 - 6 were also >> available. Over the weekend I watched most of Season 4, but fell asleep >> last night, around the start of the Show-Stopper round. When I got around >> to it this morning I went back to watch the end of the episode (and season) >> - only to find that it was gone. Not only that, but Netflix now shows only >> Seasons 1 - 3 available. Amazon shows Season 4 available, but only the >> first 3 episodes. Ditto I-tunes. I googled a bit, but found no stories as >> to why the rest of Season 4, and all of Season 5-6, had been taken down >> (and actually no real evidence that they had ever been available). >> >> I might have thought my memories of Season 4 were all some kind of early >> summer fever dream, but that season did contain one particularly memorable >> young female contestant, who I was able to confirm was actually on. >> Eventually I did find a way to stream the finale via the kind of web site I >> usually avoid using, because I am happy to pay for the programming I watch, >> but in this case I felt a strong need to see the last 20 minutes. >> >> So, I believe seasons 4 -6 were available on Netflix (I accessed it >> originally through Xfinity) at least from early last week through yesterday >> (Saturday) night. I know things come and come from Netflix, but usually >> these days there are ways to get some warning, and my usual sources were >> mute about it leaving in June. >> >> Any clues? >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... 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