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TomSouthwell wrote 9 years ago: 1

Would we add Professor Branestawm here?

Last year BBC One aired a one-off festive drama starring Harry Hill, the one-off is going to be repeated this Christmas on childrens channel CBBC (hence the change to the website): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w7pd3

This year the same cast and crew are making a second Professor Branestawm drama, another one-off http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t3vxx.

Now my issue is that here in the UK a lot of programmes are aired at certain times of year to see how well they rate before a full series or another one-off episode of a show is made. Obviously the first drama rated well enough to make a second one in the series of 'one-offs' this year. Previous examples of what I'm describing include Sky's 'Agatha Raisin' which aired as a one-off last Christmas but is now coming back as a full series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Raisin_%28TV_.... And the BBC's 'Catherine Tate's Nan' a new year special from 2014, which is now returning for a further two episodes http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/nan/

So my question is do we add Professor Branestawm under one guide or not add them at all, according to the sites policy on one-offs. There's a chance a further episode would be made next Christmas or perhaps a full series. Do we wait until that happens to add the other two 'one-off' episodes?

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TomSouthwell wrote:
Would we add Professor Branestawm here?
Last year BBC One aired a one-off festive drama starring Harry Hill, the one-off is going to be repeated this Christmas on childrens channel CBBC (hence the change to the website): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w7pd3
This year the same cast and crew are making a second Professor Branestawm drama, another one-off http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t3vxx.
Now my issue is that here in the UK a lot of programmes are aired at certain times of year to see how well they rate before a full series or another one-off episode of a show is made. Obviously the first drama rated well enough to make a second one in the series of 'one-offs' this year. Previous examples of what I'm describing include Sky's 'Agatha Raisin' which aired as a one-off last Christmas but is now coming back as a full series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Raisin_%28TV_.... And the BBC's 'Catherine Tate's Nan' a new year special from 2014, which is now returning for a further two episodes http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/nan/
So my question is do we add Professor Branestawm under one guide or not add them at all, according to the sites policy on one-offs. There's a chance a further episode would be made next Christmas or perhaps a full series. Do we wait until that happens to add the other two 'one-off' episodes?

I wasn't so fan of them being added, but I believe adding movies that were made as sequals were allowed, however Juan/Jan/David could enlighten that more for me as I am still a bit unsure about it


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TomSouthwell wrote 9 years ago: 1

Thomas wrote:
I wasn't so fan of them being added, but I believe adding movies that were made as sequals were allowed, however Juan/Jan/David could enlighten that more for me as I am still a bit unsure about it

The issue I would have is that your reply suggests they are TV movies. In the UK we have so many TV dramas, we would never refer to them as TV movies. I know that's the American term, but the major networks never air huge amounts of episodes in one series, except for in soaps. So the line becomes even further blurred between what is a one off and what isn't. For example 'Capital' that's airing on BBC one tonight, the full series is 3 episodes long, it's based on a novel, so it's probably only ever going to be a 3 episode series. 'Hunderby' has come back on Sky Atlantic, after airing a 6 episode series 4 years ago and now it's back for just 2 episodes.

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TomSouthwell wrote:

The issue I would have is that your reply suggests they are TV movies. In the UK we have so many TV dramas, we would never refer to them as TV movies. I know that's the American term, but the major networks never air huge amounts of episodes in one series, except for in soaps. So the line becomes even further blurred between what is a one off and what isn't. For example 'Capital' that's airing on BBC one tonight, the full series is 3 episodes long, it's based on a novel, so it's probably only ever going to be a 3 episode series. 'Hunderby' has come back on Sky Atlantic, after airing a 6 episode series 4 years ago and now it's back for just 2 episodes.

I wasn't really referring to those major shows in the US and I know seasons in the UK are usually around 6 or 8 episodes, but I was more like referring to a movie sequal such as 'Sharknado', which was allowed to be added, so I assume adding one-time drama's having sequals would be considered to be added or did I misunderstand you?


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TomSouthwell wrote 9 years ago: 1

Thomas wrote:
I wasn't really referring to those major shows in the US and I know seasons in the UK are usually around 6 or 8 episodes, but I was more like referring to a movie sequal such as 'Sharknado', which was allowed to be added, so I assume adding one-time drama's having sequals would be considered to be added or did I misunderstand you?

No I think I've just gone off on a tangent, you are understanding me, haha :)


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david wrote 9 years ago: 1

TomSouthwell wrote:
The issue I would have is that your reply suggests they are TV movies. In the UK we have so many TV dramas, we would never refer to them as TV movies. I know that's the American term, but the major networks never air huge amounts of episodes in one series, except for in soaps. So the line becomes even further blurred between what is a one off and what isn't. For example 'Capital' that's airing on BBC one tonight, the full series is 3 episodes long, it's based on a novel, so it's probably only ever going to be a 3 episode series. 'Hunderby' has come back on Sky Atlantic, after airing a 6 episode series 4 years ago and now it's back for just 2 episodes.

Check out http://www.tvmaze.com/faq/13/shows for the detailed version.

The TL;DR: if it's serialized (at least two episodes/parts) it's allowed, if it's one-off it isn't.

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