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Hi Michelle and Bethany,

In this thread, you asked me to report any further instances of this happening.

I am unable to respond in that thread because it has been closed by a member of staff, but I have come across some further occurrences:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1923842/fullcredits

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1923845/fullcredits

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13131686/fullcredits

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Hi @tom_wake -

Thanks for reporting! I have now fixed it and reported the error.

Cheers!

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Thanks @Bethanny​ 

I've noticed one of the common connections for these titles is documentaries about Russian history, and that in many cases, long-dead members of the British and Russian royal families are being given cast credits with no "archive footage" attribute at all - for example, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13131686/fullcredits/

I don't know how much extra detail you can see at your end, but I wonder if you might have any insight as to whether it's the same person? It's simple enough to deduce that a 2018 credit for Queen Victoria wouldn't be new footage (although it's not very practical to keep constantly checking all these pages for new credits), but in the case of royals who are still alive (e.g. Prince William) there's just no way of telling the difference.

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@tom_wake​ Hey! Yes it is the same person, we had already taken action to avoid it happening, on this occasion they were processing errors which I have reported, it shouldn't be happening any more.

Cheers!