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Extras and Audience/Crowd Members in TV Shows
What should I do if I know of a TV series that someone has appeared in, but I don't know which episode?
When I say 'TV Series', I mean a TV series which is non-fictional. Like a news programme. I know of 3 people who have appeared in certain shows, one of which already has an IMDb credit, the others don't have pages yet. I am also unsure if any of these people have received an on-screen credit in these shows, though it can be assumed that 2 of them have not, but one of those already has an IMDb credit, so it wouldn't matter so much for that one.
Essentially, there are 3 people who I know have certainly appeared in specific TV shows. Person A and Person B appeared in Show 1, and Person A already has an IMDb page but Person B does not. It's likely neither Person A or B received a credit for Show 1. Person C has appeared in Show 2 and Show 3 (as well as one show and one documentary which are not IMDb as of yet), and is unlikely to have received a credit for Show 3, but might have received a credit for Show 2.
I cannot check to see if any of these people received credits, as none of the specific episodes are known, and some of the shows are not easily accessible (if accessible at all). It can be assumed that all 3 have certainly appeared in these shows, I know Person A and B have definitely appeared in Show 1 (I've seen a screenshot of them on the show in a magazine).
Should I add these credits to the existing pages for the shows, but not add them to any specific episode?
adrian
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Credits for TV shows should be added at the episode level. Since you don't know which episodes, I wouldn't try and add these credits. Also, since these are almost definitely uncredited appearances, you have the following guideline to follow:
The following credits are likely to be discarded:
We will accept "background" or "extra" if that's how the credit appears on screen, but "background", "extra" or "bit-part" will not be accepted as a character name on the title if the role does not receive an on-screen credit. If that is the case the character name should include a description of the part - Woman with Dog, for instance - and (uncredited) in the 'attribute' box. But see below - they must be recognizable.
We will usually discard credited submissions where, in the vast majority of cases the character/role name would be uncredited, such as "waiter", "bus driver", "pedestrian", "bar patron", "party goer" etc. If they are credited with such a character or role name, you are able to provide evidence and the credit does not appear on the site within 10 days, please contact our team using the form below with verifiable proof of the credit.
Since you do not know the episodes, it would be impossible to verify that they are easily identifiable on screen or to give a description of the character.
One other thing to not, if you do manage to create a name page for these people, since their only credits would have the "uncredited" attribute, nothing will show up on the name page. You have to have, at least, one credited role before the rest of the credits show up on a name page.
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Peter_pbn
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5 years ago
A credit without a specific episode may be accepted if you can include the year of the appearance, depending on whether the show already has episodes listed:
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