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Podcast/Radio episodes of BBC Scotland's Breaking The News added to the TV Series guide

Background: I am a writer (Lead Writer & Additional Material) for BBC Scotland's Breaking The News which is on TV and radio. The TV series started on TV in 2018. When the series is filmed for TV, a radio version is recorded as well but the TV and Radio episodes are different edits and have slightly different credits. The radio series (which has 3 series made a year) is now about to start its 31st series and the TV series (which only has one series a year and/or a few specials in a year) is about to start its 4th series. The problem is that a fair few episodes of the radio series have been added to the TV entry in IMDB, corrupting the guide - especially when it comes to episode numbering. Should the radio episodes be in their own category or removed? Also, how is numbering supposed to be applied to TV specials? From what I’ve read, I thought there shouldn’t be a number but my attempts to get the radio Series:Epsode number replaced with a blank have so far been rejected. Any advice on how to get the entries for Breaking The News fixed would be appreciated. Link to entry: Breaking The News (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10102954

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Hi SimonPaulMiller- Thank you for posting the link! Regarding your first question, if these episodes belong to the radio series and are not part of the TV series, you can request for removal of the titles. But if this radio series was released as a podcast then they can be moved to a new page respectively. Please note that we do not allow Radio Shows to be listed on the site unless these are released as a podcast. Further information on title eligibility can be found our following Help Guide: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/adding-a-new-title/GNXTSSVTJTFCRZGN?ref_=helpart_nav_1#eligibility For title deletions (https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/title-corrections/G7J57QHX9CAN989N?ref_=helpsrall#deleting), if the specific titles do not have the 'Title Deletion' option on the contributiton form, these requests have to be made through our Contact Form: https://help.imdb.com/contact?deepLink=delete_title&disableLoginPopup=true You can post the 18-digit submission reference numbers here and we can take a look. However, if these are for the episodes that belong to the radio series and not the TV series, I suggest to review the above information first regarding this particular radio episodes to determine their eligibility. Cheers!

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Thanks so much for your reply, Maya. The BBC have indeed released the episodes as podcasts (It's how i usually listen to them). Thanks for the link, I shall endeavour to submit a podcast entry and get the guide corrected. Is it possible to get radio/podcast episodes wrongly attributed to the TV Show transferred or do I need to request them to be deleted and create new episode submissions for the new radio/podcast entry? (I can't see an entry for transferring an episode in the Help Guide).

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@SimonPaulMiller- You're welcome! Once you have created the page for the Podcast, you can let us know through here and provide us with the link of the podcast page. I will advise to also give us the links of the episodes that are on the TV series that belong to the radio/podcast so that we can then further help on transferring them to the correct title page. After we have help you with that, you can continue to contribute to the radio/podcast page and continue to add the episodes as well.

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Thanks - just submitted an entry for the podcast.