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Changes needed for Middle English title...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32085850/episodes/ One of the most complicated tasks I've had to do, as they kept repeating episodes throughout the runs... I've had get an Excel spreadsheet and a subscription to the TV Times archive to work it all out. But the IMDb is worth it. Anyway, there are some instances where episodes were created as standalone titles on the IMDb and have since been integrated. Or created as a single entry when there was more than one episode. What this means is that the "alternate title" is left on the episodes when not needed, namely: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2580122 - This was created as a single title (I assume because it was repeated as an omnibus edit in another series a year later, and released on DVD in that format.) As it's two episodes, the first one now has "Mr Magus Is Waiting for You (1986)" as the main title, with "Mr Magus Is Waiting for You: Part One (original title)". It just needs to be called Mr Magus Is Waiting for You: Part One. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173221 - The same situation. This was created as a single title, whereas it's three episodes. It just needs to be called A Game of Soldiers: Part One https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2203078 - Just needs to be Interference: Episode 2 So, on this topic, there's another of these "standalone" titles out there. I believe this one may have been created by the person who stars in it, as they're credited with the plot outline: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393325/reference/ This is an episode of Middle English: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33477732 The only thing giving me pause when it comes to requesting a merge is the odd runtime on it - 26 minutes. The Middle English episode is online and it's just 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqy-sEUOfj0

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@Bethanny​ Thank you Bethanny. I'm up to season 12 now, with some episodes having been repeated over half a dozen times. I've got an Excel spreadsheet to work it all out. One of the three-part stories was later used as a condensed episode of Dramarama: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13103636/reference/ As it's repeated material repackaged, I've just left it as a "shell" episode. However, it's different in that it's trimmed down in duration. Should I add full credits for it? All movie connections are done.

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@Michelle​ I found I had no choice, Michelle, it started to give me a headache. :) I've now really gone down a rabbit hole as some early episodes were also shell episode repeats of two earlier series which didn't exist on the IMDb: Writers' Workshop and About Books.

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@Bethanny​ The three removals of "alternate titles" - I submitted these via the form and they've yet to be updated. (Actually, I see this was only a week ago... it feels like I've been doing this forever.)

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@Michelle​ Hi Michelle, I had to do these via the contact form rather than a submission.

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@Michelle​ Hi Michelle, sorry, it looks as if I'd forgotten as well. A difficult title to work out and resolve, that one. The earlier ones were listed by name in the TV Times and the later ones were listed by name in Channel 4 Archive Press Packs... but there's 2-3 years in the middle where they're only listed as "Middle English" in both. As it's a show that relied heavily on repeats, I can't take the risk of adding later episodes in case they were already shown in this TV listings no man's land.