Is it a repeat?

[Vangelis forthnet]

On Fri Jun 28 08:26:21 BST 2013, Chris Marriott wrote:

>... although you can't use the PID to tell with any 
>degree of accuracy WHEN a programme was first broadcast, ...

Hi Chris!
Have you read my previous post here:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2013-June/004383.html

The PID alone (the 8-digit alphanumeric string) can't tell much by itself 
(as you say, it is only when you compare it to another PID that you can 
- maybe - deduce which one belongs to a more recent broadcast), but 
the URL:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/PID/broadcasts

does reveal precisely when the first broadcast took place...

@dinkypumpkin:

Any news whether the above URL could be somehow utilised by 
get_iplayer?

Many thanks in advance :-)
Vangelis.