Does anyone know what a 'reversion' is?

[Alex Brooks]

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer
<jn.ml.gti.91 at wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote:
> I've noticed that a few BBC programmes are described as 'reversions'.  For
> example there's a repeat (or maybe it's more than that?) of Series 5 of "Rip
> Off Britain" on at the moment.  In the tv.cache file (& on the BBC website)
> the episodes are titled:
>
>   Rip Off Britain: Series 5 (Daytime Reversions)
>
> The tv.cache file currently lists some other 'reversions':
>
>   Coast: Series 5 Reversions
>
>   Flog It!: Series 7 Reversions
>
<SNIP>

A really good, simple example of a basic 'reversion' would be these
programmes with values in, like Flog It and house buying programmes.
The reversions have messages pop up saying "as valued in May 2013" or
similar all over them.  Likewise you get dub changes on reversions if
the first broadcast refers to something coming up in the future, the
reversion will state the date plainly, not without reference to
whether it is in the near future or past.

Alex