Does anyone know what a 'reversion' is?

[Christopher Woods]

Likewise, the abbreviated 10/15 minute Click episodes which air through the 
week as handy filler.

Some repeated eps of cop shows need to have faces blurred for legal reasons 
since first airing etc.

The term's misleading - it means the act of reverting to a prior state, but 
nuw-meedyah luvvies got their talons into it and repurposed it as is their 
wont.

(between that, and advertising agencies describing all their work as pieces 
of 'creative'...!)

Also IIRC, sign zone versions are 'reversions' and have their own PIDs hung 
off the episode's family tree.

Chris


On 27 October 2014 20:51:23 Alex Brooks <askoorb+iplayer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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