Inconsistencies

[C E Macfarlane]

Vangelis, much of your information is very useful and to the point, so I'm
disappointed to have to argue you with, as below ...

www.macfh.co.uk/CEMH.html

>     PID strings which begin with "b0xxxxxx" 99.9% of times
>     correspond to (full) broadcast episodes/shows - these do
>     come into HD versions (as a rule of thumb; exceptions may
>     apply...).
[snip]
>     PID strings that begin with "p0xxxxxx" can also correspond
>     sometimes to full episodes broadcast on TV, but usually
>     the are reserved for Red Button/iPlayer-only material.

I can see no evidence for any such distinction, AFAICS they are used about
equally.  For example, the following is a list of complete programmes which
I want to watch and which either have been broadcast in the last week or so
or will be broadcast within the coming week, and the b0*s and p0*s are
evenly split.

Britain Beneath Your Feet; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0619k4f
Clydebuilt; Ships That Made The Commonwealth;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n490d
Heritage; The Battle For Britain's Past;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014fxzv
Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00drtpj
India; Nature's Wonderland; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z830v
Love And Betrayal In India; White Mughal;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z8109
Miniature Britain; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pc1c1
Natural World; Heligan - Secrets Of The Lost Gardens;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013nhmg;
Natural World; Living With Baboons; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l45m4
Secret Life Of Waves; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y5jhx
Treasures Of The Indus; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qvb1j
Who Were the Greeks; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0369vm2