releaseyear metadata get_iplayer extracts for Films

[David]

On 06/03/2024 19:42, MacFH - C E Macfarlane - News wrote:
>
> Eh?  Surely this film is way older than that?  ISTR first seeing it in
> the 70s?  Let's see what IMDB says, yes, thought so, 1971.
>
> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/
>
>
Sorry that was a terrible example on my part! No idea what I was 
thinking LOL.  I guess my wish would be that get_iplayer would only 
return a releaseyear if one was provided and not return <firstbcastyear> 
when one is not as this not the release year and <firstbcastyear> is 
available separately  in the metadata returned anyway...


> As above, use the form ...
>
>     https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/<pid>
>
> ... to find a page for a programme that remains accessible even after it
>  has lapsed from iPlayer.
>
Yes I was aware of that form but that does not provide as much info as 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/<pid> does (i.e. the year) for 
content that has not lapsed...