What is command line search for archived radio programmes

[dinkypumpkin]

On 29/06/2012 19:28, Alastair wrote:
> A dumb question please from an interested observer and  beginner.  Why is it I can only see
> the In Our Time archives when searching with --type radio or --type podcast.   What is

Because In Our Time is a radio programme that is also available as a 
podcast.

> command line "type" option to search for the other archived programmes referred to in
> current thread?

get_iplayer caches programme data separately for tv, radio and podcast. 
  The --type option indicates which cache(s) to search.