Start with the actual programme or organisation
FRONTLINE’s official history describes its documentary series and separate formats, including extended source interviews and The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast. PBS News’ about page instead identifies a daily, breaking and special-news producer that makes the named NewsHour programme alongside other output. The umbrella organisation and an individual programme are therefore different levels of reference.
Keep FRONTLINE plus the film title and original date, or PBS NewsHour plus the edition date, in a viewing note. A broad PBS News label does not establish that a result is the complete nightly programme, and a FRONTLINE subject page can contain more than one kind of item.
A longer interview can still be a different work
An extended source interview can contain material that was edited into a documentary, but it does not automatically contain the film’s narration, other interviews or reporting sequence. Its runtime can even exceed a film’s without becoming the complete documentary. Length alone is therefore a poor way to resolve the item.
If the aim is following one interviewee’s full account, the extended interview may be exactly right. If the aim is examining the finished film’s argument and editing, preserve the film reference instead. A podcast is another editorial presentation, not simply proof of a matching video edition.
When quoting from an extended interview, identify that interview directly. A quotation located there should not be described as a line retained in the finished documentary unless the film itself has been checked.
Keep the original date and source type in shared references
A daily news report can discuss a FRONTLINE investigation or interview a filmmaker. Save the news contribution and film as separate records when both matter. That makes it clear whether someone is seeing the investigation, a discussion about it or later reporting on the same subject.
The official history’s general viewing descriptions do not certify a Canadian provider’s catalogue or every documentary’s present access conditions. This article identifies publisher-defined formats without watching or evaluating an investigation. Compare the supplied title, item type and original date with the exact official reference before treating shared PBS branding as enough evidence of a complete programme match.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- FRONTLINE: history and formats — Official current indexed text distinguishes films, extendedsourceinterviews, podcast and digitalreporting. Promotionalquality/accesscounts not adopted.
- PBS News: about — Official current indexed page distinguishes PBSNews producer/umbrella from namedNewsHour and otherprogrammes; not a universalfeed or Canadianaccess claim.
