Programme identity and viewing
How It’s Made and How Do They Do It?: keep the shows distinct
Separate two engineering series using WAG and Discovery production records and actual object-pair episode descriptions.
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Programme identity and viewing journal articles — page 3
Choose a practical article about programme identity and viewing. These topic indexes complement the six-article journal pages.
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Programme identity and viewing
Columbo’s early films: titles are safer than episode numbers
Identify Prescription: Murder and Ransom for a Dead Man by title and cast, while preserving a conflicting storefront year.
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The Twilight Zone: original and reimagined series are separate
Keep Rod Serling’s original Twilight Zone and Jordan Peele’s reimagining separate, including hosts, season records and anthology continuity.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: read the credit
Distinguish Presents from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and use actual episode credits for host, director and writer.
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Inside No. 9: recurring creators do not make one continuing story
Read Inside No. 9 as a numbered-setting anthology without assuming recurring actors play one continuing character.
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Detectorists specials: story, movie label and bonus material
Separate Detectorists’ Christmas story, Movie Special and named production bonuses before comparing catalogue episode totals.
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