anyone know any good UK TV listings sites?

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I've been using www.livelistings.co.uk for a while, but it is down, not for the first time. Are there any other good ones? I want to browse days ahead, I want it to have a pretty comprehensive list of channels, and I want it to include details of the shows - I don't want to have to follow a link for details of each show. I'd like it to load reasonably quickly.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah, some determined googling turns up http://www2.buryfreepress.co.uk/letsgo/tv.asp, exactly like Live Listings, but working.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

this question is always asked in discussions on PVRs (hard disk based personal video recorders like Tivo) because there're a lot of people that would like to build their own but need guide data. most of the linux versions use a thing called xmltv which screenscrapes data from annanova.com but i think that needs to be done daily. on slashdot yesterday they mentioned a new provider in zaptoit (http://labs.zap2it.com/ztvws/ztvws_login/1,1059,TMS01-1,00.html) who will provide free listings in return for filling in a questionnaire every couple of months but i'm not sure whether they provide UK data or only US.

the obvious one is digiguide, who were 5 or 10 pound a year last time i looked (oh, 8.99)

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 10 June 2004 07:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Digiguide are the source of the data on the two I mentioned, I believe.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 10 June 2004 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I use http://www.teletext.com/tvplus

but that's down at the mo' too!

― de, Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

What's wrong with the Radio Times website? I swear by it.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

They both seemed to just offer todat's TV when I looked.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

> Digiguide are the source of the data on the two I mentioned, I believe.

yeah, i noticed that upon visiting the website you mentioned. unfortunately this was after i posted...

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:59 (twenty-two years ago)

radio times site has a drop down menu for the date near the top. date also appears in the url.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 10 June 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

No such drop down that I can see. Also, I've been waiting a few minutes for its listing page for today to load, and it looks as if it isn't going to.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 10 June 2004 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

> No such drop down that I can see.

oops. click on 'what's on tv - tonight' on the front page and from there you can choose the day to view, up to two weeks worth.

has digiguide changed in the last couple of weeks? i'm sure there was a web interface last time i looked.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 24 June 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

what's happened to bleb.org/tv? :(

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 10 April 2006 09:21 (twenty years ago)

Yep, bleb.org/tv was my favourite too - where's it gone?

― stevepaperjam, Monday, 10 April 2006 10:51 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

Is there a general rolling UK TV thread (for admrl)?

― Elderflower Gimcrax Flores (admrl), Thursday, 11 August 2011 03:35 (fifteen years ago)

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