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April 20[edit]

Website informing of UK TV-showings[edit]

I'm looking for a website, which will inform me some days ahead, if & when a particular actor or show will be on TV in the UK.

In Germany we have several of these offers, so I hope, there are ones in the UK as well.

Thank you. 2003:C1:9710:3A00:58C9:4DAD:E65:26D0 (talk) 16:45, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Radio Times is a well established listing. There are several others available. Shantavira|^{feed me} 19:16, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answer but the RT does not help me as far as I know.

I'm looking for a site, where I can choose, say, "Roger Moore", and whenever there's a show with him, James Bond, The Saint, Ivanhoe, whatever, I get an email. Or I chose Midsomer Murders, and whenever it's on, I get an email. 2003:C1:9710:3A00:58C9:4DAD:E65:26D0 (talk) 22:18, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I seriously doubt there's any such website. It would take an enormous amount of effort to even try to keep up-to-date. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:43, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, what about a wiki for forthcoming tv programs. All done by well-meaning and unbiased amateurs with no barrows to push. (* cough *). -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:54, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They'd have to be nuts (translation: totally bonkers)! Clarityfiend (talk) 23:17, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there are at least two such Services in Germany

https://www.tvinfo.de/

https://www.wunschliste.de/main

I suppose they get the information automatically by the TV-Channels 2003:C1:970C:A400:4CE8:5E41:D9EA:EDB9 (talk) 08:30, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It should be relatively simple to write some code to do this automatically. I bet anytime now GPT-X will be able to create the website in response to verbal instructions. --Lambiam 09:44, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This could be what you're looking for. --Viennese Waltz 08:58, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yesss! Thank you very much. 2003:C1:970C:A400:4CE8:5E41:D9EA:EDB9 (talk) 09:45, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]