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bbc.genre.list
Get a list of all genres.
Arguments
active
  (true) Flag to specify only active genres, set false to show all available genres
format
  (simple) Response format (more information)
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bbc.genre.list
format Simple   TV-Anytime  
Example response
Simple response:
<genre genre_id="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.1" name="Alternative" />
<genre genre_id="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.2" name="Analytical" />
<genre genre_id="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.3" name="Astonishing" />
<genre genre_id="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.4" name="Breathtaking" />
TV-Anytime response:
<TVAMain xmlns='urn:tva:metadata:2005' xmlns:mpeg7='urn:mpeg:mpeg7:schema:2005' 
      xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xml:lang='en'>
  <Genre href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.1">
    <Name>Alternative</Name>
  </Genre>
  <Genre href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.2">
    <Name>Analytical</Name>
  </Genre>
  <Genre href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.3">
    <Name>Astonishing</Name>
  </Genre>
  <Genre href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AtmosphereCS:2005:8.6">
    <Name>Breathtaking</Name>
  </Genre>
</TVAMain>