Arguments
title
Title (or part thereof, minimum 3 characters)
start
(xxxx-xx-xxT00:00:00+00:00) Start time of window in which to retrieve programmes, defaults to now
end
(xxxx-xx-xx(+1)T00:00:00+00:00) End time of window in which to retrieve programmes, defaults to 23:59:59 today
keyword
Free-text search term (minimum 3 characters)
limit
(100) Maximum number of programmes to return. Maximum value is 500
detail
(simple) Level of information in response: simple, schedule (more information)
sort
(title) The order in which the programmes are returned. Possible values are:
title (default) - alphabetical by title
title-reverse - reverse alphabetical by title
format
(simple) Response format (more information)
Explore
bbc.programme.search
Example response
Simple response with detail=simple:
<result programmes="1" sort="title"> <programme programme_id="crid://bbc.co.uk/272907390" title="Neighbours" /> </result>Simple response with detail=schedule:
<result programmes="2" sort="title">
<programme programme_id="crid://bbc.co.uk/2345" title="Neighbours">
<synopsis>Fair dinkum.</synopsis>
<event channel_id="BBCOne">
<start>2005-11-31T13:40:00Z</start>
<duration>00:30:00</duration>
<event>
<event channel_id="BBCOne">
<start>2005-11-31T15:35:00Z</start>
<duration>00:30:00</duration>
<event>
</programme>
</result>
TV-Anytime format:
<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'>
<ProgramDescription>
<ProgramInformationTable>
<ProgramInformation programId="crid://bbc.co.uk/272913955">
<BasicDescription>
<Title>Neighbours</Title>
<Synopsis length="short">
Dylan learns of Stingray's plight and decides to return to Erinsborough.
Bree urges her mother to open up to Kim. Karl discovers Internet dating. [AD,S]
</Synopsis>
<Keyword type="main">Australia</Keyword>
<Keyword type="main">community</Keyword>
<Keyword type="main">family</Keyword>
<Genre href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:ContentCS:2005:3.4.2.1">
<Name>Soap Opera</Name>
</Genre>
<Genre href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:FormatCS:2005:2.2.1">
<Name>Fictional portrayal of life</Name>
</Genre>
<Genre href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:IntentionCS:2005:1.1">
<Name>ENTERTAINMENT</Name>
</Genre>
<CaptionLanguage closed="true">EN-UK</CaptionLanguage>
<RelatedMaterial>
<HowRelated href="urn:tva:metadata:cs:HowRelatedCS:2005:10">
<Name>For more information</Name>
</HowRelated>
<MediaLocator>
<mpeg7:MediaUri>http://www.bbc.co.uk/neighbours</mpeg7:MediaUri>
</MediaLocator>
</RelatedMaterial>
</BasicDescription>
<AVAttributes>
<AudioAttributes>
<NumOfChannels>2</NumOfChannels>
</AudioAttributes>
<AudioAttributes>
<NumOfChannels>1</NumOfChannels>
<AudioLanguage purpose="urn:tva:metadata:cs:AudioPurposeCS:2004:1">EN-UK</AudioLanguage>
</AudioAttributes>
<VideoAttributes>
<AspectRatio>16:9</AspectRatio>
</VideoAttributes>
</AVAttributes>
<MemberOf xsi:type="MemberOfType" crid="crid://bbc.co.uk/__SERNeighbours"/>
</ProgramInformation>
</ProgramInformationTable>
<ProgramLocationTable>
<Schedule serviceIDRef="BBCOne">
<ScheduleEvent>
<Program crid="crid://bbc.co.uk/272913955"/>
<ProgramURL>
dvb://233a.1004.1044;5623@2006-02-01T17:36:35Z/PT00H21M
</ProgramURL>
<InstanceMetadataId>imi:bbc.co.uk/272913955</InstanceMetadataId>
<PublishedStartTime>2006-02-01T17:35:00Z</PublishedStartTime>
<PublishedDuration>PT00H25M00S</PublishedDuration>
</ScheduleEvent>
</Schedule>
</ProgramLocationTable>
</ProgramDescription>
</TVAMain>
