This is my 3rd VU+ in around 12 years so I have been using Auto Timers in the past HOWEVER my wifes problem is the little nuggets she finds when looking through the EPG, so for example on More4 she may find a documentary about Wetherspoons (one she recorded last night) but it isn't the type of thing you'd go searching for on an Auto Timer.
We now have a solution, she looks at a TV Guide online for the days she can't programme on the VU EPG and then I can add a timer for it.
I'm definitely looking into the VPS plugin to adjust timings because BBC on a Saturday especially can be a bugger with shifting times.