I know this is a big ask and I expect I will be told to go and program the IMDB to do this myself (which I can't as I am not capable enough) but I wondered if there was any way the IMDB code could be tweaked to get the latest series date so the end user can know if a show is a repeat or a brand new series.
When looking at the guide it is not possible to tell and it is a real pain sometimes not to know. I used to use an android app to check but even these have become totally unreliable.
There is data in IMDB that tell you, for example, For tonights episode of Dragons Den (5th Jan 2023 on BBC 1 at 8pm) there is no indication that it is a new series. A quick check on (what I thought) was a reliable android app indicated its a repeat. Further delving on IMDB shows that it is, in fact, a new series (20) episode 1. First Aired 5th Jan 2023.
e.g.
2023-01-05 13_53_42-Dragons' Den (TV Series 2005– ) - IMDb.jpg
I did try to look at he PY code and tried to call up the URL it seems to be using so I could see if the data was easy to identify but it gave me an Amazon AWS login prompt so I could go no further.
For me it would make life Sooooooo much better and for the right guru who can code in PY it would likely be pretty simple.
Thanks kind people :-)
Paul