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Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

Phyllis18 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:47:22 GMT

As advised I used my Sky Go app to control my SkyQ box but the programme list is not offering BBC1 and 2

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

SlenderRobert — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:52:41 GMT

@Phyllis18 wrote:
As advised I used my Sky Go app to control my SkyQ box but the programme list is not offering BBC1 and 2

You cannot watch BBC channels live via Sky Go - you need to use the BBC iPlayer app for that, but you can see what's on BBC channels on the TV Guide and set remote recordings on the Sky Go app.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

caesarome — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:06:25 GMT

@Phyllis18 wrote:

As advised I used my Sky Go app to control my SkyQ box but the programme list is not offering BBC1 and 2

Are you saying the channels don't appear in your TV Guide ?

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

jmew — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:41:43 GMT

I have no BBC listings at all in my Sky Go app, not even in TV guide. I did have them until recently.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

jmew — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:44:18 GMT

I used to have BBC1 HD as channel 115 in my Tv programme guide list on the Sky Go app. It now doesn't appear at all.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

caesarome — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:39:56 GMT

Above the TV Guide select the "Record to box" option.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

Phyllis18 — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:38:11 GMT

Does that show BBC programmes? When I record any programme using my iPad it doesn’t show as set to record.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

caesarome — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:58:06 GMT

You should be able to set recordings via the app so do they record in your Sky box if you do this ?

As stated above you can't watch live BBC channels directly via the app unless it is connected to your Sky Q box and you would need a multiscreen sub to allow you stream live channels from your box to the app.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

jmew — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:01:35 GMT

My BBC Channels are now in my Sky Go app TV listings again... overnight refresh now has resolved it. Today I can also watch BBC in the Sky Go app.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

jmew — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:02:02 GMT

I can watch BBC in Sky Go.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

jmew — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:03:08 GMT

I didn't find "record to box" but my issue has now resolved itself, I can once again view BBC listings in the Sky Go app and set to record. Must have been a glitch

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

jmew — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:04:45 GMT

Ah, got it now re BBC channels and viewing.. I am currently connectted to my box so can view, but assume if I were away from home I could not in which case I would use iPlayer. thanks for that - hadn't realised that was the case.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

TimmyBGood — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 10:02:01 GMT

@jmew wrote:

I am currently connectted to my box so can view, but assume if I were away from home I could not in which case I would use iPlayer.

That's correct, and it's worth noting this is insisted upon by the BBC rather than Sky, mostly because the Beeb has to justify their spending of Licence Fee income on provision of iPlayer services.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

Phyllis18 — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 12:52:34 GMT

Thank you.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

Ballena — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:07:56 GMT

I had this problem, and, reading through the comments, I worked it out. Go to the Skygo app. Go to Guide, at the top of the guide page, it says 'watch on Skygo' or Record on Sky Box'. Use 'Record on Sky Box, even if you don't want to record at the moment, when you use this option a new guide pops up showing the BBC channels. Hope this helps the 'Numpty's' like me.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

PKaye — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 10:29:11 GMT

I don't know how to get BBC 1 and 2 in the Sky Go app to list. It doesn't make sense. I don't want to have to come out of the app to go into BBC iplayer app whenever I want to record a BBC programme. Why do things only get worse, never better?

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

caesarome — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 12:06:26 GMT

@PKaye

All you should need to do is make sure "Record to Sky box" is selected above the TV Guide.

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

Oggmeista — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 19:29:30 GMT

The answer given is frankly total **bleep**, The real reason imho is legal, so why not just say this and admit what i already know?

The other da i tried to record some BBC wimbledon tennis, that i had NOT recorded when the program transmitted. Instead i used the search function from the skygo APP to filter out wimbledon associated content..

I found the programs schedule i wanted and proceeded to instruct skygo to record them to my sky Q box, and later i tried to watch, them , first ting to note is that they did show up on the recordings planner, but when i actually tried to watch them, nothing happens and there is no function other than a message which states "delete", even the "record" option which was showing does nothing

However when i tried to play content that HAD been recorded from i live transmission there was no problem. Tried again with another program on BBC, same thing happened, tr it from another channel like i did to record the Tour De France, and the recording works..

So the answer given in response is wrong or a lie, because it seems to me it depends on the original source of the program...

cheers

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

allscaff44 — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:39:52 GMT

Well done Body, excellent fix option

Re: Why isn’t my Sky Go app showing BBC 1 and 2 in my programme list?

Mika+Hakkinen — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 13:21:13 GMT

@caesarome *UPDATED SOLUTION*

As of January 2024, in the Sky Go app, select TV Guide, and then select the "Record to Sky Box" tab at the top, the first thing we can all see is BBC1 & BBC2 both say "...programmes no longer available."

(Apologies, I have no idea why a sharp HD picture has been uploaded as this low resolution mess)

I was initially thinking that this is another flare up in the legal/political battles between the BBC & Sky.

(It firstly took a long time for BBC programmes to be able to be downloaded via catch up tv, then they would never have subtitles for several years. Eventually the iPlayer app was put onto Sky boxes. However, those arguments & lack of functionality seemed to have been all sorted for the last year or two.)

I have noticed that the Sky Go app is actually showing the Standard Definition BBC 1 & BBC 2 at the beginning of the TV Guide, which is an error that needs correcting by the Sky Go team because the BBC have/are phasing out their SD channels & turning to only broadcasting in HD (only in 1080i as opposed to 1080p for anyone who wants to know, it doesn't matter whether your own Sky settings & TV are capable & set to 1080p or Ultra HD).

The solution to finding BBC channels to record is either to keep on scrolling down until you get to channel 801 & 802 which should be your own regional version of BBC One & BBC 2.

If your Sky Go app doesn't know what region you are in, or if you are away from home & have connected your app to your host's Sky box in a different region, then scroll down to channel 951, that is where there are all the regional versions of BBC One listed shown as:

BBC One HD

BBC One HD.....(there's 12 of them listed like this).

If you are just recording any standard programme that you know is available to everyone in the UK all regions, like The Traitors or Bargain Hunt as two random examples, it doesn't matter which version of BBC One you select to record it from, it'll be fine.

On the other hand, if you want to record your own regional news & weather, you'll have to click on each version of BBC One to check what the full name including which region it is from.

For the rest of the UK, BBC One Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland are labelled as such without needing to click on the channel to check it.

This will need monitoring as I assume that eventually, Sky will stop listing the now defunct BBC SD channels at the start of the TV Guide & replace them with the HD versions, so it should get easier once they do that.

Hope that helps people, I'm happy to clarify anything if I've explained it poorly.