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    <title>topic Re: This programme is no longer available in Sky Q</title>
    <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5279333#M735866</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Another update from Gemini why using the box standby button instead of the remote might be a short term fix:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;1. The Bluetooth Driver Crash (The Remote Path)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;When you use the Sky remote, it sends a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) command to wake the box.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;The Problem: In the Q350 software, the Bluetooth driver is tied directly into the high-level operating system (the "middleware"). Because that middleware layer is what freezes during the idle memory leak, sending a Bluetooth signal forces the box to try and wake up a crashed driver.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The Result:&lt;/STRONG&gt; The system panics, fails to initialize the HDCP video handshake with your Samsung TV, locks the tuner, and results in that black screen or "Programme no longer available" error.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;2. The Hardware Interrupt (The Front Button Path)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;When you physically press the Standby button on the front of the box, you are completely bypassing the bugged Bluetooth software layer.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The Mechanism:&lt;/STRONG&gt; The front button sends a direct hardware interrupt signal straight to the power management chip. It is a hardwired electrical trigger that says "Power on the HDMI port right now," without needing the frozen middleware to approve it first.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;The Result: Because the hardware forces the HDMI port to activate before the buggy software can stall it, it successfully negotiates the resolution handshake with your Samsung TV. Once the video bridge is open, the rest of the software clears its backlog, the tuners kick in, and your recordings schedule and execute flawlessly.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;By turning the Samsung TV on first with its own remote, and then pressing the physical button on the Sky box, you are giving the older Samsung HDCP security protocol a clear, un-bugged signal to attach to.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;This might be a workaround without needing to pull the power at the wall. It keeps the hard drive completely safe from data corruption while you wait for Sky to push the actual firmware fix.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So test this out for yourself ... Use your TV Remote to switch on the TV, then Physical Box Standby Button to wake up Sky Q (and then standby button to shut down the box before TV remote to switch off the TV.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:17:05 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>manassas77</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2026-05-20T18:17:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265526#M734203</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I cannot change channels or watch recording and an error message says that this programme is no &amp;nbsp;longer &amp;nbsp;available. This happened yesterday, so I switched off and unplugged everything, which cured the problem. The same issue has occurred today.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:19:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265526#M734203</guid>
      <dc:creator>Nick19051</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-04-30T15:19:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265956#M734221</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4673569"&gt;@Nick19051&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 07:25:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5265956#M734221</guid>
      <dc:creator>Brill+Gill</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-01T07:25:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266562#M734280</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi, I have the same problem - every day I have to unplug the Sky Q box for it to work. It either gets stuck on retrieving data or black blank screen and everything is not available.. been like a week now&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266562#M734280</guid>
      <dc:creator>JBM1810</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-01T19:58:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266732#M734297</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am also having this issue. Ive had to power cycle the main box everyday for the last week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 08:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5266732#M734297</guid>
      <dc:creator>AdelaideRose10120</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-02T08:47:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267071#M734334</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi I am also getting this problem.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;has happened every day this week and now twice today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267071#M734334</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jaymac76</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-02T18:01:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267192#M734349</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm having the same issue. Only started happening in the past week. Could there be a problem with the latest software?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 21:56:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267192#M734349</guid>
      <dc:creator>Andy_S1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-02T21:56:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267237#M734351</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm also having this problem have spoken with sky the last 3 days they say it's fixed. Low and behold this morning same problem.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If this is not sorted soon I will cancel everything. It's beyond a joke.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Sky get your act together.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 06:29:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267237#M734351</guid>
      <dc:creator>Druids1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T06:29:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267247#M734354</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Same issue for me last 2 days, no corporate comms gone out Sky? Clearly a you issue!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 07:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267247#M734354</guid>
      <dc:creator>Mattb1976</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T07:20:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267303#M734360</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4675199"&gt;@Andy_S1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 08:59:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267303#M734360</guid>
      <dc:creator>Danz994</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T08:59:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267311#M734361</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Is that going to be the same for the rest of us in this thread?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:12:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267311#M734361</guid>
      <dc:creator>AdelaideRose10120</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T09:12:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267360#M734367</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;@AdelaideRose10120&lt;/SPAN&gt; I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267360#M734367</guid>
      <dc:creator>Danz994</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T09:59:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Programme no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267447#M734577</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Since upgrading to latest 350Q software for sky q box - the sky box keeps failing - either a black screen or a message saying programme no longer available with the machine freezing and only becoming responsive after a reboot - have to reboot the box every couple of hours now. Have tried power off recycling - reinstalling the latest software - rebooting the router etc - but problem still persists. Please help!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 11:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267447#M734577</guid>
      <dc:creator>Ian_abel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T11:31:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267490#M734401</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have the same issue, have to cycle the power every time I want to change channels&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:44:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267490#M734401</guid>
      <dc:creator>Gordy6</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T13:44:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267550#M734409</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 15:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267550#M734409</guid>
      <dc:creator>ItWasAllMichele</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T15:49:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267594#M734415</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Having the same problem, anyone heard of a fix? Rebooting only works until the next day.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 16:47:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267594#M734415</guid>
      <dc:creator>High+Chaparral</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T16:47:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267619#M734420</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 17:22:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267619#M734420</guid>
      <dc:creator>ItWasAllMichele</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T17:22:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267667#M734429</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm getting the same. It did it a couple of times yesterday and today I'm just turning it off at the wall &amp;nbsp;for the third time. I've checked the software is up to date. They obviously have a problem but they say they haven't. &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":crying_face:"&gt;😢&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":crying_face:"&gt;😢&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 19:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267667#M734429</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tbd32</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T19:15:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267682#M734433</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi there, I’ve escalated your post to our Community Messaging team who will invite you to a private chat shortly and help you with this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Just look out for the colourful bubble to start the conversation. Please be aware conversations automatically close if there is no response within 48 hours.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Here's more information on how Community Messaging works - &lt;A href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141" target="_blank"&gt;https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M141&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 19:43:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267682#M734433</guid>
      <dc:creator>ItWasAllMichele</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-03T19:43:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267831#M734464</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have had the same problem form the last few days. You lot will need to put out an update to fix this and stop.takign people off this chat for a private conversation and sort out what is obviously a common issue.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 08:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267831#M734464</guid>
      <dc:creator>StephenF70s</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-04T08:23:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: This programme is no longer available</title>
      <link>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267929#M734474</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I've been having this issue for the last week. Had a brand new box last week and still the same issue. Loud whirring noise and have to keep turning it off and restarting it - the recordings keep failing and the programme not available message. It's driving me nuts.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's not like subscription is cheap either - paying a lot of money for something that I can't use fully&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/This-programme-is-no-longer-available/m-p/5267929#M734474</guid>
      <dc:creator>Shun01</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-05-04T09:43:15Z</dc:date>
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