Episode 1 of BBC shows not on Sky Q

[Rodgy84]

When trying to watch some of the new BBC shows "The Reckoning" and "Time" on catch up on Sky Q, episode 1 is missing. The first available episode is episode 2. 

When I go into the BBC iPlayer app on SkyQ,  episode 1 is available there but I can't understand why it's not available when searching on Sky Q.

This isn't limited to the above two shows it's nearly all BBC series.

Any ideas?

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@Rodgy84 wrote:

When trying to watch some of the new BBC shows "The Reckoning" and "Time" on catch up on Sky Q, episode 1 is missing. The first available episode is episode 2. 

When I go into the BBC iPlayer app on SkyQ,  episode 1 is available there but I can't understand why it's not available when searching on Sky Q.

This isn't limited to the above two shows it's nearly all BBC series.

Any ideas?

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Why don't you just use the BBC iPlayer app to watch them?

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@Rodgy84 It's possibly due to episodes only appearing in Catch Up for 30 days. In which case, episode 2 will disappear shortly.

The BBC would prefer you to use iPlayer, so limiting how long episodes stay in Catch Up achieves this. 

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Hmmm. Doubting my own answer. 

Checking on my Sky+HD box, Episodes 2, 3 and 4 of The Reckoning don't expire until 2028.

Similarly, Ep 2 of Time doesn't expire until next year.  Even S1 of Time isn't available.

@Rodgy84 Best course of action would be to email viewer relations at viewerR@sky.uk to see if they can explain it (or just watch on iPlayer)