Bbc I Player

[kenny1234]

I went on to I player the day following a programme that i had missed. The original programme lasted 20 mins. Yet when i viewed it only 13 mins was on the video!!! What may have happened??

[Buenchico]

What was the programme? If it related to the election (e.g. a satirical sketch show) some parts of it might have had to be removed immediately prior to, and during, polling.

[tonymclark]

If you missed the programme, how do you know it lasted 20-minutes?

It may have been in a 20-minute slot, but programme running times are not exact (all programmes should be shorter than their allocated slot to allow for trailers and continuity announcements). There may have been another filler programme with the one you wanted to see, that lasts 5 or 6 minutes.

[kenny1234]

The programme was News North West---22.30 till 22.50, The bar accross the bottom of the video clip showed only 15 mins.at the end !!!

[kenny1234]

P.S. All the other content related to Election views across the region.

[Buenchico]

Section 66A, Representation of the People Act 1983:

"(1)No person shall, in the case of an election to which this section applies, publish before the poll is closed—

(a)any statement relating to the way in which voters have voted at the election where that statement is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information given by voters after they have voted, or

(b)any forecast as to the result of the election which is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information so given.

(2)This section applies to—

(a)any parliamentary election; and

(b)any local government election in England or Wales.

(3)If a person acts in contravention of subsection (1) above, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

(4)In this section—

“forecast” includes estimate;

“publish” means make available to the public at large, or any section of the public, in whatever form and by whatever means;

and any reference to the result of an election is a reference to the result of the election either as a whole or so far as any particular candidate or candidates at the election is or are concerned."

[kenny1234]

People I have spoken to, say they saw the full 20 minutes on the night it was screened,which included the missing section I wanted to view.!!!