Template:BBC programme

BBC programme at BBC Online

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This template displays an external link to the BBC Programmes page at BBC Online for a BBC television or radio programme.

There are some specific rules about it's usage.

• It can only be used on the main article about the programme, not related articles like biographies, "List of" articles, character articles etc.
• It is not a general BBC linking template. Use a normal external URL link, not this template.
• It should only be used in the external links section of an article and should never be used inside a reference.
• It can only be used once per article. i.e Spin-off shows should be plain links, not a second use of this template.
• For individual episodes use {{BBC episode}} instead.

All other uses (or multiple uses in the same article) will result in conflicts between Wikipedia and Wikidata, causing the article to appear in the error categories below.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

{{BBC programme | ID }}

{{BBC programme | ID | TITLE }}

{{BBC programme | ID | TITLE | DESCRIPTION }}

Named parameters

{{BBC programme | id= ID }}

{{BBC programme | id= ID | title= TITLE }}

{{BBC programme | id= ID | title= TITLE | description= DESCRIPTION }}

Using Wikidata property (P827)

{{BBC programme}}

{{BBC programme | title= TITLE }}

{{BBC programme | title= TITLE | description= DESCRIPTION }}

The template has the following optional parameters:

Parameter	Notes
id	Programme id given after https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/. For example, the EastEnders entry is at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m86d and the id is b006m86d.
title	Programme name, for the above example this would be EastEnders. The title is automatically formatted.
description	Additional description

Examples

No parameters and the show has a Wikidata entry with a BBC programme id.

* {{BBC programme}}

• BBC programme at BBC Online

No parameters and the show does not have a Wikidata entry with a BBC programme id.

* {{BBC programme}}

• BBC programme at BBC Online

One parameter

* {{BBC programme | b006m86d }}

• BBC programme at BBC Online

* {{BBC programme |id= b006m86d }}

• BBC programme at BBC Online

Two parameters

* {{BBC programme | b006m86d | EastEnders }}

• EastEnders at BBC Online

* {{BBC programme | id= b006m86d | title= EastEnders }}

• BBC programme at BBC Online

Three parameters

* {{BBC programme | b006m86d | EastEnders | (British TV series) }}

• EastEnders (British TV series) at BBC Online

* {{BBC programme | id= b006m86d | title= EastEnders | description= (British TV series) }}

• BBC programme (British TV series) at BBC Online

Tracking categories

ID parameter exists

• Category:BBC programme ID not in Wikidata (28)
• Category:BBC programme ID different from Wikidata (5)
• Category:BBC programme ID same as Wikidata (499)

ID parameter does not exist

• Category:BBC programme template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)
• Category:BBC programme template using Wikidata (2,110)

See also

• {{BBC Online}} – for general links to BBC Online pages
• {{BBC episode}} – for links to BBC Programmes episode pages
• {{BBC composer page}} - for links to pages about composers

TemplateData

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TemplateData for BBC programme

This template displays an external link to the BBC Programmes page at BBC Online for a BBC television or radio programme. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Programme identifier	id 1	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") should contain the identifier (ID) portion of the URL. Example: b006m86d is the ID portion of https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m86d. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P827 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P827 Example b006m86d	String	optional
Programme title	title 2	The "title" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the title of the programme. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(TV series)". It is displayed in an italic font. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}} Example EastEnders	String	optional
Programme description	description 3	The "description" parameter (or unnamed parameter "3") may be used to add a description of the programme. It is displayed in a non-italic font.	String	optional

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