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Under construction...
Andy Armstrong
Internet Engineer, BBC Genome
BBC Genome's editing ability will be disabled for a few days. We explain how this is crucial to prepare BBC Genome for some bulk fixes that will improve our data.
Happy birthday Genome!
To mark Genome's first anniversary, we delve back into the archives and look at how the BBC's boss paid tribute to the Radio Times when it marked its first birthday in 1924.
New content added to Genome!
We've added a whole host of previously 'missing' listings to the Genome database, including music details and full entries for sports programme Grandstand. Why were they 'lost' and how were they pieced back together?
We've reached 100,000 edits! Meet one of our editors
As we reach 100,000 accepted user generated edits, meet Ben Rigsby, one of BBC Genome's most prolific editors.
Data archaeology - or the missing listings
Jake Berger
BBC Genome
The small-but-perfectly-formed Genome technical team have spent the last six months digging into the vast cache of data that was produced during the scanning over 350,000 pages of the Radio Times. They’ve found quite a lot interesting artefacts in unexpected places, and are currently brushing ...
