Template:BBC episode/doc

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

There are some specific rules about it's usage.

• It is not a general BBC linking template. Use a normal external URL link, not this template.
• It can only be used on the main article about a single episode, not related articles like the main programme article, "List of" articles, character articles etc.
• Where an article covers more than one episode, do not use this template for any of the episode links.
• It should only be used in the external links section of an article and should not be used inside a reference.
• For programme articles use {{BBC programme}} 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

This template is for linking to the BBC Programme episodes page at BBC Online for BBC television and radio episodes. It should appear in the External links section.

* {{BBC episode|id=|episode=}}

The template has the following parameters:

Parameter	Notes
id	Episode id given after https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/. For example, the "Time On Our Hands" entry is at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007b9g6 and the id is b007b9g6.
episode	Episode title, for the above example this would be Time On Our Hands. The title is automatically formatted.

Example

The following usage:

* {{BBC episode|id=b007b9g6|episode=Time On Our Hands}}

Produces:

• "Time On Our Hands" at BBC Online

Tracking categories

ID parameter exists

• Category:BBC episode ID not in Wikidata (1)
• Category:BBC episode ID different from Wikidata (0)
• Category:BBC episode ID same as Wikidata (229)

ID parameter does not exist

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

See also

• {{BBC programme}} – for links to programmes on the BBC Programmes page
• {{BBC Online}} – for general links to BBC Online pages

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:BBC episode in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for BBC episode

This template is for linking to the BBC Programmes page at BBC Online for BBC television and radio episodes. It should appear in the External links section.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Episode identifier	id	The "id" parameter should contain the identifier (ID) portion of the URL. Example: b007b9g6 is the ID portion of https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007b9g6 Example b007b9g6	String	required
Episode title	episode	The "title" parameter may be used to specify the title of the episode. 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}}	String	optional
qid	qid	QID of a Wikidata page to pull id from other than the page the template is used on Default Page used on	Unknown	optional