About sites that are no longer updated

"We're no longer updating this site" - What does this mean?

We aim to make sure that all of the pages we publish on bbc.co.uk are as accurate, reliable and as useful as possible. Where a particular radio, tv series or other BBC event has ended we generally leave the related web site online, just in case visitors may find it helpful or interesting in future. However, in order to avoid confusion we add a banner notice to the site to make it clear that we're no longer keeping these pages up to date.

We leave these sites online for reference purposes only, and you should be aware that the information provided may be out of date or otherwise inaccurate due to the passage of time.

Why don't you just delete these sites when the programme has ended?

Our view is that these sites often contain a lot of information about the programme or event which may be of interest in the future. We don't want to delete pages which users may have bookmarked or linked to in other ways.

This also means that if a programme series or event returns, we can update the content of the site and remove the banner notice very quickly.

Where else can I find information about BBC programmes?

For our most detailed list of BBC programmes, please visit BBC Programme pages.

When do you delete sites from bbc.co.uk?

In general our policy is only to remove sites and pages where the information provided has become so outdated that it may lead to actual harm or damage.

Anything else I should know about this notice?

Our in-house name for this process of labelling sites as "no longer updated" is "mothballing"!