Hi Robin.
Thanks for the info.
Re."My Sky+ box loses the other channels most weeks thus the above process must be followed each time!"; perhaps that's the problem; if we try to set the box the previous day to record, maybe it's losing it before the program starts?
We don't have Sky+, just a regular box that works with the dish, & a hard disk video recorder. We'll follow your instructions & try again!
Many thanks,
Mattt.