A pre-booked programme is one that is not yet available to watch but is listed as coming soon. If selected, it will automatically download when it is available.
If you have added a programme to your favourites, all other current and future programmes in the series will automatically download (unless you turn off this option). Once downloaded, you need to activate the programme licence by starting to play the programme while you are connected to the internet.
You then have 30 days to finish watching it, which you can do offline.
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