[VMPhil]

If it was made in SD, which is likely (though 2007-9 was the back end of SD drama production) and it's a recent acquisition, it's likely suffering from the same de-interlacing and zooming issue we've mentioned on other shows. The latter will be less noticable due to it being shot on film, but it will still be reducing the picture quality.

Edit: looked at the most recent episode on UKTV Play, and yeah, it looks pretty awful. Very soft and blurry, and clearly zoomed in. There's no way something from 2009 should look like that, even if it was made in SD.

The end credit text looks awful, and you have the telltale copyright strap very close to the bottom of the screen



Finding a video on YouTube, while the quality's poor because whoever uploaded it shrunk the credits into a box to show off their channel's logo, you can see the copyright strap is a lot further from the bottom of the screen

Thanks. I also found a YouTube upload (by the production company I think!) and was able to compare it while it was being broadcast. The thing that tipped me off at first was the cast/crew credits on screen at the start of the programme were extremely close to the edge of the screen. Then I noticed straight away the framing was completely off - people's heads half cut off the top or the side. It beggars belief that this is acceptable for broadcast.

(I was watching on Freeview SD so couldn't appreciate the lower resolution as much but I still thought the end credits were fuzzy).