ITunes (AppleTV) TV Show Episode Sort Order

I have purchased Dr Who Season 6 but it comes in two parts. Part One and Part Two.
When these settle into iTunes in the TV series section they combine into one season but the sort (play) order is wrong.
When viewing from within iTunes or through Apple TV they appear out of order.
The order they appear is:
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 1
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 1
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 2
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 2
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 3
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 3
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 4
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 4
I want them to be listed in the correct 'original air date' order so I can watch them in sequence.
I want them to appear as follows:
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 1
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 2
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 3
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 1      Episode 4
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 1
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 2
Doctor Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 3
Docrot Who, Season 6, Part 2      Episode 4
I have fiddled around with all of the settings below and now they appear OK in iTunes (because I have manually edited the 'Episode ID' and also the Edisode Number) but not on Apple TV they still appear in the original (incorrect order). AppleYV does not seem to recognise the manual changes
What do I need to edit to get them to show in 'original air date' order on AppleTV so I can watch Season 6 in the right order?
Video Screen:
Season Number
Episode Number
Episode ID
Info Screen:
Track XX of XX
Disc Number XX of XX
Sorting Screen:
Album
Sort Album

The following layout should fix things:
Show = Doctor Who
Season = 6
Episode ID = s06e01 - s06e08
Episode No. = 1 - 8
Album = Doctor Who (as Show)
Disc No. = 6 (as Season No.)
Track No. = 1 - 8 (as Episode No.)
If you want all your Doctor Who seasons listed under a single icon just set:
Season = <Blank>
For all episodes from all seasons.
It may also help to set Artist & Album Artist to something like "Doctor Who Cast" if the order is still somewhat random after the changes above.
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