ITunes Episode Description not showing on iPad

I've made a series of short videos to show as episodes of a TV show in iTunes but the episode description that I've put into iTunes does not show on the iPad once sync'd.
I have also got a TV series that I bought from the iTunes store and on this, the description does show on the iPad.
I can't see what's different between the two scenarios - does anyone have any ideas what's going on?
Thanks

The descriptions you see on your iOS device cannot be edited from iTunes. You need a metadata editor in order to edit those.
I personaly use Metax (http://www.kerstetter.net/index.php/projects/software/metax)

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