ITunes freezes whilst trying to download duplicate episodes

I use home sharing. On one PC (not the PC i used to purchase the episodes) there are 2 episodes of a TV series that have already downloaded but have duplicates in the library which have not downloaded. iTunes is trying to download these duplicates. I can't stop or pause this download which has a very long download time. It's preventing other downloads too. i.e. Apps etc.
Attempts to end these downloads tends to end in itunes freezing. Ending the prog in Task manager has no effect and prevents me from re-starting my PC,
Any ideas/help?

Well, if something works and you add something new, and it stops working.... it certainly can point to the new stuff being the problem.
But I suspect it will all add fine after a restore.
I've only HAD to restore my ipod once. The other times, it was because I wanted a fresh start on it on a different PC.
In my case, I had been switching it around between different PCs, which shouldn't have caused it to need a restore, but there you go. Hardware weirdness.

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