Itunes wrong order

Hi
I love itunes u but can't understand why it shows lectures up in the wrong order. Often they're even listed in the wrong order on the iTunes store. It seems there is no obvious way of reordering them into the correct order which in the case of long series of podcasts can be almost impossible.
Western Movies: Myths Ideology and Genre
for example. I have no idea which ep comes first and the one dated first clearly isn't as the first thing he says is about the previous lecture.
The hugely popular Building a Business and Critical Thinking for Beginners from Oxford University have no clear way of knowing the correct order other than visiting the university website. I can't believe all these universities are getting this wrong. Is there something I am not doing right or is this an iTunes problem?

You can also look for differences in 'Sorting' and 'Options' under Right-click > Get Info.
Also check the track number 1 of 12 and 'disc 1 of 1' fields.

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