V (2010) - S1 on BT Vision

Hey all, just signed up only had BT V for about a week or so after moving house - we don't discuss that experience!
I'm in the process of watching "V (2010) S1" (It lives under TV/Warner TV) but some of the episodes seem to be missing. According to IMDB the first series of V has 12 episodes, BT Vision only has 10 of them available.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/episodes
Can anyone shed any light on this situation please?
Cheers
Dimdom

Hi and welcome to the forum.
There are indeed twelve episodes to this re-imagined series. On Demand content on all the series available are added at a later date. Usually week to week.
Episodes 11 and 12 will appear sometime in the future.
If you really, really, want to know when, email the Mods and they will post this info on the forum.
Though why they can't post such detailed info on the Vision website is beyond me. That kind of info would be very useful.
Hope that helps.
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