A client needing a daily, auto-updating spreadsheet of UK cinema showtimes across Odeon and Cineworld — postcodes, films, times, posters, and age ratings — to link to their website.

Industry

Entertainment • Cinema Listings

Region

United Kingdom

Chains

Odeon • Cineworld

Delivery

Daily auto-updated feed

Cinema Chains

Daily

Auto-Update Cadence

Every UK

Cinema Covered

Uniform

Website-Ready Schema

Contact Sales

Client Overview

The client wanted a single spreadsheet of UK cinema showtimes drawn from multiple cinema companies — specifically Odeon and Cineworld — covering every cinema in the UK. For each screening they needed the cinema's postcode, the films and their showtimes, the film's poster image, and its age rating.

The dataset had to behave as a live feed — collected uniformly and accurately, and automatically updated once a day — so the client could link it directly to their website from the spreadsheet.

The Challenge

Two chains, one schema. Odeon and Cineworld have different site structures, yet had to produce one uniform, comparable output.
National cinema coverage. Every UK cinema for both chains had to be covered, tied to its postcode.
Daily freshness. Showtimes change daily, so the feed had to refresh automatically once a day without manual effort.
Rich per-film data. Beyond times, each film needed its poster image URL and age rating captured consistently.
Website-ready uniformity. Data had to be clean and uniform enough to link straight into the client's website.

The Solution by Actowiz Solutions

Actowiz built chain-specific extractors feeding one uniform schema, scheduled to refresh daily and output a website-ready spreadsheet feed.

Approach

Chain-specific extractors. Independent extractors for Odeon and Cineworld, each tuned to its site, normalised into one schema.
Cinema + postcode mapping. Every UK cinema captured with its postcode as the location key.
Film-level capture. Film title, showtimes, poster image URL, and age rating captured per screening.
Daily scheduled refresh. An automated once-a-day run refreshes the feed with current showtimes.
Website-ready output. Uniform spreadsheet feed structured for direct linking from the client's site.

Fields Extracted

Field	Description
Cinema Name	Cinema/venue name
Chain	Odeon or Cineworld
Cinema Postcode	UK postcode for the venue
Film Title	Film name
Showtimes	Screening times for the film that day
Film Image	Poster/film image URL
Age Rating	BBFC age rating
Date	Date of the showtimes

Quality Assurance

Validation Check	Rule Applied
Coverage	All UK cinemas for both chains captured
Postcode validation	Each cinema carries a valid UK postcode
Showtime accuracy	Times match the source at refresh time
Image & rating capture	Film image URL and age rating populated where shown
Uniform schema	Both chains normalised to one consistent structure
Daily refresh integrity	Feed re-generated cleanly each day without duplication

Results & Business Impact

Live daily showtimes. A uniform, auto-updating UK showtimes feed across both chains, ready to power the client's website.
Website integration-ready. Consistent structure and postcodes let the client link listings directly.
Rich listings. Poster images and age ratings enabled a complete, presentable film listing.
Zero manual upkeep. The daily scheduled refresh removed manual collection entirely.

Why the Client Chose Actowiz Solutions

Uniform multi-chain output. Odeon and Cineworld in one clean schema.
Automated daily feed. Hands-off refresh once a day.
Complete film detail. Times, postcodes, images, and ratings together.
Integration-ready. Structured for direct website linking.

Project at a Glance

Metric	Value
Industry	Entertainment • Cinema Listings
Region	United Kingdom
Sources	Odeon & Cineworld — all UK cinemas
Fields	Cinema, postcode, film, showtimes, poster image, age rating
Cadence	Automated daily refresh
Output Format	Spreadsheet feed (website-linkable)
Data State	Uniform, accurate, deduplicated

Client Feedback

"One clean sheet, both chains, every UK cinema — refreshed every day without us touching it. Postcodes, posters, ratings, times, all uniform. We just linked it to our site and it works."

— Product Owner, Client Team

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