In C:\Users\pcname\.get_iplayer\pvr there are a lot of programme_name_tv files generated by using the iplayer web GUI PVR interface. They need specific info such as programe episode and series name.

how can i create a name file that matches the dos cammand such as:-
get_iplayer --get "blandings"
I created a generic one such as
_Outnumbered_name_tv

fields name
modes default
subtitles 0
thumb 0
type tv
versionlist default
search0 ^Outnumbered$
which failed to work. Any ideas please

See:

https://squarepenguin.co.uk/guides/get_i...pvr-guide/

Your example failed because Outnumbered is no longer available via iPlayer. You also have regular expression metacharacters (^ and $) in your search string. I'll guess you've copied from an existing PVR job, but don't use them unless you really need them and you know what you are doing. Google for clues about regular expressions if you need to. get_iplayer does substring matching by default, so you rarely need them if you use the full name of the programme.