Issues with The Royle Family specials

I have the following:

\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E01 - The Queen of Sheba (2008)
\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E02 - We Love the Royle Family (2006)
\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E04 - The New Sofa (Christmas Special) (2008)
\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E06 - The Golden Egg Cup (Christmas Special) (2009)
\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E07 - Behind the Sofa (2010)
\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E08 - Royle Family Portraits (2010)
\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E09 - Joe’s Crackers (Christmas Special) (2010)
\TV shows\The Royle Family\Specials\S00E10 - Barbara’s Old Ring (Christmas Special) (2012)

I based the filenames on TheTVDB.com entry (link to page).

However, Plex is showing the following:

Title: Episode 1 Christmas Special 1999
File: S00E01 - The Queen of Sheba (2008)

Title: Episode 2 Christmas Special 2000
File: S00E02 - We Love the Royle Family (2006)

Title: Episode 4 The Queen of Sheba - Cast Interviews
File: S00E04 - The New Sofa (Christmas Special) (2008)

Title: Episode 6 The Queen of Sheba - Outtakes
File: S00E06 - The Golden Egg Cup (Christmas Special) (2009)

Title: Episode 7 We Love The Royle Family
File: S00E07 - Behind the Sofa (2010)

Title: Episode 8 Children in Need Sketch
File: S00E08 - Royle Family Portraits (2010)

Title: Episode 9 The New Sofa
File: S00E09 - Joe’s Crackers (Christmas Special) (2010)

Title: Episode 10 Jim’s Balls - Comic Relief Sketch
File: S00E10 - Barbara’s Old Ring (Christmas Special) (2012)

Emby is categorising it correctly.

Any idea what I’m doing wrong in Plex?

Are you using episode ordering for TVDB or TMDB?

Within Plex?

How can I find out?

I want to use TheTVDB.com.

By default plex uses TMDB episode ordering so your probably getting this ordering The Royle Family: Season 0 (1999) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

You can adjust this by editing the show in plex and then selecting advanced tab and changing the episode ordering to TVDB (aired) if that is how you have your media named.

EDIT: This should be what you are looking for.
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I use the TMDB naming myself but this should work for you if your media is named to match TVDB Aired order.

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