diff --git a/src/gui/epgview.cpp b/src/gui/epgview.cpp
index 54be78c0e..973d385b4 100644
--- a/src/gui/epgview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/epgview.cpp
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ int CEpgData::show(const t_channel_id channel_id, uint64_t a_id, time_t* a_start
 		processTextToArray(GetGenre(epgData.contentClassification[0])); // UTF-8
 //	processTextToArray( epgData.userClassification.c_str() );
 
-
 	// -- display more screenings on the same channel
 	// -- 2002-05-03 rasc
 	if (hasFollowScreenings(channel_id, epgData.title)) {
@@ -599,6 +598,15 @@ int CEpgData::show(const t_channel_id channel_id, uint64_t a_id, time_t* a_start
 		FollowScreenings(channel_id, epgData.title);
 	}
 
+	/* neat for debugging duplicate event issues etc. */
+	char *epgid;
+	if (asprintf(&epgid, "EPG ID:%04llX.%02X", (epgData.eventID)&0x0FFFF, epgData.table_id) >= 0)
+	{
+		processTextToArray(""); // UTF-8
+		processTextToArray(epgid);
+		free(epgid);
+	}
+
 	COSDFader fader(g_settings.menu_Content_alpha);
 	fader.StartFadeIn();