diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 3fc4d76..00e81a9 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "tv.orbit.classic"
         minSdk = 26
         targetSdk = 36
-        versionCode = 151
-        versionName = "0.102.0-vortex-idents"
+        versionCode = 152
+        versionName = "0.103.0-heroes-stories"
     }
     buildFeatures { compose = true }
     compileOptions { sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17; targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/ChannelSchedule.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/ChannelSchedule.kt
index 9848a0c..7943ab7 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/ChannelSchedule.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/ChannelSchedule.kt
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ internal val SmartChannels = listOf(
         suggestionRules = SmartChannelRules[it.number].orEmpty(), dayParts = SmartChannelParts[it.number].orEmpty(), shuffleTitles = SmartChannelMixed[it.number].orEmpty(),
         channelFilms = if (it.number == 401) PpvSunday else emptyList(), tierWeights = SmartChannelTiers[it.number], adaptiveFilmRest = it.number in AdaptiveFilmRestChannels,
         catalogueScaleHours = if (it.number in CatalogueScaledChannels) CATALOGUE_SCALE_HOURS else null,
-        catalogueScaleFloor = CatalogueScaleFloors[it.number] ?: MIN_CATALOGUE_SCALE) }
+        catalogueScaleFloor = CatalogueScaleFloors[it.number] ?: MIN_CATALOGUE_SCALE, storyGrouping = it.number in StoryGroupingChannels) }
+
+/** Living Network Stage E: story grouping beyond Paradox, one channel at a time. Heroes first (4 November 2026): 119 story parts a week, none booked together. */
+private val StoryGroupingChannels get() = setOf(602)
 
 /**
  * Where a short series must keep at least half its tier's weight, so the hybrid trims its weekly repeats without cutting its
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyClient.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyClient.kt
index 338ae9c..788be4a 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyClient.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyClient.kt
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ internal class HttpsEmbyTransport(internal val deviceId: String = UUID.randomUUI
             connection.connectTimeout = 10_000
             connection.readTimeout = request.readTimeoutMs ?: if (request.path == "/Sessions/Logout") 5_000 else 15_000
             connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json")
-            connection.setRequestProperty("X-Emby-Authorization", "Emby Client=\"Orbit TV\", Device=\"Orbit TV\", DeviceId=\"$deviceId\", Version=\"0.102.0\"")
+            connection.setRequestProperty("X-Emby-Authorization", "Emby Client=\"Orbit TV\", Device=\"Orbit TV\", DeviceId=\"$deviceId\", Version=\"0.103.0\"")
             request.token?.let { connection.setRequestProperty("X-Emby-Token", it) }
             if (request.method == "POST") {
                 val bytes = request.body.orEmpty().toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8)
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/SecureMediaDataSource.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/SecureMediaDataSource.kt
index f666d5c..46f04af 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/SecureMediaDataSource.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/SecureMediaDataSource.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ internal class SecureMediaDataSource(private val session: EmbySampleSession) : B
                 next.instanceFollowRedirects = false
                 next.connectTimeout = 10_000
                 next.readTimeout = 20_000
-                next.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "OrbitTV/0.102.0")
+                next.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "OrbitTV/0.103.0")
                 next.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "identity")
                 session.mediaHeaders(address).forEach { (key, value) -> next.setRequestProperty(key, value) }
                 if (dataSpec.position != 0L || dataSpec.length != C.LENGTH_UNSET.toLong()) {
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/tv/orbit/classic/StoryGroupingTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/tv/orbit/classic/StoryGroupingTest.kt
index 9911f47..6ae791d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/tv/orbit/classic/StoryGroupingTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/tv/orbit/classic/StoryGroupingTest.kt
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ class StoryGroupingTest {
         assertEquals(run(pool = unmarked, stories = false), run(pool = unmarked, stories = true))
     }
 
-    @Test fun onlyParadoxGroupsStories() {
-        assertEquals(listOf(106), SmartChannels.filter { it.storyGrouping }.map { it.number })
-        assertTrue(SmartChannels.first { it.number == 106 }.tierWeights != null)
+    @Test fun onlyApprovedChannelsGroupStories() {
+        // Paradox (Stage A), then Heroes (Stage E, one channel at a time). Grouping works through weighted rotation.
+        assertEquals(listOf(106, 602), SmartChannels.filter { it.storyGrouping }.map { it.number }.sorted())
+        assertTrue(SmartChannels.filter { it.storyGrouping }.all { it.tierWeights != null })
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/VERIFICATION-0.103.0.md b/docs/VERIFICATION-0.103.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e333060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/VERIFICATION-0.103.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# 0.103.0: story grouping on Heroes (Living Network Stage E, first channel)
+
+Step 3 of Paul's agreed order: story grouping on more channels, one at a time.
+
+**Why Heroes first:** of the weighted channels, Heroes had the most broken stories. Its committed week has 119 story parts and none of them sit next to their other parts.
+
+| Weighted channel | Stories in its pool | Story parts this week | Parts aired together |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Heroes 602 | 84 | 119 | 0 |
+| Orbit X 603 | 158 | 46 | 0 |
+| Vortex 601 | 169 | 36 | 0 |
+| Orbit 1 101 | 144 | 21 | 0 |
+| Evidence 107 | 190 | 11 | 0 |
+
+**The change:** `storyGrouping = true` for 602, through `StoryGroupingChannels`. The rule is the same one Paradox uses since 0.99.13, and is described in StoryGroups.kt.
+
+## Checks
+
+- 467 unit tests run, 0 failures; lint clean.
+- **Four-week replay** from the box's plans and pools at 18:27 today. Every fingerprint is identical to 0.102.0 except Heroes, and Heroes' committed bookings are unchanged (`kept=true`).
+- **Heroes over the four weeks** (1,807 new programmes):
+
+| | 0.102.0 | 0.103.0 |
+|---|---|---|
+| Story openers followed by part 2 | 0 | 157 |
+| Openers left hanging | 160 | 6 |
+| Later parts aired alone | 194 | 5 |
+| Same episode again within 7 days | 91 | 88 |
+
+The show mix barely moves (Justice League 150 → 152, Teen Titans 151 → 149).
+
+**The 11 parts left apart are the library's own numbering, not the rule:**
+- **Batman: The Animated Series:** The Cat and the Claw is numbered E1 and E8, and Robin's Reckoning E51 and E53. They aren't consecutive, so the rule correctly won't treat them as stories.
+- **Spider-Man:** Six Forgotten Warriors (1) has no part 2 next to it in the library.
+- **Justice League:** one part 2 continues a part 1 that was already booked before the replay.
+
+APK: `outputs/revision-0.103.0`, signed. Not installed.