diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 29b20c48..0d08f10b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -196,3 +196,7 @@ Hannu Savolainen <hannu@opensound.com>
 
 Jürgen Schmidt <ju@ct.heise.de>
  for fixing a problem with 'in_addr_t' on systems with glibc < 2.2.
+
+Uwe Freese <mail@uwe-freese.de>
+ for suggesting to automatically close an empty recordings page after deleting
+ an entry
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index c5bf647f..9c065ce6 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed a problem with the ERR macro defined by ncurses.h (thanks to Artur
   Skawina).
 
-2002-02-09: Version 0.99pre6
+2002-02-10: Version 0.99pre6
 
 - Fixed a bug in moving timers or channels to the last position in the list
   (thanks to Matthias Schniedermeyer for helping to debug this one).
@@ -983,3 +983,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   middle between start and end time).
 - Added a typedef for 'in_addr_t' to make it work with glibc < 2.2 (thanks to
   Jürgen Schmidt).
+- When the last entry in a "Recordings" menu page is deleted, that page is now
+  automatically closed (suggested by Uwe Freese).
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index 59ce2aa6..2e787274 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 1.150 2002/02/09 15:25:27 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.151 2002/02/10 11:25:07 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -1680,6 +1680,8 @@ eOSState cMenuRecordings::Del(void)
                  cOsdMenu::Del(Current());
                  Recordings.Del(recording);
                  Display();
+                 if (!Count())
+                    return osBack;
                  }
               else
                  Interface->Error(tr("Error while deleting recording!"));
@@ -1707,6 +1709,7 @@ eOSState cMenuRecordings::Summary(void)
 
 eOSState cMenuRecordings::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
 {
+  bool HadSubMenu = HasSubMenu();
   eOSState state = cOsdMenu::ProcessKey(Key);
 
   if (state == osUnknown) {
@@ -1720,6 +1723,13 @@ eOSState cMenuRecordings::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
        default: break;
        }
      }
+  if (Key == kYellow && HadSubMenu && !HasSubMenu()) {
+     // the last recording in a subdirectory was deleted, so let's go back up
+     cOsdMenu::Del(Current());
+     if (!Count())
+        return osBack;
+     Display();
+     }
   if (!HasSubMenu() && Key != kNone)
      SetHelpKeys();
   return state;