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BBC iPlayer video download

Easily download videos from BBC iPlayer (with youtube-dl)

These are versions of this script where the code was updated. Show all versions.

  • v4.1.6 2021-02-07 Italian name and description
  • v4.1.5 2021-01-28 Fix old jQuery dependency
  • v4.1.4 2018-08-21 Slight tweak for new Radio section
  • v4.1.3 2018-01-30 Reduce issues with third-party extensions
  • v4.1.2 2018-01-30 Fix bug GM3
  • v4.1.1 2018-01-28 Support for Greasemonkey 4
  • v4.1 2017-09-30 Workaround for trailers/idents and other nasty elements
  • v4.0.5 2017-05-22 fix for audio only tracks
  • v4.0.4 2017-05-05 Fix for additional trailers
  • v4.0.3 2017-05-01 Fix command for some stricter youtube-dl versions
  • v4.0.2 2017-05-01 Fix for downloaded trailers
  • v4.0.1 2017-04-30 Fixed issues with Firefox
  • v4.0 2017-04-30 Rewritten from scratch for the new website layout
  • v3.8.1 2017-04-08 Fix for some audio streams
  • v3.8 2017-01-14 Added support for videos in articles (e.g. BBC Arts)
  • v3.7 2017-01-08 Code refactor + added quality selector
  • v3.6.3 2016-12-24 use HTTPS stream URLs
  • v3.6.2 2016-09-09 fixed videos with low quality on some pages
  • v3.6.1 2016-08-22 fixed bug in embedded videos (hidden download instructions)
  • v3.6 2016-08-22 added support for olympics
  • v3.5.1 2016-07-15 fixed subtitles
  • v3.5 2016-07-10 added support for embeds in various parts of the BBC website (e.g. BBC sports)
  • v3.4.4 2016-05-30 fixed computation of the best quality of some videos
  • v3.4.3 2016-04-23 Added akamaihd to allowed URLs
  • v3.4.2 2016-04-12 added @connect statements for Tampermonkey
  • v3.4.1 2016-01-21 fixed bug for some radio programmes
  • v3.4 2016-01-15 upgraded to match the new way videos are published on BBC iPlayer
  • v3.3.1 2016-01-11 fixed videos in the BBC School Radio section
  • v3.3 2016-01-09 introduced support to direct links for some MP3 files in BBC school radio
  • v3.2.1 2015-12-29
  • v3.2.1 2015-12-29 fixed bug with some radio programmes
  • v3.2 2015-12-29 Added support for BBC radio programmes, with conversion to MP3 format
  • v3.1 2015-11-06 fixed subtitles generation
  • v3.0 2015-08-04
  • v2.1 2015-07-23 fixed selection of high quality
  • v2.0 2015-03-16 Added support for programmes like http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02bwzrp
  • v1.0.1 2015-02-22 corrected typo which caused problems with Firefox
  • v1.0 2015-02-20