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 07.02.2021. Italian name and description
  • v4.1.5 28.01.2021. Fix old jQuery dependency
  • v4.1.4 21.08.2018. Slight tweak for new Radio section
  • v4.1.3 30.01.2018. Reduce issues with third-party extensions
  • v4.1.2 30.01.2018. Fix bug GM3
  • v4.1.1 28.01.2018. Support for Greasemonkey 4
  • v4.1 30.09.2017. Workaround for trailers/idents and other nasty elements
  • v4.0.5 22.05.2017. fix for audio only tracks
  • v4.0.4 05.05.2017. Fix for additional trailers
  • v4.0.3 01.05.2017. Fix command for some stricter youtube-dl versions
  • v4.0.2 01.05.2017. Fix for downloaded trailers
  • v4.0.1 30.04.2017. Fixed issues with Firefox
  • v4.0 30.04.2017. Rewritten from scratch for the new website layout
  • v3.8.1 08.04.2017. Fix for some audio streams
  • v3.8 14.01.2017. Added support for videos in articles (e.g. BBC Arts)
  • v3.7 08.01.2017. Code refactor + added quality selector
  • v3.6.3 24.12.2016. use HTTPS stream URLs
  • v3.6.2 09.09.2016. fixed videos with low quality on some pages
  • v3.6.1 22.08.2016. fixed bug in embedded videos (hidden download instructions)
  • v3.6 22.08.2016. added support for olympics
  • v3.5.1 15.07.2016. fixed subtitles
  • v3.5 10.07.2016. added support for embeds in various parts of the BBC website (e.g. BBC sports)
  • v3.4.4 30.05.2016. fixed computation of the best quality of some videos
  • v3.4.3 23.04.2016. Added akamaihd to allowed URLs
  • v3.4.2 12.04.2016. added @connect statements for Tampermonkey
  • v3.4.1 21.01.2016. fixed bug for some radio programmes
  • v3.4 15.01.2016. upgraded to match the new way videos are published on BBC iPlayer
  • v3.3.1 11.01.2016. fixed videos in the BBC School Radio section
  • v3.3 09.01.2016. introduced support to direct links for some MP3 files in BBC school radio
  • v3.2.1 29.12.2015.
  • v3.2.1 29.12.2015. fixed bug with some radio programmes
  • v3.2 29.12.2015. Added support for BBC radio programmes, with conversion to MP3 format
  • v3.1 06.11.2015. fixed subtitles generation
  • v3.0 04.08.2015.
  • v2.1 23.07.2015. fixed selection of high quality
  • v2.0 16.03.2015. Added support for programmes like http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02bwzrp
  • v1.0.1 22.02.2015. corrected typo which caused problems with Firefox
  • v1.0 20.02.2015.