IPlayer Metadata

iPlayer listings

Sources that help to query what is currently on iPlayer (TV or radio).

• https://bbc-rss.herokuapp.com

Note the official BBC RSS feeds were shut down in October 2014.

Episode metadata

Sources that can be used to determine more detailed information about a specific episode on iPlayer.

• Get all the useful metadata on an episode you could want http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/[pid]
• Get information on what video formats a specific version of an episode is available in http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/4/mtis/stream/[version pid]
• or http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/vpid/{vpid}/format/json/mediaset/{mediaSet}/proto/http

Schedule

Sources that can be used to find out about a the upcoming TV or radio schedule.

Some blog posts on the subject which explain all:

• http://derivadow.com/2008/07/18/interesting-bbc-data-to-hack-with/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2008/07/some_ical_views_onto_programme.shtml