get-iplayer/get_iplayer

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2538 stars · 250 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Perl-based command-line tool that indexes and downloads TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. It supports regex search, programme caching, batch downloads, and PVR-style scheduled recording via cron or Task Scheduler.

Use cases

• download bbc iPlayer programmes to mp4
• download radio programmes from BBC Sounds
• search iPlayer catch-up listings by programme name
• automatically record favourite BBC shows with cron
• download a programme directly from its iPlayer URL or PID
• filter iPlayer search results by channel

When to choose

• you want to download whole episodes of BBC linear-service programmes from the last 30 days
• you need a scriptable, cross-platform CLI downloader with PVR scheduling
• you want regex search and index caching for iPlayer/Sounds content

When to avoid

• you need live stream recording from BBC channels
• you want to download news/sport clips, podcasts, box sets, or web-only content via search (some possible only via direct PID/URL)
• you need a GUI-based downloader

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

web-scraping cli video-processing audio-processing search-engine media developer-tools windows cli cross-platform bbc-iplayer bbc-sounds downloader pvr perl catch-up-tv radio ffmpeg command-line automation linux macos

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