BBC Download question possibly off-topic

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hello

I am trying to understand the current download issues and I am
wondering it the problem which
is effecting the download of nearly all BBC Pod casts on iTunes.
All the desert-island-disc archive pod casts are failing. the are two
many to list .
I did search and could find no good answer. doing away with mp3, does
this apply to the BBC Pod casts many of which are available on iTunes?

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terry l. ridder ><>