How to download "Bitesize" education clips?

[Vangelis forthnet]

On Thu Jan 19 10:32:55 BST 2017, Mark Carroll wrote: 

> Is it possible to download clips like
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rdkxz and
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rjrq7

YES

> I have tried various options but with no luck so far.

Hi Mark :-)
Had you tried the --info switch

get_iplayer --pid=p00rdkxz -i | findstr modes

you'd had found that those somewhat older clips 
(they date back to 2012) are only available as 
flashmodes: 

modes:          original: flashvhigh1,flashvhigh2,flashhigh1,flashhigh2

However, the flashmodes have been deprecated in GiP 2.97 
and they are not tried by default; they have to be explicitly 
requested in the command; so try something like: 

get_iplayer --pid=p00rdkxz --tvmode=flashbest (will fetch flashvhigh1) or 
get_iplayer --pid=p00rdkxz --tvmode=flashvhigh2 (it's faster for me...)

> I am in the UK

Yes, those educational clips are geo-blocked to the UK-only 
(both in the mediaselector API pages and the RTMP CDNs).

Be advised that: 
1. Support for video/audio clips has been left at a bare 
minimum level in GiP 2.98 (due imminently), though in 
your case, where the pid is easy to locate, you shouldn't 
be affected...
2. The deprecated Flash modes (RTMP streams) have at the 
last minute escaped the carnage that is GiP 2.98 and should 
continue to work...
 
Happy teaching, 
Vangelis.