Download from BBC Archive

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On 2025-02-02 18:04, Jonathan Bryden wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to download a programme from the BBC web archive.
>
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Farchive%2Frelease--jrr-tolkien%2Fznd36v4
>
> Having looked at the page source (for the actual video) it gives a 'vpid' = p074w5jq which is 8 characters rather than the usual 7. Try as I might I can't persuade get_iplayer to download it.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Jonathan

perl C:\Programs\GetIPlayer\get_iplayer.pl --profile-dir=<path> --pid
p074w5jq --info

... gives ...

WARNING: No programmes are available for this PID with version(s): default
WARNING: No media streams found for requested programme versions and
recording quality.
WARNING: The programme may not be available - check the iPlayer or
Sounds site.
WARNING: The programme may only be available in an unsupported format
(e.g., Flash) - check the iPlayer or Sounds site.
WARNING: If you use a VPN/VPS/Smart DNS/web proxy, it may have been blocked.
INFO: Processing tv: 'get_iplayer - p074w5jq (p074w5jq)'
INFO: No versions of this programme were selected (available versions: none)
INFO: File name prefix = get_iplayer p074w5jq

brand:           get_iplayer
channel:         BBC iPlayer
credits:         D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.credits.txt
cuesheet:        D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.cue
desc:            No description
desclong:        No description
descmedium:      No description
descshort:       No description
dir:             D:\Media\Downloads
dldate:          2025-02-02
dltime:          19:04:00
episode:         p074w5jq
episodeshort:    p074w5jq
ext:             EXT
filename:        D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.EXT
filepart:        D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.partial.EXT
fileprefix:      get_iplayer p074w5jq
longname:        get_iplayer
name:            get_iplayer
nameshort:       get_iplayer
pid:             p074w5jq
subsfile:        D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.srt
subspart:        D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.partial.srt
subsraw:         D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.ttml
thumbfile:       D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.png
thumbnail:       https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1920x1080/p01tqv8z.png
title:           get_iplayer: p074w5jq
tracklist:       D:\Media\Downloads\get_iplayer p074w5jq.tracks.txt
type:            tv
version:         default

... so I guess that means that the programme has never been repeated in
the iPlayer era, and therefore doesn't exist on the public-facing servers.