diff --git a/get_iplayer b/get_iplayer
index 59ad17d..627b63f 100755
--- a/get_iplayer
+++ b/get_iplayer
@@ -7213,9 +7213,18 @@ sub download_subtitles {
 	#<p begin="00:01:01.88" id="p15" end="00:01:04.80"><span tts:color="cyan">You're thinking of Hamburger Hill...<br /></span>Since we left...</p>
 	#<p begin="00:00:18.48" id="p0" end="00:00:20.52">APPLAUSE AND CHEERING</p>
 	my $count = 1;
-	my @lines = grep /<p\s.*begin=/, split /\n/, $subs;
-	for ( @lines ) {
+	my @lines = split /\n/, $subs;
+	for my $ix ( 0 .. $#lines ) {
 		my ( $begin, $end, $sub );
+		my $myline = $lines[$ix];
+		while ($myline =~ m/<br[^\>]*?>\s*$/) {
+		    $myline =~ s|<br[^\>]*?>\s*| |g;
+		    $ix++;
+		    my $nextline = $lines[$ix];
+		    $myline = join('', $myline, $nextline);
+		}
+		$_ = $myline;
+		next if (!m/<p\s.*begin=/);
 		# Remove <br /> elements
 		s|<br.*?>| |g;
 		# Remove >1 spaces