Welcome!
This site aims to provide a solution to those of us missing the ease of use of the old RealPlayer-based BBC Radio Player, which has now been subsumed into the BBC iPlayer. Moreover, there are many devices that still don't support the new iPlayer technology, so rely on the old way of doing things.
Your feedback and/or suggestions are always welcome.
Andrew
Choose from one of the following options below...
Browse Schedules by day
Browse BBC Radio schedules (either national or local radio) and click a link to stream the audio directly via RealPlayer
Browse Audio on Demand / Listen Again listings
Browse BBC Radio Audio On Demand (either national or local radio) alphabetical listings and click a link to stream the audio directly via RealPlayer or Windows Media Audio
NEW: Now with support for Windows Media Audio!
Convert PID to audio link
Convert iPlayer PIDs to RealPlayer or Windows Media Audio links, either manually or via our API.
Google Gadgets
View radio listing information on your iGoogle homepage with our Google Gadgets.
Articles and Information
Articles and further information on topics related to internet radio and broadcasting in the UK
What's this all about?
Find out more about the purpose of this site and how it works
Site History
30th January 2010: Shameless plug for another website we have developed - check out the Keep Calm-o-matic, especially if you're a fan of British stiff upper lip!
25th January 2010: Fixed links for Browse Schedule pages for Local Radio.
10th January 2010: Updated the Google Gadgets with the new Windows Media Audio links.
8th January 2010: Fixed a recurring bug affecting radio programmes with phone-in competitions (such as the Ken Bruce show on Radio 2)
30th December 2009: Radio 1 Schedule page and feeds should be working now - apologies! I do wish every site user a happy and peaceful New Year.
18th December 2009: Added international RSS feeds for WMA audio following a helpful BBC blog posting.
2nd December 2009: Local Radio links have been restored for both schedule browsing and Listen Again.
24th November 2009: Windows Media Audio is now available for national Listen Again. Local Radio will be restored in the next few days...
1st October 2009: For the time being all Local Radio links have been disabled. See the BBC website for information on why this has been done. As soon as the situation has been resolved I'll reinstate the links in WMA format.
28th September 2009: Found and fixed a bug where shows with phone-in competitions weren't available to stream. Sorry!
8th September 2009: Local Radio may have gaps in availability due to changes at the BBC. Further info coming soon...
28th August 2009: Listen Again RSS feeds should now be working - sorry!
13th August 2009: Listen Again is currently unavailable as the BBC Audio on Demand XML feed is down has been fixed.
30th March 2009: Added Amazon products on the listings pages - hopefully people will find them relevant and of interest.
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