mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
group_id = mobj.group('id')
+ webpage = self._download_webpage(url, group_id, 'Downloading video page')
+ if re.search(r'id="emp-error" class="notinuk">', webpage):
+ raise ExtractorError('Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only',
+ expected=True)
+
playlist = self._download_xml('http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/%s' % group_id, group_id,
'Downloading playlist XML')