Downloading clips using get-iplayer --pid

I've found that certain BBC videos will only download using get-iplayer's --pid option, even with an updated cache.

The video here is one such example.

I solved the problem by going into the browser page source (Ctrl-u) and finding the pid (p01cm5hy) which then can be given to get-iplayer.

The command which works is get-iplayer --pid p01cm5hy

EDIT

Here's another BBC page which needs a different method.

In page source, find the line which begins with "writeVideoEMP" followed by a URL which you can use like this:

get-iplayer --url http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlist/p00mbyh1

Saving from BBC News pages using get-iplayer

Someone asked me if I could save a copy of a video clip from the BBC. I said 'sure, as long as it's on iplayer I can just use get-iplayer'.

Unfortunately the clip was embedded in a news page and not on iPlayer, so after a little fruitless messing about I assumed it couldn't be grabbed - wrong!

It turns out that:

sudo get-iplayer --url fullurlofpagewhichcontainstheclip

...saves the clip locally, no sweat