BBC no JSON object could be decoded

[surgeio]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[steve@ando BBC]$ python2.7 ~/youtube-dl/youtube-dl --verbose --proxy="46.101.19.214:80" http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07ypgc4
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'--proxy=46.101.19.214:80', u'http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07ypgc4']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.10.07
[debug] Python version 2.7.2 - Linux-2.6.18-407.el5-i686-with-redhat-5.11-Final
[debug] exe versions: avconv 11.7, avprobe 11.7, ffmpeg 0.6.5, ffprobe 0.6.5
[debug] Proxy map: {u'http': u'46.101.19.214:80', u'https': u'46.101.19.214:80'}
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypgc4: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypgc4: Downloading playlist JSON
ERROR: b07ypgc4: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('No JSON object could be decoded',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/steve/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 558, in _parse_json
    return json.loads(json_string)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 326, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 366, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 384, in raw_decode
    raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/steve/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/home/steve/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 356, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/home/steve/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py", line 501, in _real_extract
    programme_id, title, description, duration, formats, subtitles = self._download_playlist(group_id)
  File "/home/steve/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py", line 390, in _download_playlist
    playlist_id, 'Downloading playlist JSON')
  File "/home/steve/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 552, in _download_json
    json_string, video_id, transform_source=transform_source, fatal=fatal)
  File "/home/steve/youtube-dl/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 562, in _parse_json
    raise ExtractorError(errmsg, cause=ve)
ExtractorError: b07ypgc4: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('No JSON object could be decoded',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

Downloading from BBC iplayer URLs seems to have stopped working some time in the last month or two. Downloading was working a month or two ago (I don't remember the exact date) but now gives a JSON error "No JSON object could be decoded".

[surgeio]

I forgot to mention -- I've tried using different proxies, and get the same error.

[remitamine]

it a problem in the proxy not in youtube-dl:

youtube-dl http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07ypgc4
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypgc4: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypcf1: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypcf1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypcf1: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypcf1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypcf1: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] b07ypcf1: Downloading m3u8 information
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 88
[download] Destination: Danger Mouse, 39. The Cute Shall Inherit the Earth-b07ypcf1.mp4
[download]   0.1% of ~423.63MiB at 165.94KiB/s ETA 58:12

the proxy you're using return a phpinfo webpage instead of the video webpage.