BBC IPlayer error

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

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b081mhmw/sarah-duck-series-3-10-auto-cat']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1251, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1251
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.01.21
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-88355-g05beee44c6, ffprobe N-88355-g05beee44c6, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[bbc.co.uk] b081mhmw: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] b081mhmw: Downloading playlist JSON
ERROR: b081mhmw: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 688, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 688, in _parse_json
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\__init__.py", line 318, in loads
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 343, in decode
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\json\decoder.py", line 361, in raw_decode
ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 438, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\bbc.py", line 566, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\bbc.py", line 449, in _download_playlist
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 682, in _download_json
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpm93u0ksi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 692, in _parse_json
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: b081mhmw: Failed to parse JSON  (caused by ValueError('Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)',)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type
tube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output....
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[dstftw]

Post the output with --dump-pages.

[WinkRU]

Seems it was temporary problems with the BBC, it work again, thanks