BBC.com unable to extract playlist data

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$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06sjxl5/the-beautiful-homes-made-from-bamboo
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06sjxl5/the-beautiful-homes-made-from-bamboo']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.11.23
[debug] Python version 2.7.15 (CPython) - Darwin-15.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.1, ffprobe 4.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[bbc] the-beautiful-homes-made-from-bamboo: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract playlist data; 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 "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py", line 1120, in _real_extract
    webpage, 'playlist data'),
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 983, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract playlist data; 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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Can't download a video from the BBC for reference in case it goes down / changes.

[hbfs]

reference: #4257 #994

tried get_iplayer https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer which didn't work either

$ get_iplayer https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06sjxl5/the-beautiful-homes-made-from-bamboo
get_iplayer 3.17-homebrew, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.


Episodes:
The beautiful bamboo homes of Bali - -, BBC, p06sjxl5
INFO: 1 total programmes

WARNING: No media streams found for requested programme versions and recording modes.
WARNING: The programme may no longer be available - check the iPlayer site.
WARNING: If you are outside the UK, check with the provider to find out if your VPN/VPS/Smart DNS/web proxy has been blocked.

sanity check: verified link works in browser

[stinkteeth]

Try:
youtube-dl "https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sns26"

[hbfs]

Thanks that worked.

For now, solution is to find & use the co.uk equivalent. Will send a pull request if time.