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+<?php
+// Grab the programme ID with GET, or with POST, or present a URL form
+if (isset($_GET['id'])) {
+  $id = $_GET['id'];
+} else if (isset($_POST['url'])) {
+  $idpos = strpos($_POST['url'], "/episode/") + 9;
+  $idlen = strpos($_POST['url'], "/", $idpos) - $idpos;
+  $id = substr($_POST['url'], $idpos, $idlen);
+} else {
+?>
+<form action="./" method="post">
+<p>Enter a non-live iPlayer URL:<br>
+<input name="url" id="url" size="40" type="text">
+<input type="submit">
+</p>
+<?php
+  exit();
+}
+
+// Grab iPlayer HTML page
+$html = file_get_contents("http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/$id/");
+
+// Extract the VPID from the page
+$vpidpos = strpos($html, 'vpid":"') + 7;
+$vpidlen = strpos($html, '"', $vpidpos) - $vpidpos;
+$vpid = substr($html, $vpidpos, $vpidlen);
+
+// Grab the JSON which appears to be within some JavaScript
+$notjson = file_get_contents("http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/version/2.0/vpid/$vpid/format/json/mediaset/apple-ipad-hls/jsfunc/JS_callbacks39");
+
+// Extract the actual JSON inside the JavaScript
+$jsonpos = strpos($notjson, '{');
+$json = json_decode(substr($notjson, $jsonpos, strlen($notjson) - $jsonpos - 3), true);
+
+// Find an akamai_hls_open stream and HTTP redirect to it
+foreach ($json['media']['0']['connection'] as $connection) {
+  if ($connection['supplier'] == "akamai_hls_open") {
+    header("Location: " . $connection['href']);
+    exit();
+  }
+}
+?>