BBC iPlayer Desktop

We have introduced BBC iPlayer Desktop, which has been designed to let Mac, Linux and Windows machines download programmes. Find out more about installing this on:

• Windows
• Apple Macintosh
• Linux

Download for portable devices

Download for media players lets Windows users download a television programme onto your computer for transfer to your portable media device.

Supported devices

A range of devices are supported - the latest list is at the Where to get BBC iPlayer page and at this FAQ.

Transferring downloads

This guide tells you all you need to know about transferring your download onto your portable media player.

Radio downloads and Podcasts

It's not yet possible to download all radio programmes for rights reasons. Certain content, including full-length music tracks, can only be offered with digital rights management protection (DRM), and we don't yet have permission from the BBC Trust to offer radio content with DRM.

However, you can still listen to almost all radio programmes on BBC iPlayer as audio streams, which can be played up to seven days after the programme's original broadcast.

In addition, the BBC also offers podcasts outside BBC iPlayer.

You can see the current range of programmes and highlights available to download from the BBC podcast directory or look out for the green podcast buttons on programme pages.