Download players

There are various players we recommend you use. Download a player by clicking on one of the links below. This should enable you here high quality BBC Radio (as long as your ISP is Multicast enabled).

Real Player (.ram, .rv, .rms, .ra)

• Real Player version 10 for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP
• Real Player version 10 for Macintosh OSX
• Real Player version 10 for Macintosh OS8 and OS9
• Real Player version 10 for Linux and Unix
• Real Player version 10 for Windows 95

Windows Media (.wma, .wmv)

• Windows Media Player version 10 for Windows XP
• Windows Media Player version 9 for Windows 98 SE, ME and 2000
• Windows Media Player version 9 for Mac OSX
• Windows Media Player version 7.1 for Mac 8.1 to 9.x

Quicktime (.mov, .qt, .mp4)

• Quicktime version 7 for Windows 2000 and XP
• Quicktime version 7 for OS 10.3.9 or later

VLC (AACPlus, and others)

The BBC does not control the following external site for VideoLAN's VLC media Player. VLC is a community supported Open Source development some of the codecs contained within this software requires you to be aware that you are responsible for complying to the licensing and royalty requirements that apply to them. For more information please click here.

• Download page for all versions of VLC Media Player