BBC Nitro API

BBC Nitro is the BBC's application programming interface (API) for BBC Programmes Metadata.

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Base URL: https://programmes.api.bbc.com
Auth: unknown
Endpoints: 24
Reachable: unknown
CORS: unknown

Links

Homepage: http://developer.bbc.co.uk/
API Base: https://programmes.api.bbc.com

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET / Get API definition
GET /availabilities Discover details of on-demand availability for programmes and their versions
GET /broadcasts Build schedules and find metadata for TV and radio broadcasts
GET /groups Find metadata for curated groups: seasons, collections, galleries or franchises
GET /images Find metadata for images
GET /items Look inside programmes to find segments: chapters, tracks and more
GET /master_brands List all Master Brands
GET /people Find the people behind and in programmes: cast, crew, guests and more
GET /pips Look inside pips entities
GET /programme_details Exposes programme information for a single pid
GET /programmes Start here for programmes metadata: Brands, Series, Episodes and Clips
GET /promotions Discover metadata for content promotions
GET /schedules Build schedules and find metadata for TV and radio broadcasts and webcasts
GET /schema Get Schema definition
GET /services Information about the linear services used for broadcast transmissions
GET /v1/brands/{pid} Get raw brand
GET /v1/brands/{pid}/franchises/ Get raw brand franchise
GET /v1/episodes/{pid} Get raw episode
GET /v1/episodes/{pid}/ancestors/ Get raw ancestors
GET /v1/episodes/{pid}/formats/ Get raw formats
GET /v1/episodes/{pid}/genre_groups/ Get raw genre groups
GET /v1/images/{pid} Get raw image
GET /v1/master_brands/{mbid} Get raw masterbrand
GET /v1/promotions/{pid} Get raw promotion
GET /versions Metadata on editorial programme versions: original, signed, audio-described, etc