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BBC iPlayer Business Layer integrations

Connect BBC iPlayer Business Layer to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. The definitive iPlayer API.

No account neededbbc.co.uk
7 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

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One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with BBC iPlayer Business Layer

Triggers and actions 7 actions

  • Action
    Get channel schedule

    Returns the broadcast schedule of a BBC iPlayer channel for a given day.

  • Action
    Get episode

    Returns the BBC iPlayer episode for a given episode identifier.

  • Action
    Get programme

    Returns a BBC iPlayer programme (brand or series) by its PID, including its initial child episodes.

  • Action
    List categories

    Returns the list of all categories in BBC TV & iPlayer.

  • Action
    List channels

    Returns all BBC TV and iPlayer channels, optionally for a specific region.

  • Action
    List episodes of a programme

    Returns the child episodes of a BBC iPlayer programme.

  • Action
    List programmes by category

    Returns the iPlayer programmes (brands and series) in a given category.

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BBC iPlayer Business Layer, answered

Is there a BBC iPlayer Business Layer MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with BBC iPlayer Business Layer. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run BBC iPlayer Business Layer actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use BBC iPlayer Business Layer. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in BBC iPlayer Business Layer?

Any of BBC iPlayer Business Layer's 7 actions, including Get channel schedule, Get episode, Get programme and List categories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use BBC iPlayer Business Layer directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with BBC iPlayer Business Layer two ways. Ask it to do something in BBC iPlayer Business Layer once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the BBC iPlayer Business Layer API?

No. APIANT connects to the BBC iPlayer Business Layer API for you. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the BBC iPlayer Business Layer triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the BBC iPlayer Business Layer API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can BBC iPlayer Business Layer connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs BBC iPlayer Business Layer with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.