diff --git a/lib/iplayer/downloader.rb b/lib/iplayer/downloader.rb
index 00a9273..660bf3d 100644
--- a/lib/iplayer/downloader.rb
+++ b/lib/iplayer/downloader.rb
@@ -65,11 +65,16 @@ class Downloader
 private

   def actual_pid
-    programme_page_html[/iplayer\.episode\.setPidData\("[^"]+","([^"]+)"\);/, 1]
+    programme_page_html[/iplayer\.episode\.setPid\("[^"]+","([^"]+)"\);/, 1]
   end

   def programme_page
-    response = get(PROGRAMME_URL % pid, Browser::DESKTOP_UA)
+    programme_url = PROGRAMME_URL % pid
+    response = get(programme_url, Browser::DESKTOP_UA)
+    if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPRedirection)
+      programme_url = URI.parse(programme_url).merge(response['location']).to_s
+      response = get(programme_url, Browser::DESKTOP_UA)
+    end
     if response.body =~ /outsideuk/
       raise OutsideUK
     end