---
id: "gb_bbc_programme_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["media"]
country: ["GB"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/gb_bbc_programme_id"
---

# BBC Programme Identifier (PID) (`gb_bbc_programme_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Persistent identifier of a BBC television or radio programme brand, series or episode, used in BBC web addresses, iPlayer and internal systems. It is a lower-case letter followed by seven or more lower-case consonants or digits; vowels are never used. The first letter shows the issuing source, for example b or p. Most PIDs have eight characters; some World Service programmes have eleven.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Media and entertainment (media)
- Countries: United Kingdom (GB)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[b-df-hj-np-tv-z][0-9b-df-hj-np-tv-z]{7,10}$
```

## Examples

- `b006q2x0` — Doctor Who
- `b015sqc7` — The Life Scientific (radio series)
- `p009y95q` — Desert Island Discs episode from 1956
- `wcr5dr3dnl3` — World Service programme, eleven characters
- `b006qa20` (invalid example) — Contains a vowel

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P827`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Programme_Identifier>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P827>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/gb_bbc_programme_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/GB/media/gb_bbc_programme_id.yaml>