diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
index 5c621a32b4..7b169881af 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ class BBCCoUkIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         if programme_id:
             formats, subtitles = self._download_media_selector(programme_id)
-            title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
+            title = self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None) or self._html_search_regex(
+                r'<h2[^>]+id="parent-title"[^>]*>(.+?)</h2>', webpage, 'title')
             description = self._search_regex(
                 r'<p class="[^"]*medium-description[^"]*">([^<]+)</p>',
                 webpage, 'description', default=None)