What can I install other than Adobe Flash to watch videos on Macbook Air?

Hi There
Complete newbie having switched to mac a couple of days ago... loving my lovely new mba, however still trying to figure lots of stuff out... one of which was I read somewhere that if you install Adobe Flash Player it eats your memory and the battery life. However, I can't seem to find anything else to install instead - I did find some info on Click to Flash, and tried installing something - but videos still don't play. I watch a lot of catch up tv through the BBC iPlayer and alike, but currenty can't watch any of them - please help!
Thank you

Hey hpr3, thanks for your reply! Are you sure it doesn't cause issues... As I said, I am a newbie to mac's - always had pc's (with flash player) but was just concerned cos whilst researching which laptop to go for I stumbled across lots of comments about adobe flash using lots of memory and decreasing battery life faster... just wondering why so many people had commented that it was an issue when I was just reading general mba reviews... any ideas?
Thanks again!

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