BBC podcasts don't download - common problem?

Is anyone else having problems getting BBC podcasts to download? After chewing away at the problem for some time, including deleteing and re-installing the Apple Podcasts app andBBC iPlayer radio, I've found that I still can't download BBC podcasts but can download other podcasts OK.
Instacast gives me a clue as to a possible problem with BBC podcasts with this error message: "The operation couldn't be completed. (NSXMLParseErrorDomain error 1.)
Very interested if anyone else is having a problem with BBC podcasts or has a solution to the problem of not being able to download BBC podcasts.
(iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.1, 12GB free)

Turns out that the problem was with BT Internet Parental Controls which for reasons I couldn't see had decided to block downloads from the BBC. It came to light when I used Yahoo to try and download BBC podcasts - Yahoo were good enough to throw up a meaningful error message.
Once I turned parental controls off and then deleted and resubscribed to the BBC podcasts of interest everything worked OK.

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