BBC Radio Streams Down on iTunes

To those of you who use BBC Radio streams on iTunes can you confirm that the streams for R1, R2 and R6 are down?
I can still get R3, R4 and R5. but getting URL not found for the above ones.
If anyone has comments or a workaround please let me know. Posting this in iTunes for windows but have the same issue in iTunes for Mac and also on all iOS radio apps I have.
Thanks,
Andzzz

Yes, I have them back as of today. I had the stations in a playlist, but found that when I re-checked the actual list in iTunes the URL had changed.
Re-added the the new URLs and all working fine.
Thanks for the response.
Andzzz

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Been searching for a while to get BBC radio streams (for me, specifically BBC radio 4) working in iTunes, and since I could't find any information in the discussions here, this is how I did it with help from various sources on the net.
What you need:
flip4mac plugins installed (free)
VLC (free)
QuickTime 7 Pro (the regular QuickTime 7 does not allow saving)
Safari
iTunes
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http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playingradio_progs/real_wmastreams
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playingradio_progs/local_radiostreams
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jeffreyandtibor wrote:
Well I know a much easier one:
open iTunes
click radios
click news/talk radios
click radio 4
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