Problem downloading podcast certain podcasts over wifi

I have a problem downloading 2 specific podcasts which i have never experienced before. The two podcasts in question are "Janey Godley's podcast" and "Mike Harding's Folk Show". Never had any problems downloading these podcasts in the past, but ive recently had problems with my broadband provider regarding my speeds. This has now been sorted and every other podcast i subsribe to is downloading fine.
When i get to the two podcasts mentioned the download starts at around 80kb per second (opposed to my B/B speed of 3MB). it then deteriorates till the speed drops to nothing and its says it will take over 2 hours to download. (both files are around 25MB-30MB). I have tried unsubcribing, deleting and downloading form the source website but still the same problem. i have also noticed that if i try to download previous episodes i'm getting the same problem also.
Tried downloading from podcast app on iphone 4s over wifi but again same problems.
I can dowload it from the podcast app over 3G with no problem on my phone.
Any ideas people, as the complete randomness of this has got me perplexed.
I await your response
David

1. Check that the Podcast feed is still active, can you find it in the iTunes Store?
2. Try downloading the episodes again, but don't try to download too many episodes at once, this can sometimes cause problems.
3. Did your connection drop out while you were downloading these episodes?
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