From ccc7329011981dadf40c76053a9d1cbdc544f82a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: df <fieldhouse@gmx.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 17:48:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Support more GBNews URL formats Allow alphanumeric and _ in
 place of `shows`, which redirect to site's preferred URL

---
 youtube_dl/extractor/gbnews.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/gbnews.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/gbnews.py
index d70301c14..f8ecef02d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/gbnews.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/gbnews.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ from ..utils import (
 class GBNewsIE(InfoExtractor):
     '''GB News clips and features'''
 
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?gbnews\.uk/(?:shows(?:/(?P<display_id>[^/]+))?|a)/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    # \w+ is normally shows or news, but apparently any word redirects to the correct URL
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?gbnews\.uk/(?:\w+(?:/(?P<display_id>[^/]+))?|a)/(?P<id>\d+)'
     _PLATFORM = 'safari'
     _SSMP_URL = 'https://mm-dev.simplestream.com/ssmp/api.php'
     _TESTS = [{