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-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
index d1d6e04fa..c94184bf0 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ class BBCIE(BBCCoUkIE): # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
if initial_data is None:
initial_data = self._search_regex(
r'window\.__INITIAL_DATA__\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;', webpage,
- 'preload state', default={})
+ 'preload state', default='{}')
else:
initial_data = self._parse_json(initial_data or '"{}"', playlist_id, fatal=False)
initial_data = self._parse_json(initial_data, playlist_id, fatal=False)