Play BBC Radio with mpd or mplayer from the command line

bbcradio.sh

#!/bin/bash
play() {
  playlist="http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_$1.m3u8"
  echo $playlist
  if mpc
  then
    mpc add $playlist
    mpc play
  else
    mplayer $playlist
  fi
}
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Select a station:"
  select s in radio_one radio_two radio_three radio_fourfm radio_five_live 6music
  do
    play ${s##* }
    break
  done
else
  play $1
fi
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Thanks to http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/4070/listen-to-bbc-radio-from-the-command-line. for the inspiration

Got working with mpd/@mopidy thanks to this http://www.codedefied.co.uk/2011/12/24/playing-bbc-radio-streams-with-mpd/#comment-205

I think that BBC has changed the streaming URL recently.
Could you modify the bbcradio.sh ?

This is how I am playing the streaming now.

$ ffplay -nodisp http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/low/ak/bbc_radio_one.m3u8

References:
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_radio_progs/changes_audio_formats
http://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=2173
https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2013-September/086608.html

Best regards.

Updated with working link as posted by @tamagoyaki and new station names

https://gist.github.com/noodlebug/0e5e3754f4e8dbf608e72431b9c34484

Updated with latest high quality streams listed here https://beebotron.org/index3lite.php?reload

Could you add radio_four_extra to the station list?

Updated again with high quality streams listed here http://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=2173 and also added radio_four_extra and five_live_sports_extra

https://gist.github.com/noodlebug/0e5e3754f4e8dbf608e72431b9c34484

The stream links are apparently outdated again -- for mpd, I've modified my own little script, but TL;DR:

playlist="http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_$1_mf_p"

and then modify the station names in the select using any of

STATIONS=(
    radio1 radio1xtra radio2 radio3
    radio4fm radio4lw radio4extra
    radio5live 6music asianet
    cymru foyle nangaidheal scotlandfm
    ulster walesmw 
)

Found stream urls in this blog post.

Lately for streaming radio in the UK I've had the change the URL to
playlist="http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_$1"