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
# GistID: 4052479

If you're happy with playing the station via your browser & don't want the effort of installing the dependencies mpc and mplayer, the following code does the job (tested on Mac only).

#!/bin/bash
play() {
  playlist="http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_$1.m3u8"
  open $playlist
}
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