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The BBC's commercial arm is to offer UK audiences full-length programmes as paid downloads for the first time, after striking a partnership with Apple's iTunes media store.
The shows will be a mixture of recently aired shows that are no longer available free on the separate BBC iPlayer catch-up service, and programmes from the BBC archives. No price details were available, but Apple charges Pounds 1.89 for other shows on iTunes in the UK.
The deal could mean that paid downloads of BBC programmes are available on iTunes months before the launch of Project Kangaroo, the BBC's on-demand streaming and download partnership with ITV and Channel 4, which is due later this year.
