Response 500 from get_iplayer but browser loads json data fine

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Running get_iplayer on a program results in warnings about 500 response meaning it didn't connect. But if I open the link it's trying to download in a browser it loads just fine.

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m001tfnl

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get_iplayer --tv-quality="fhd" --pid=m001tfnl

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get_iplayer 3.34.0-MSWin32-x64
  Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis, 2010- get_iplayer contributors
  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
  conditions; use --conditions for details.

INFO: Start: 2023-12-25T19:00:16 (1703530816)
INFO: encodinglocale = cp1252
INFO: encodinglocalefs = cp1252
INFO: encodingconsoleout = cp850
INFO: encodingconsolein = cp850
INFO: encodingwebrequest = UTF-8
INFO: ${^UNICODE} = 0
INFO: Profile dir: C:\Users\i7\.get_iplayer
INFO: User options file: C:\Users\i7\.get_iplayer\options
INFO: System options file: C:\ProgramData\get_iplayer\options
-==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-
Current options:
	encodingconsolein = cp850
	encodingconsoleout = cp850
	encodinglocale = cp1252
	encodinglocalefs = cp1252
	encodingwebrequest = UTF-8
	pid = m001tfnl
	tvmode = fhd
	verbose = 1

INFO: Search args: ''
INFO: Cleaning PID - old: 'm001tfnl' new: 'm001tfnl'

INFO: Downloading URL (1/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tfnl.json

WARNING: Failed to download URL (1/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tfnl.json
WARNING: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.)
WARNING: Ignore this warning if programme download is successful

INFO: Downloading URL (2/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tfnl.json

WARNING: Failed to download URL (2/3): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tfnl.json
WARNING: Response: 500 Can't connect to www.bbc.co.uk:443 (A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.)
WARNING: Ignore this warning if programme download is successful

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