diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bfi.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bfi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60c8944b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bfi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import extract_attributes
+
+
+class BFIPlayerIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'bfi:player'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://player\.bfi\.org\.uk/[^/]+/film/watch-(?P<id>[\w-]+)-online'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-computer-doctor-1974-online',
+        'md5': 'e8783ebd8e061ec4bc6e9501ed547de8',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'htNnhlZjE60C9VySkQEIBtU-cNV1Xx63',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Computer Doctor',
+            'description': 'md5:fb6c240d40c4dbe40428bdd62f78203b',
+        },
+        'skip': 'BFI Player films cannot be played outside of the UK',
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        entries = []
+        for player_el in re.findall(r'(?s)<[^>]+class="player"[^>]*>', webpage):
+            player_attr = extract_attributes(player_el)
+            ooyala_id = player_attr.get('data-video-id')
+            if not ooyala_id:
+                continue
+            entries.append(self.url_result(
+                'ooyala:' + ooyala_id, 'Ooyala',
+                ooyala_id, player_attr.get('data-label')))
+        return self.playlist_result(entries)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index c1c5d1953b..01119f2bb3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ from .behindkink import BehindKinkIE
 from .bellmedia import BellMediaIE
 from .beatport import BeatportIE
 from .bet import BetIE
+from .bfi import BFIPlayerIE
 from .bigflix import BigflixIE
 from .bild import BildIE
 from .bilibili import (