Following the recent announcement that the BBC has enabled its online catch-up service, iPlayer, to work with the Nintendo Wii, an enterprising sort has tweaked some JavaScript and made it available on the PlayStation 3. If you type www.ps3iplayer.com into your PS3 browser we can confirm that you’ll be able to access programmes through the console.

Although there are reportedly a few bugs, and the quality of the streaming video isn’t great, enabling the application on PS3 has piqued the interest of many, including Anthony Rose, head of Digital Media Technology at the BBC, who wrote on his blog:

“While I’m impressed that someone has done this, this doesn’t mean that it’s the best possible iPlayer proposition for that console. We’re investigating the optimal video profile and browser proposition to enable us to officially make iPlayer available on PS3 in due course.”