diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 49617a5e0..f06b4d1dc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ from .viki import VikiIE
 from .vk import VKIE
 from .vube import VubeIE
 from .wat import WatIE
+from .wdr import WDRIE
 from .weibo import WeiboIE
 from .wimp import WimpIE
 from .wistia import WistiaIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/wdr.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/wdr.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1238c15aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/wdr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    unified_strdate,
+    compat_urlparse,
+    determine_ext,
+)
+
+
+class WDRIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _PLAYER_REGEX = '-(?:video|audio)player(?:_size-[LMS])?'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?P<url>https?://www\d?\.(?:wdr\d?|funkhauseuropa)\.de/)(?P<id>.+?)(?P<player>%s)?\.html' % _PLAYER_REGEX
+
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/servicezeit/videoservicezeit560-videoplayer_size-L.html',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'mdb-362427',
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'title': 'Servicezeit',
+                'description': 'md5:c8f43e5e815eeb54d0b96df2fba906cb',
+                'upload_date': '20140310',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www1.wdr.de/themen/av/videomargaspiegelisttot101-videoplayer.html',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'mdb-363194',
+                'ext': 'flv',
+                'title': 'Marga Spiegel ist tot',
+                'upload_date': '20140311',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www1.wdr.de/themen/kultur/audioerlebtegeschichtenmargaspiegel100-audioplayer.html',
+            'md5': '83e9e8fefad36f357278759870805898',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'mdb-194332',
+                'ext': 'mp3',
+                'title': 'Erlebte Geschichten: Marga Spiegel (29.11.2009)',
+                'upload_date': '20091129',
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.funkhauseuropa.de/av/audiogrenzenlosleckerbaklava101-audioplayer.html',
+            'md5': 'cfff440d4ee64114083ac44676df5d15',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'mdb-363068',
+                'ext': 'mp3',
+                'title': 'Grenzenlos lecker - Baklava',
+                'upload_date': '20140311',
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        page_url = mobj.group('url')
+        page_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, page_id)
+
+        if mobj.group('player') is None:
+            entries = [
+                self.url_result(page_url + href, 'WDR')
+                for href in re.findall(r'<a href="/?(.+?%s\.html)" rel="nofollow"' % self._PLAYER_REGEX, webpage)
+            ]
+            return self.playlist_result(entries, page_id)
+
+        flashvars = compat_urlparse.parse_qs(
+            self._html_search_regex(r'<param name="flashvars" value="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'flashvars'))
+
+        page_id = flashvars['trackerClipId'][0]
+        video_url = flashvars['dslSrc'][0]
+        title = flashvars['trackerClipTitle'][0]
+        thumbnail = flashvars['startPicture'][0] if 'startPicture' in flashvars else None
+
+        if 'trackerClipAirTime' in flashvars:
+            upload_date = flashvars['trackerClipAirTime'][0]
+        else:
+            upload_date = self._html_search_meta('DC.Date', webpage, 'upload date')
+
+        if upload_date:
+            upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
+
+        if video_url.endswith('.f4m'):
+            video_url += '?hdcore=3.2.0&plugin=aasp-3.2.0.77.18'
+            ext = 'flv'
+        else:
+            ext = determine_ext(video_url)
+
+        description = self._html_search_meta('Description', webpage, 'description')
+
+        return {
+            'id': page_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'ext': ext,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
+        }
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