diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
index a15e671148..fad1f9ca79 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 'title': title,
                 'description': description,
                 'timestamp': timestamp,
-                'duration': duration,
                 'formats': formats,
                 'subtitles': subtitles,
             }