I often find that when I try to "Listen Again" (actually, listen for the first time, but the BBC can't know everything), I click on the link, and it displays a message "Loading x sec". When it works properly, the 'x' will be a number (say 5) and it will gradually reduce to zero, and start playing.

But what often happens is that it starts at 0 and just goes on increasing, with x getting higher and higher, so nothing ever gets played and I have to bog off and do something else (like listen to Radio Britfolk or whatever). Sometimes it will actually play a second or so before going into its everlasting loading mode.

Is there something I can do to stop this happening? I have Windows XP. It's just a bit frustrating. Is it related to the load on the BBC server, or is there anything I need to set in my browser, etc.?