It looks like all the waiting may finally be over. Its been leaked just over the weekend that BBC could be in the middle of developing an iPhone / iPod Touch application for their free UK online TV and radio catchup on-demand service – iPlayer. Leaked from the BBC’s latest monthly press pack, normally the monthly press pack is created to provide viewing figures and usage statistics for the iPlayer video on demand service in the UK. But this latest one also shows an image of an iPlayer application running on the iPhone.

While iPhone and iPod Touch users may be able to use the free service using Safari, no additional functions are provided and of course its not the same as having an application specifically designed to support the devices in question. It looks obvious that there will be a downloads option and what appears to be a live stream option which should run exactly like that of iPlayer on your PC. This will be excellent as users will be able to download content then watch it while offline.

From the image leaked, it looks like WiFi will be one of the connectivity options, which does mean iPod Touch should probably be able to benefit from the application as well. However, this does make us wonder whether there will be a WiFi only restriction and also will non-UK users still be limited? BBC is yet to confirm whether this free service for the Apple handhelds is actually in the works.

[via ElectricPig]