diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/parliamentliveuk.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/parliamentliveuk.py
index fdde36e68..bdd5ff565 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/parliamentliveuk.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/parliamentliveuk.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ class ParliamentLiveUKIE(InfoExtractor):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(
             'http://vodplayer.parliamentlive.tv/?mid=' + video_id, video_id)
         widget_config = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
-            r'kWidgetConfig\s*=\s*({.+});',
-            webpage, 'kaltura widget config', flags=re.DOTALL), video_id)
+            r'(?s)kWidgetConfig\s*=\s*({.+});',
+            webpage, 'kaltura widget config'), video_id)
         kaltura_url = 'kaltura:%s:%s' % (
             widget_config['wid'][1:], widget_config['entry_id'])
         event_title = self._download_json(