diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
index d86dbba8e..b5e464a30 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
@@ -177,16 +177,24 @@ class ArteTVPlus7IE(InfoExtractor):
 # It also uses the arte_vp_url url from the webpage to extract the information
 class ArteTVCreativeIE(ArteTVPlus7IE):
     IE_NAME = 'arte.tv:creative'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://creative\.arte\.tv/(?P<lang>fr|de)/magazine?/(?P<id>.+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://creative\.arte\.tv/(?P<lang>fr|de)/(?:magazine?/)?(?P<id>[^?#]+)'
 
-    _TEST = {
+    _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://creative.arte.tv/de/magazin/agentur-amateur-corporate-design',
         'info_dict': {
-            'id': '050489-002',
+            'id': '72176',
             'ext': 'mp4',
-            'title': 'Agentur Amateur / Agence Amateur #2 : Corporate Design',
+            'title': 'Folge 2 - Corporate Design',
+            'upload_date': '20131004',
         },
-    }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://creative.arte.tv/fr/Monty-Python-Reunion',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '160676',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Monty Python live (mostly)',
+        }
+    }]
 
 
 class ArteTVFutureIE(ArteTVPlus7IE):