diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 5b8e16a29..2c56797a5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ from .crunchyroll import (
 )
 from .cspan import CSpanIE
 from .ctsnews import CtsNewsIE
+from .cultureunplugged import CultureUnpluggedIE
 from .cwtv import CWTVIE
 from .dailymotion import (
     DailymotionIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cultureunplugged.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cultureunplugged.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c764fe68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cultureunplugged.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import int_or_none
+
+
+class CultureUnpluggedIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?cultureunplugged\.com/documentary/watch-online/play/(?P<id>\d+)(?:/(?P<display_id>[^/]+))?'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/53662/The-Next--Best-West',
+        'md5': 'ac6c093b089f7d05e79934dcb3d228fc',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '53662',
+            'display_id': 'The-Next--Best-West',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'The Next, Best West',
+            'description': 'md5:0423cd00833dea1519cf014e9d0903b1',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            'creator': 'Coldstream Creative',
+            'duration': 2203,
+            'view_count': int,
+        }
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/53662',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        display_id = mobj.group('display_id') or video_id
+
+        movie_data = self._download_json(
+            'http://www.cultureunplugged.com/movie-data/cu-%s.json' % video_id, display_id)
+
+        video_url = movie_data['url']
+        title = movie_data['title']
+
+        description = movie_data.get('synopsis')
+        creator = movie_data.get('producer')
+        duration = int_or_none(movie_data.get('duration'))
+        view_count = int_or_none(movie_data.get('views'))
+
+        thumbnails = [{
+            'url': movie_data['%s_thumb' % size],
+            'id': size,
+            'preference': preference,
+        } for preference, size in enumerate((
+            'small', 'large')) if movie_data.get('%s_thumb' % size)]
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'display_id': display_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'creator': creator,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'view_count': view_count,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+        }