diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 1cc14cf88a7..fe47be63710 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -783,6 +783,19 @@ Description
     * ``false``: Get posts from "Latest Updates" pages
 
 
+extractor.bbc.width
+-------------------
+Type
+    ``int``
+Default
+    ``1920``
+Description
+    Specifies the requested image width.
+
+    This value must be divisble by 16 and gets rounded down otherwise.
+    The maximum possible value appears to be ``1920``.
+
+
 extractor.blogger.videos
 ------------------------
 Type
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl.conf b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
index 9b2392c7775..2683206874d 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
             "password": null,
             "recursive": true
         },
+        "bbc": {
+            "width": 1920
+        },
         "blogger":
         {
             "videos": true
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/bbc.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/bbc.py
index 1c8e4308423..56e0006ac5d 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/bbc.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/bbc.py
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ def metadata(self, page):
         }
 
     def images(self, page):
+        width = self.config("width")
+        width = width - width % 16 if width else 1920
+        dimensions = "/{}xn/".format(width)
+
         return [
-            (src.replace("/320x180_b/", "/1920xn/"), None)
+            (src.replace("/320x180_b/", dimensions), None)
             for src in text.extract_iter(page, 'data-image-src="', '"')
         ]