diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py
index 8001ca5a32..2e497c86ee 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py
@@ -43,26 +43,25 @@ class TEDIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
             self.to_screen(u'Getting info of playlist %s: "%s"' % (playlist_id,name))
             return [self._playlist_videos_info(url,name,playlist_id)]
 
-    def _playlist_videos_info(self,url,name,playlist_id=0):
+
+    def _playlist_videos_info(self, url, name, playlist_id):
         '''Returns the videos of the playlist'''
-        video_RE=r'''
-                     <li\ id="talk_(\d+)"([.\s]*?)data-id="(?P<video_id>\d+)"
-                     ([.\s]*?)data-playlist_item_id="(\d+)"
-                     ([.\s]*?)data-mediaslug="(?P<mediaSlug>.+?)"
-                     '''
-        video_name_RE=r'<p\ class="talk-title"><a href="(?P<talk_url>/talks/(.+).html)">(?P<fullname>.+?)</a></p>'
-        webpage=self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id, 'Downloading playlist webpage')
-        m_videos=re.finditer(video_RE,webpage,re.VERBOSE)
-        m_names=re.finditer(video_name_RE,webpage)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(
+            url, playlist_id, u'Downloading playlist webpage')
+        matches = re.finditer(
+            r'<p\s+class="talk-title[^"]*"><a\s+href="(?P<talk_url>/talks/[^"]+\.html)">[^<]*</a></p>',
+            webpage)
 
         playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(r'div class="headline">\s*?<h1>\s*?<span>(.*?)</span>',
                                                  webpage, 'playlist title')
 
-        playlist_entries = []
-        for m_video, m_name in zip(m_videos,m_names):
-            talk_url='http://www.ted.com%s' % m_name.group('talk_url')
-            playlist_entries.append(self.url_result(talk_url, 'TED'))
-        return self.playlist_result(playlist_entries, playlist_id = playlist_id, playlist_title = playlist_title)
+        playlist_entries = [
+            self.url_result(u'http://www.ted.com' + m.group('talk_url'), 'TED')
+            for m in matches
+        ]
+        return self.playlist_result(
+            playlist_entries, playlist_id=playlist_id, playlist_title=playlist_title)
 
     def _talk_info(self, url, video_id=0):
         """Return the video for the talk in the url"""