diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sevenplus.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sevenplus.py
index 9792f820a..a4e351c77 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/sevenplus.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sevenplus.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 
+from .common import InfoExtractor
 from .brightcove import BrightcoveNewIE
 from ..utils import update_url_query
 
@@ -64,4 +65,8 @@ class SevenPlusIE(BrightcoveNewIE):
                     if value:
                         info[dst_key] = value
 
+        if info['title'] is None:
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(url, episode_id)
+            info['title'] = self._search_regex(r'<title>([^>]+)</title>', webpage, 'title')
+
         return info