diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/franceculture.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/franceculture.py
index 14f4cb489..9dc28d801 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/franceculture.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/franceculture.py
@@ -1,18 +1,45 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
     extract_attributes,
     int_or_none,
+    traverse_obj,
+    unified_strdate,
 )
 
 
 class FranceCultureIE(InfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?franceculture\.fr/emissions/(?:[^/]+/)*(?P<id>[^/?#&]+)'
     _TESTS = [{
-        'url': 'http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/carnet-nomade/rendez-vous-au-pays-des-geeks',
+        # playlist
+        'url': 'https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/serie/hasta-dente',
+        'playlist_count': 12,
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'hasta-dente',
+            'title': 'Hasta Dente',
+            'description': 'md5:57479af50648d14e9bb649e6b1f8f911',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            'upload_date': '20201024',
+        },
+        'playlist': [{
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': '3c1c2e55-41a0-11e5-9fe0-005056a87c89',
+                'ext': 'mp3',
+                'title': 'Jeudi, vous avez dit bizarre ?',
+                'description': 'md5:47cf1e00cc21c86b0210279996a812c6',
+                'duration': 604,
+                'upload_date': '20201024',
+                'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+                'timestamp': 1603576680
+            },
+        },
+        ],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/carnet-nomade/rendez-vous-au-pays-des-geeks',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'rendez-vous-au-pays-des-geeks',
             'display_id': 'rendez-vous-au-pays-des-geeks',
@@ -20,9 +47,9 @@ class FranceCultureIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': 'Rendez-vous au pays des geeks',
             'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
             'upload_date': '20140301',
-            'timestamp': 1393700400,
             'vcodec': 'none',
-        }
+            'duration': 3569,
+        },
     }, {
         # no thumbnail
         'url': 'https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-recherche-montre-en-main/la-recherche-montre-en-main-du-mercredi-10-octobre-2018',
@@ -31,9 +58,54 @@ class FranceCultureIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         display_id = self._match_id(url)
-
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
 
+        info = {
+            'id': display_id,
+            'title': self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)<h1[^>]*itemprop="[^"]*name[^"]*"[^>]*>(.+?)</h1>',
+                webpage, 'title', default=self._og_search_title(webpage)),
+            'description': self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)<div[^>]+class="excerpt"[^>]*>(.*?)</div>', webpage, 'description', default=None),
+            'thumbnail': self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage),
+            'uploader': self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)<span class="author">(.*?)</span>', webpage, 'uploader', default=None),
+            'upload_date': unified_strdate(self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)class="teaser-text-date".*?(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{4})', webpage, 'date', default=None)),
+        }
+
+        playlist_data = self._search_regex(
+            r'''(?sx)
+                <section[^>]+data-xiti-place="[^"]*?liste_episodes[^"?]*?"[^>]*>
+                (.*?)
+                </section>
+            ''',
+            webpage, 'playlist data', fatal=False, default=None)
+
+        if playlist_data:
+            entries = []
+            for item, item_description in re.findall(
+                    r'(?s)(<button[^<]*class="[^"]*replay-button[^>]*>).*?<p[^>]*class="[^"]*teaser-text-chapo[^>]*>(.*?)</p>',
+                    playlist_data):
+
+                item_attributes = extract_attributes(item)
+                entries.append({
+                    'id': item_attributes.get('data-emission-uuid'),
+                    'url': item_attributes.get('data-url'),
+                    'title': item_attributes.get('data-diffusion-title'),
+                    'duration': int_or_none(traverse_obj(item_attributes, 'data-duration-seconds', 'data-duration-seconds')),
+                    'description': item_description,
+                    'timestamp': int_or_none(item_attributes.get('data-start-time')),
+                    'thumbnail': info['thumbnail'],
+                    'uploader': info['uploader'],
+                })
+
+            return {
+                '_type': 'playlist',
+                'entries': entries,
+                **info
+            }
+
         video_data = extract_attributes(self._search_regex(
             r'''(?sx)
                 (?:
@@ -43,31 +115,14 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 (<button[^>]+data-(?:url|asset-source)="[^"]+"[^>]+>)
             ''',
             webpage, 'video data'))
-
-        video_url = video_data.get('data-url') or video_data['data-asset-source']
-        title = video_data.get('data-asset-title') or video_data.get('data-diffusion-title') or self._og_search_title(webpage)
-
-        description = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<div[^>]+class="intro"[^>]*>.*?<h2>(.+?)</h2>',
-            webpage, 'description', default=None)
-        thumbnail = self._search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<figure[^>]+itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"[^>]*>.*?<img[^>]+(?:data-dejavu-)?src="([^"]+)"',
-            webpage, 'thumbnail', default=None)
-        uploader = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<span class="author">(.*?)</span>',
-            webpage, 'uploader', default=None)
+        video_url = traverse_obj(video_data, 'data-url', 'data-asset-source')
         ext = determine_ext(video_url.lower())
 
         return {
-            'id': display_id,
             'display_id': display_id,
             'url': video_url,
-            'title': title,
-            'description': description,
-            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
             'ext': ext,
             'vcodec': 'none' if ext == 'mp3' else None,
-            'uploader': uploader,
-            'timestamp': int_or_none(video_data.get('data-start-time')) or int_or_none(video_data.get('data-asset-created-date')),
             'duration': int_or_none(video_data.get('data-duration')),
+            **info
         }