I have read the two earlier postings by Simon_140 on this problem which was not resolved and I wanted to report that I have also been experiencing the same problem.
I have an Amazon Echo Dot 2 with the BBC Skill enabled. In the original configuration, it fed speakers directly via Bluetooth and the “continue” function worked as expected (as it still does). Recently I added a Sonos Play:1 and configured Alexa to play the Echo Dot 2 through this device. Since doing this, the “continue” function no longer works.
I reported this problem to the BBC but they could not reproduce (I presume they were simply playing direct on the Echo Dot). Then today I read the threads in this forum by Simon_140 and I realised that my problem was related. As described by Somon_140 I also find that the same function does not work when I try it from the BBC Sonos S1 app on my Pixel 7 mobile.
I assume that when “continue” is requested the URL passed by the BBC skill / app includes a parameter to specify the start location of the stream to play, and this is not being read by the Sonos device.
This is a very annoying problem which greatly reduces the usefulness of BBC via Sonos so it is a problem which should be a priority for Sonos to fix! (I have reported my findings to the BBC in a support case.)
The Echo Dot 2 and Sonos devices have up-to-date software.
