Huh? It works for me, with a 301 redirect. Truncated output:

    $ curl -Lv http://bbc.co.uk
    > GET / HTTP/1.1
    > Host: bbc.co.uk
    > User-Agent: curl/7.56.1
    > Accept: */*
    > 
    < HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
    < Location: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
    < 
    > GET / HTTP/1.1
    > Host: www.bbc.co.uk
    > User-Agent: curl/7.56.1
    > Accept: */*
    > 
    < HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
    < Location: https://www.bbc.co.uk/
    < 
    > GET / HTTP/2
    > Host: www.bbc.co.uk
    > User-Agent: curl/7.56.1
    > Accept: */*
    > 
    < HTTP/2 200 
    < content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
    < content-length: 270866