According to one embodiment, a broadcast reception apparatus includes a reception unit which receives a broadcast signal, and outputs a transport stream, a first determination unit which receives the transport stream as TS packets, and determines whether a PES header exists in each TS packet, a second determination unit which determines whether the PES header is normal, when the first determination unit detects the PES header, a search unit which detects a payload start position by searching the TS packet sequentially from the rear end, when the second determination unit determines the PES header to be abnormal, a separator which separates payloads at and after the payload start position, and a decoder which decodes the separated payloads of the TS packets, and outputs video and audio signals.