diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm b/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
index 9b7dfef..5d3a636 100644
--- a/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
+++ b/lib/Subtitle/BASE.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use utf8;
 
+use Subtitle::Utils 'strip_bom';
+
 sub log {
   my ($self, $level, $msg) = @_;
 
@@ -25,6 +27,14 @@ sub log {
 sub parse { return "Unimplemented by subclass"; }
 sub build { return "Unimplemented by subclass"; }
 
+sub events {
+  my ($self, $events) = @_;
+  if ($events and ref($events) eq 'ARRAY') {
+    $self->{events} = $events;
+  }
+  return wantarray ? @{ $self->{events} } : $self->{events};
+}
+
 sub from_string {
   my ($self, $text) = @_;
   my @lines = split /\r?\n/o, $text;
@@ -38,7 +48,7 @@ sub from_file {
   my @lines = <$FH>;
   close $FH;
   return unless @lines; # empty file?
-  $lines[0] =~ s[^\x{EF}\x{BB}\x{BF}][]; # strip BOM
+  strip_bom($lines[0]);
   return $self->parse(\@lines);
 }
 
@@ -84,8 +94,16 @@ Collected messages can be accessed like this:
 
   my @log = @{ $obj->{log} };
 
-=head C<build>
-=head C<parse>
+=head2 C<events>
+
+  my @events = $obj->events; # array
+  my $events = $obj->events; # arrayref
+  $obj->events([$e1, $e2, $e3]);
+
+Access to subtitle events
+
+=head2 C<build>
+=head2 C<parse>
 
 Stubs for subclasses.
 Should return -1 on error, >= 0 on success (parsed events count).