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The BBC iPlayer is a streaming television and radio service made available by the BBC. In addition to programming from the BBC, the platform also offers programs from broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by iPlayer users through our website.
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Playback Issues (57%)
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Buffering (29%)
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Sign in (7%)
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Crashing (7%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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| Swindon |
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| Yarm |
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| Treharris |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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HiCo 🐰
(@High_Command) reported
@politi_qs Cookery shows? How about we sort out the hungry child problem in the country before the Iplayer having an entire section dedicated to food. For me some of the most egregious are the ones delighting over petty criminals and fraudsters being caught.
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NoTimorousBeastie
(@NotTimorous) reported
@Fionasc40018434 I know many people hate the BBC but if you refuse to watch its news and current affairs content, which is genuinely terrible, there's still incredible drama, music, documentaries and iplayer. I'm keeping it.
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Pete Ward
(@petewardart) reported
@richardosman As usual, loving tonight's #ROHOG on iPlayer - but what's with the American z's creeping in (epitomiZed & seculariZation in one question!)? Is someone using Word in U.S. format? You'll be slipping in the World's Worst Word, gotten, next!!!! 😱
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Mollichella💙
(@lalabiso) reported
@virginmedia On demand doesn't work. But apps such as BBC iplayer do. Reset fixes the problem but only for a couple of days. System check at your end shows no faults. We are stuck in a loop with customer services.
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Chris
(@Chris_R1805) reported
@OfficialBlues Anyones iPlayer not working?
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Inmy Opinion #FBPE 💙💚 #FBPA #FBPPR
(@InmyOpinion16) reported
Cummings has gone from iPlayer and the live Parliament feed of the S&T committee not working - what’s going on? #CummingsEvidence
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ᴮᴱনীলু⁷ (slow) 💜 ᵇᵗˢ 1365244 ∞
(@IwasKayammu1st) reported
Hi @BBCTheOneShow the program keeps freezing when it gets to the bts segment on iPlayer... I don't know if anyone else is having the same problem?
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straymoose
(@straymoose101) reported
@catvalente BBC iPlayer might have it still if you can work around the system a bit…
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chicken the card dealer ✨COMMS OPEN✨
(@superchickendx) reported
[crashing through the wall] they put all of sewing bee back up on iplayer problem solved
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Ben James P H ⭕️ T O S
(@BenJamesPhotos) reported
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Worthing, England
@trixie62315648 @Sanctuary2016 I don’t get BBC 4 as signal here is terrible. I’ll have a look later on iPlayer x
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amy 🌙
(@asphodelmoon) reported
@bt_uk Hi Karen, it seems to be working okay except when we try to use bbc iplayer. If we use bbc iplayer it disconnects the hub and we have to hard reset it. Have you heard of this problem before?
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Tom Frost
(@TomFrosttt) reported
why do the subtitles for iplayer on @appletv not work 😭😭
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Sex blog (of sorts)
(@sexblogofsorts) reported
Watching the Being AP documentary on iPlayer and I think extremely competitive men are: a) pretty hot b) pretty awful
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jacqui joseph
(@jacquijdesigns) reported
@negro_karen It should be on iplayer....maybe DM @Monfornothing they will be able to help locate episode xx
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Sean Wilkie
(@SitDownDad) reported
Finished work and I’m gonna go home and watch @ashleystorrie in Dinosaur on the iPlayer. I suggest everyone else do the same.
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Natasha Henriques ♏️
(@Nattyhen80) reported
@BBCiPlayer Why am I having to sign in every single time I go onto iplayer now? Never had to do this before it always just remembered me. It’s such a hassle.
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Stuart Lomas
(@FixedWingGuy) reported
Given all the problems regarding the BBC right now, if you are not sure if you need a licence, answer this, Do you watch/record ANY live TV or iPlayer (ANY station not just BBC channels) If you answer to this question is YES, then you need a licence. Need help? Reply to me!
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Emperor Palatine
(@fantasticlife) reported
If I am baffled by iplayer, you have to wonder how people who didn’t work on the blasted thing get on
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Roger Newman
(@dodge4067) reported
@bt_uk Unless you want to watch iPlayer when you have to use a mini hub as your broadband is down. Works for 5-10 minutes then crashes the hub. Every single time, and BT don't have a fix for it. Poor
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van der Finz 🐥🆙
(@JamesFinbow) reported
Is iPlayer the shittest platform ever? It’s just unusable 99% of the time
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Eileen Palmer
(@palmerio56) reported
@peter_levy Missing you. Problem with sky dish. No local news, will have to catch it on iplayer tomorrow 🥴
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Scotty 🏴 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 #FACTS
(@ScottyS396) reported
@NOW I'd love to watch it but the quality of the stream is actually awful. :( No issues with Prime, iPlayer or Netflix...
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Andy
(@Andy16512528) reported
@nightowlr80 They were a lot older and it did quiet work .Will not be on Iplayer now because of Noel Clarke
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Gareth
(@gawuffy) reported
@adebradley I think there's an issue with the iPlayer app on the latest AppleTV software if you use that, even 'watch live' rolls back to the start of the stream. On Friday I'd thought This Time with Alan Partridge had gone completely meta by opening with The One Show.
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💫Rach_xx💫 BLM
(@SweetxButPsycho) reported
@TeamYouTube Hi yea I've tried incognio & it works occasionally as well, we've restarted devices & not working. Tried to uninstall & then when I go to reinstall, I need to use an update. But play store isn't working either, it's all Google related that's doing this. I'm streaming iplayer ok
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scrxisi
(@scrxisi) reported
My work iPad is so old now that iPlayer has stopped working¹. The point of it isn't really to watch rugby league on my break so can't really complain, I guess, but if be nice if I still could. ¹ well, I still can via the browser but the app is a no go
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TRIST
(@YNWA_4Life) reported
@adebradley tvOS 14.6 has just installed on mine, and seems to have fixed the iPlayer LIVE issue of rolling it back 2hrs. Fingers crossed it holds 🤞
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Cara Lisette
(@CaraLisette) reported
I’ve been having to watch episodes of Operation Ouch for work and now my iPlayer thinks I want to watch kids TV shows instead of Drag Race and Line of Duty
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MiddleAgedGeek 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
(@GeekAged) reported
@greggwatson90 I would much rather the 'Tory Cuckoos' currently in charge were evicted. If the BBC presented the news in a fair & balanced way with decent investigative journalism, then I would have no problems with paying the TV license fee. Well that & a major upgrade of the BBC iPlayer.
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Paul Evens
(@curlymisteree) reported
Watching #BritainsBiggestDig with @theAliceRoberts and @OxfordYasmin. Absolutely fascinating. How did I miss episode 1? Iplayer do your work!