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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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Sign in (34%)
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Buffering (28%)
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Playback Issues (21%)
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Crashing (17%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Aberdeen |
Sign in | |
| Cardiff |
Buffering | |
| Chichester |
Sign in | |
| Poole |
Sign in | |
| Epsom |
Sign in | |
| Chatham |
Crashing |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Maisie
(@Maia_mfan) reported
BBC iPlayer isn’t connecting to my tv so I can’t watch good trouble 😭
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Ali Baker should be writing
(@AlisonBaker01) reported
@DrCNorth Have you watched the documentary on Belle Gibson on iplayer? One woman who followed her wellness scam said that it masked her orthorexia. The diet industry doesn’t want diets to work. If they did, the whole industry would collapse.
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Claire🍀🌸🌱🌸🌾🌸🌴🌸🍀
(@Liberty749) reported
@ad19712020 I can't get my iPlayer to work sweetie so I just stick with Netflix ATM!! 😣
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Jon 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪
(@jon_and_juice) reported
@longdistblue @mrdanwalker It's still the minority. The BBC had something like 30m+ viewers across TV and iplayer. You can't say there are over 15m people like this. The problem we need to recognise is, the moinority is not as small as we used to think, plus they're the ones who will always travel to games
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Elaine H Bruce
(@ElaineBruce61) reported
@MartinSLewis Could you add as an option - would love to watch but in Spain and due to Brexshit iplayer, ITV *** etc etc no longer work🙄
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Cheam Bookers
(@CheamBookers) reported
Recommending the Hemingway documentary series on iPlayer. Interesting, to me at least, that both Hemingway and Bookers’ favourite @StephenKing had work published in ‘Esquire’. Assumed it was just a ‘lads mag’. It would appear that, once (or more), it was home to quality fiction.
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BrutusofTroy
(@TroyBrutusof) reported
@_marc_clark_ @BBCNews I've addressed that. I can read as many articles from the site as I wish. I do not use iPlayer, watch live TV or listen to BBC radio stations. I'm getting sick of repeating myself on the subject. You are a broken record. I am very aware of the rules and my morality on the subject
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Jo Cole ♿️
(@FBM_Warrior) reported
@Eurosport_UK do you show @FIAFormulaE live?! If so do you show it with or without adverts?! Only just got you on @discoveryplusUK so usure of things but I know ads are shown on the channels! I want to be sure I car watch the uninterrupted & without issues caused by BBC iPlayer
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Patrick Melton
(@pmelt) reported
@JakeLloydBacon @jimmycarr Any good vpn and iPlayer and stuff like that should work.
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Marc
(@Stitchy_626T) reported
@scottymeuk @BBCiPlayer I find the opposite. I find the IPlayer awful with buffering issues constantly on Samsung tv's (not just mine). STV player is also far superior to ITV player
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Bill Blackley
(@Bill_Blackley) reported
@BBCiPlayer pls start making Ultra HD HDR movies available on the #SkyQ iPlayer app. Also, the Euro2020 games were available in UHD but not on the Sky Q app, why? I pay the @BBC licence fee each month, I expect better content. Pls help!
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Conor
(@Conconor) reported
@GaryLineker @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Including several mil fraudulently using vpns to watch iplayer abroad so no records broken there for national viewing #vpn #Euro2020Final
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What's On The Tapes
(@whatsonthetapes) reported
I'm looking forward to finishing work at 8pm tonight and finally watching last night's football match on iPlayer. No spoilers please.
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James Snodgrass
(@MrJSnod) reported
Dear BBC, can you work it out so your iPlayer stream isn’t so far behind being live that I receive a BBC News alert of the result before the last penalty is taken?
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lewis ham
(@EatingIsntClean) reported
BBC iPlayer has the worst quality ever and Idek how
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Ryan
(@ryan2390) reported
Well that was a yawn fest. More important issue is I want to know why our iPlayer stream was 2mins behind the neighbours' Genuinely curious.
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Crooklar
(@Crooklar) reported
@the_borb @SonyUK Does iPlayer work on your phone/pc Have you uninstalled it / re installed it? Is there an option to clear the cash for that app
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Matt Senior
(@Bitterlaketrout) reported
@MartinSLewis I didn't know Itv were showing it. Iplayer doing UHD is a big factor as we don't have a working aerial. And @itvhub being awful generally.
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🌙Penny🔮 #blacklivesmatter
(@pennypentan) reported
@klimtsonian Oh man I’ve been trying to watch this for years - on bbc iplayer by the looks of things for my fellow plague/terf island inmates 🥲 (send help!)
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Alison Perry
(@iamalisonperry) reported
@mollyjforbes @BBCWomansHour @trinnywoodall Gah! Missed it, was engrossed in work. Got to wait for it to appear on iPlayer catch up now!
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Jamie
(@ArcheryContest) reported
@kxsmo @MisterWenger Don't think so, usually on iPlayer but obvs doesn't help you
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Ash
(@AshDigsFilms) reported
@FBantor Honestly wish iPlayer would upload every episode instead of having to trawl YouTube for random, bad quality episodes.
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sho-na b 🏴❤️🇮🇩🌏
(@shobenScot) reported
@BBCScotlandNews please can you help me find the FM's @NicolaSturgeon's covid briefing today? It's not available on iplayer although no problem finding the irrelevant (and therefore dangerous) PM's briefing for England. Essential public health messages need to be available.
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Craigsheppard1642
(@Craigsshepp) reported
@timfarron Watch the Mark Walters documentary on Iplayer, scottish supporters treated him horrifically. It's not just an English problem
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Borb
(@the_borb) reported
@SonyUK I'm connected via a ethernet cable not over WiFi the router is also right behind the TV. All other apps work as expected just iPlayer, I cannot uninstall it nor is it on the app store, I cannot be the only person surely?
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Doctor Who dOODles
(@A_doctorwhofan) reported
I'm glad that I have most of new who on dvd/blu ray because streaming quality on iplayer is appalling
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Hugo Ander Estrada
(@Ander_Estrada19) reported
@Sony Can someone help, I just bought a Sony x77a80j Sony Bravia and I can’t seem to find or be able to install BBC IPlayer or ITV Hub
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Helen
(@_WildfellHall) reported
@kimwright741 I've gone to my home office to work and keep flicking between work, Twitter and BBC iplayer - not a lot of iplayer right now!
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sheepmanyt
(@sheepmanyt1) reported
Bruh how does bbc iplayer work nowadays
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Mr Swanson
(@pedalsandgears) reported
@ibikeburwash Having watched 'The Real McCoy' on iplayer recently, having remembered it being great when I was younger. I can't help but draw similarities. It was funny in such a narrow social context, it hasn't aged well.