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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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Buffering (46%)
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Sign in (29%)
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Playback Issues (20%)
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Crashing (6%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Stockton-on-Tees |
Buffering | |
| Bristol |
Sign in | |
| Dunstable |
Playback Issues | |
| Croydon |
Sign in | |
| Leeds |
Buffering | |
| Edinburgh |
Playback Issues |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Lizzie
(@lizmuse21) reported
Couldn't watch Arsenal because of work but I'm guessing not one I want to watch on iplayer?
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🇬🇧Dawn in Cheshire🏴 #NEVERLABOUR
(@DawnieR2) reported
@JuliaHB1 Sherwood excellent, great cast too. BBC iplayer We're nearing the end of Clarksons Farm, Amazon, s2. Whatever you think of JC, it shows the plight of farmers, the lack of support, the useless box ticking exercises, how damn hard they work And councils at their best...not! 🤬🤬
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Sarah
(@piedwarbler1) reported
@be_reading @BBCiPlayer No, I don’t have any problems with iPlayer or any streaming service. The only service I’ve had problems with is the Hay Player and that’s usually when they’ve got too many people trying to stream at once and their servers can’t cope.
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Justin the Movie
(@ecoscore) reported
@JohnSimpsonNews So want to see this but "BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues" Can't find it elsewhere either 🙏 YouTube? #Ukraine
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mememememe
(@dontasciime) reported
@BBCiPlayer why when switching to local region does the aspect ratio on Sunday morning live (live) part if iPlayer and other programs when viewed live have a broken aspect ratio as in not full screen width wise. It's not my TVs before you claim it is
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AndrewC
(@Comptinator) reported
The iPlayer app on my TV is so ******* broken when it comes to live streaming. Lags, freezes, constantly needs to buffer and at some points just crashes and says the usual **** of "something went wrong!". It drives me absolutely crazy.
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hannah
(@hannahawfc) reported
why is iplayer behind help
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Sonny
(@SonnyOSullivan) reported
Do you think a new soap opera set in the north east would work or are they viewed as too old school now that everything is instant viewing on netflix/iplayer etc?
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sanjeet ~ ❀ ❁
(@sanjeetXox) reported
After watching the Shamima Begum documentary on BBC iPlayer I can’t help but feel so extremely sad for her. A vulnerable child who was let down by society and slipped under the radar. Being a teacher myself, I can only voice that the school did nothing from a safeguarding point
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Bridie
(@Bridie_WA) reported
@mrneilforsyth Upset that my Mum's iPlayer won't work while she's here in Australia 😥
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Snooker Loopy
(@SnookerLoopy_) reported
I really enjoy the ITV events, they all offer something different and the coverage is top notch, however I’d be lying if I said the @ITVX app didn’t put me off watching. It is truly awful compared to iPlayer and Discovery+
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Pamela Angus
(@PamelaAngus) reported
*silentscream* I have yet to grasp how to actually get the bbc iplayer to work on the android tv. I get the programme ( the IRL v ITA u20's ) but I cant actually get it to play *arrgggggghhhhhh(silently)*
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Jon Bradfield
(@JonBradfield) reported
When does @PotteryThrow update on all 4 (and why is All 4 so awful compared to iplayer like why can’t you just watch something as live but skip back to the start)
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Charlie 🏴
(@Charlie_D_Jones) reported
BBC Iplayer doesn’t work in Australia, class 🫠
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N72
(@N72art) reported
@bbc Fix your iplayer. My VPN is still in UK. Not compromising my security for your crappy app.
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TheBlorboPod 🦖
(@pod_skye) reported
Apologies for the bad quality on photos the actual Live Broadcast on Iplayer is ****
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Neil Edmunds
(@NeilMundo8) reported
Any advise when iplayer not working can’t watch 20s
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Ballum Official 💙🌈💙 #BallumAreReunited
(@BallumOfficial) reported
@in_the_matrix1 @mr_michael_1234 @JackBatchelor3 That's because it doesn't count towards the ratings and because it's not streaming that's done well. The show has been searched for or requested a lot of times on iplayer but that doesn't mean watched. Overnight ratings are what's important. The BBC doesn't work the same as US TV
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Richard Ward
(@Richard80221907) reported
How do license payers get BBC iPlayer to work ?????????? Given we are paying through the nose for the gibberish ! They expect us to endure
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TARDIS Time
(@TARDIStime2) reported
@TimelessOwen Ive heard the blu rays of s1-4 have problems with being too quite diolog and slowed down a bit or something which is strange theyve not told people or fixed it but its fine on dvds and iplayer i think
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George Forth 💔🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇫🇮🇬🇧🇪🇸
(@GeorgeForth) reported
NordVPN and iPlayer don't play well together on my Chromecast/Google TV. About 5 mins of playback, then buffering-buffering-buffering, and back to the start of the show. No issues on my laptop.
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Shawn
(@Helley_esquire) reported
@ITVX new name for your streaming service same shocking technology! “Something went wrong”’ pops up all the time, mid episode it’s stop start, it’s just rubbish! IPlayer, Netflix, prime, more 4 all work fine
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Finlay McLellan 💙
(@finlay_mclellan) reported
@SkyHelpTeam Would you have any idea why @ParamountPlusUK keeps buffering all the time? It seems to be the only streaming service that I have issues with on Sky Q. Netflix, Disney +, iPlayer, ITV x all work fine.
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Ray Gorman
(@RayGorman) reported
@MuseumOfCurios @nosuchthing @BBCSounds Thanks- Is it one that can't be listened to outside the UK or something? Stuff on the BBC iPlayer doesn't work for me in the US... Have you considered making it a Podcast type of thing like Fish?
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Ray, a drop of golden sun
(@ratnes_) reported
I'm gonna work my way through all the weird little made up classic films on BBC iPlayer
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Alex Dowling
(@AgentDowling) reported
Back to Live on iPlayer as I need to have some beauty sleep in preparation for work tomorrow.#bbcqt
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Judith@weather
(@JudithRalston) reported
@Kismuil On iplayer lovely lady . Any problems- shout
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CCob
(@AE86girl) reported
@VirginMediaIE @mcmahonandy12 Nothing showing on iplayer by day since Tuesday, Wednesday onwards it’s blank? Very odd! And don’t say the team is working very hard to resolve this, there’s no way it could possibly take a few people 3+ days to sort this glitch out!!
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Tom
(@zenithedtom) reported
@LeninsLinguine We've just started watching Search Party on iPlayer, has a similar theme of everyone just being awful
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Jackie Pursey
(@JackiePursey) reported
@ITVXhelp @itzbecky93x @ITVX It doesny work I've tried this no problem with iplayer brilliant app