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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 (52%)
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Buffering (30%)
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Sign in (11%)
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Crashing (7%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Southwark |
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| London |
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| Kingston upon Hull |
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| High Wycombe |
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| Canterbury |
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 Colomiers |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Christopher Jones
(@quatermass_pitt) reported
@JamesAHogg2 Watched Hi-di-Hi on iPlayer this morning before work. 2022 SAVED!!
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Andy MacDonald
(@macdonaldandy) reported
@ITVX @BBCiPlayer The World Cup has really shown the difference between your products. No crashes or stutters (or adverts, of course) on iPlayer; at least one full crash per game plus enough stutters so I’m 30 seconds behind by half time. Sort it out, @itvx
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JC | #SaveDegrassi
(@uss_antares) reported
@surfshark All of your UK VPN locations no longer work with BBC iPlayer :(
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PJ Sutton
(@PJSutton9) reported
Very confusing info about tonight's episode of #TheTraitors. Clearly not on BBC but will it be be on iplayer at 10pm? Need my fix.....
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Glenn Cook
(@gxcook) reported
@DigibitVPN UK on demand servers not working with iPlayer,ITVX, ALL4
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(@babybluegem) reported
If i get off this plane and bbc iplayer doesnt work i need someone to take one for the team and give me a discord link to the match to stream there
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Ruby Red Photography
(@rubyredphoto) reported
So I can get bbc iplayer to work but itv (the channel the football happens to be on) isn't loading, of course not! I really wanna watch it!
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Tanveer Khan
(@Tankhan90) reported
@4Viewers Samsung A12 All my other apps work fine. ITVX, BBC Iplayer, Disney plus. It isnt just today it happened but for the last 3 weeks. You guys have a lot of good shows on your app but I don't watch them due to your Ads structure and app error surrounding it. I use it to watch MIC
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Zainab Walji
(@xenon21) reported
@MickLumley BBC is very clever and detects VPN too fast for it to work for long on iplayer 😕
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julian 🦇
(@negatussy) reported
bbc iplayer decided to work again, thank **** because where would i watch the christmas special right when it comes out (waiting is not an option)
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ĴΛY ƇᎾИИᎾŔ
(@connjam) reported
@ITVXhelp iOS app having the same issues as itv hub. Unable to navigate away from the app and still watch. It shuts down as soon as you open something else. Other players like iPlayer, Netflix, Disney, prime, Britbox, Atv+ all carry on playing in a mini player.
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Kimberleyone162 🌑 💙
(@kimberleyone162) reported
@Lou__Runs @JRichie04197052 @TheRepairShop Thank you. Don’t know what went wrong with sky planner. Now on iPlayer too for anyone that was depending on the series link to work?
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Bluedawney
(@bluedawney) reported
@ITVX It's awful! So many issues. Impossible to watch anything. Buffering, crashing, freezing, no sound, doesn't start where you last finished watching ....I could go on. Its a total misery. And I've given up and reverted back to netfliix and Iplayer.
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Rachel Dalton
(@rachellcdalton) reported
@DW_Carrington I have also only just broken the habit, given that I now watch Netflix and BBC Iplayer almost exclusively
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JC | #SaveDegrassi
(@uss_antares) reported
@GunpowderPlod @surfshark Same, all their UK locations don't work with BBC iPlayer and customer support hasn't gotten back to me
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Alison McNab
(@AlisonMcNab) reported
@KrystalVittles During lockdown my MiL kept complaining about the “green frog” that kept appearing on her iPad. Kermit, we wondered? When we were permitted to meet up in the garden, we eventually worked out it was the iPlayer login challenge screen which featured a tree frog!
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Dave Peterson (He/Him) Ⓥ 🇨🇦
(@FedUpWithBadAir) reported
@LRNA11 @Duin46473580 @BBCNewsNI Ah, it is iPlayer. Drat! It doesn't work where I am because it's geoblocked (and I don't have a television license either). Thanks for posting the link though!
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Grumpy *** 🇺🇦 💙
(@GrumpyGit2021) reported
@ruskin147 I don't have Netflix, don't want it either. How many news, sports, weather, local, education, channels/services do they offer compared with the BBC? I use BBC Sounds + Iplayer regularly, no issues with navigating. For films Iplayer, BFI, Talking Pictures, Amazon, All4, suffice.
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Katie Georgeson
(@KatieJayne81) reported
@virginmedia I am connected to Wi-Fi and can watch iplayer and itv hub. It’s just the virgin tv box that has the issue
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Elaine
(@funasagran) reported
@sarahMo3W iplayer is not bad here but STV buffers an awful lot. Channels like this often shows programmes main stream tv does not. Will need to go look for the new series.
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jonathan.
(@chaoschupacabra) reported
I need an iPlayer login so I can watch the traitors thx
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Ian
(@ianlatham) reported
@MartinSFP iPlayer is still streets ahead of the awful mess that is Prime Video. Man, that's awful even after the recent update. Decent/good content let down hugely, and they've got all the money in the world to throw at it
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Wendy Lines
(@WendyLines5) reported
@RGalbraith Already watched it on iplayer, sorry couldn’t help myself, it was just so good.
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Eddie Barrett
(@EddieBa95442882) reported
@HarryHumbleIME @rw_skid Yes, both reboots were awful. If they make it onto BBC iPlayer or physical media, I swear to god...
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Feliz NaviChad 🎄🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
(@Chadderbox2018) reported
@Sideshowbobdmd A glitch because originally they were uploading them to iPlayer
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🎅 Kris(tmas) The Eurovision Podcaster 🎄
(@KrisWhoTweets) reported
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Dunstable, England
@TRadicioli @Eurovoix I would hold fire til we get the iPlayer numbers added, but, it doesn't feel awful, for it being a "Junior" edition.
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IanD
(@IanD65038650) reported
@yorkspride Has anybody else noticed how often Lineker plays with/touches his nose, on those World Cup/Football TV programmes on the IPlayer? Got better in the last two, but in the first few, I found it very off-putting. Does he have a NOSE problem?
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KP
(@KendalHove) reported
Finished watching #TheEnglish on iPlayer. So beautiful, so awful, so noble and sasly, so true..... #Pawnee @BBCOne
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Amanda LeRoy
(@LeRoy8123) reported
@realjosephmawle How do I listen to the lecture in the US? It says BBC iplayer is not available here. If anyone knows and reads this tweet…help a girl out.
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Morgz
(@Morgannaredhead) reported
So the app always used is iPlayer for @bbctv and suddenly it’s decided I need to sign in I pay my license so why You know something I will no longer use the app simple