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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 (33%)
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Sign in (25%)
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Playback Issues (25%)
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Crashing (16%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Horncastle |
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| Leicester |
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| London |
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| City of London |
Crashing | |
| Portsmouth |
Buffering | |
| Wandsworth |
Buffering |
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Community Discussion
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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claire
(@sadvaldordali) reported
Will someone in England give me their BBC iPlayer login so I can watch the great pottery throw down
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Jordan 🇺🇦
(@Jordrl66) reported
BBC Iplayer is actually unusable especially when new #PeakyBlinders episode drops
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millie🤎
(@milliefrogz) reported
Help I’m so confused, there are only 2 episodes of s4 of Killing Eve on BBC iPlayer but everyone seems to have seen episode 3? Someone please help, where do I watch episode 3?
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A$ap Ngoro
(@itsngoro) reported
Yo @surfshark , been having issues using//playing bbc iplayer past three weeks. Kindly advise
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Meredith Whitfield
(@hashtagmsw) reported
@ckmaughan !! i also love british tv and getting a VPN honestly solved all these problems, i just use iplayer etc now!
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Diego
(@dievsk) reported
from
London Colney, England
@BBCHolbyCity Hi, i want to play the Holby City serie, I would like to know if there is subtitles in Portuguese on iPlayer App or browser. Please Help me. Thanks. #holbycity
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MSC
(@Kloppista_LFC) reported
@thatniamh I've got the same problem. Watched all 4 seasons on BBC Iplayer but now it seems like season 5 is only releasing weekly in the US.
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Bryan
(@HumphreyPlugg_) reported
@PaoloWalnuts I can pretty much watch anything with the IPTV but tend to stick with Prime or iplayer. The quality on some of the IPTV streams does my head in.
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Andy Wootton
(@WooTube) reported
@unfortunatalie I just went to the kitchen to make a coffee. It bothered me. Saw 'Blinded by the Light' on iPlayer. It took me ages to work out who 'the love interest' reminded me of.
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𝕄 𝔼 𝕃 👑
(@princessmel_87) reported
@InJDWeStan I searched to see. I have a Bush TV. But I even tried watching iplayer on TV & wouldn't work. I'm now so overly technical. I will try that. Do think my telly needs broadband or summit to watch apps on it x
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Ghost Monument Time 🇺🇦
(@SherLocked242) reported
I’m watching Casualty on iPlayer and the social worker just moaned at Marty just because he isn’t supposed to talk about his relationship at work…why are people so stupid?
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squed ⛳
(@squedaroonie) reported
why doesn't BBC iPlayer work on my phone all I want to do is watch starstruck and doctor who
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ahs8042
(@ahs8042) reported
I have an error 02001 on iplayer on my firestick. But fine on my old laptop. Is there an issue @BBCiPlayer
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Izzie P.
(@KentishIzzie) reported
@diamond_geyser They've added all the terrible Scottish romcoms to iplayer it's amaaaaazing. 'Scottish Mussel' was a laugh.
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jess
(@jessawfc) reported
@livfcr i’ll see if i can find it again cause my iplayer doesn’t work properly lmao
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tijana PEAKY SPOILERS
(@f1lmurphy) reported
ITS UP ON IPLAYER BYE IM GOING JDMSKEIXIDJ HELP ME
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Old Edward ™
(@Shy_Teds) reported
Tedious first world problem #killingeve A computer program, or app (no idea) has told me series 4 episode 2 is available on iPlayer Now, I still don't understand the first episode It got all ecclesiastical Also, it involved the church
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Brian Clegg
(@brianclegg) reported
When she was around I thought Mary Whitehouse was a bigoted relic, but @SamiraAhmedUK ’s radio look at her work (Disgusted: Mary Whitehouse - on the iPlayer now) - is a really interesting look at a much more complex contribution, some of it decidedly positive. Well worth a listen
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john clarke
(@johnclarke1981) reported
@NGFC83 @oafc19 He didn't, you really need to listen to the interview. It will be on bbc sports iplayer somewhere. Owning the ground and developing it would be imperative to his plan but was confident he could make that work. He's an Oldham fan who used to stand in the Chaddy end.
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bella 🏴☠️
(@H3ARTSHAP3DBOX) reported
i thought ep 2 of killing eve would be on iplayer , when does it go on ? someone help
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Diego
(@dievsk) reported
from
London Colney, England
@BBCiPlayer Hi, i want to play the Holby City serie, I would like to know if there is subtitles in Portuguese on iPlayer App or browser. Please Help me.
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Rob McDowall FRSA
(@robmcd85) reported
I have just come off the phone with one of their managers who has told me that these emails can be sent in error and not to worry about them. I have now made a subject access request as I want to see what information they could possibly have that I watched BBC iPlayer. (…)
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James Rutherford
(@jtruk) reported
@joanplanner We might have trouble with iPlayer and All4. I think both need an email address and I doubt she'll want one. We'll see. I might be able to speak with her son about it.
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tony crawley
(@TonyTcrawley666) reported
@AwardVPN My problem is not with speed but geo blocked sites, I am in Spain using fire stick but getting error code 403 access denied ,BBC iPlayer and Kapang tv the one thing it does do is allow me to watch Pluto tv now in English.
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Roberto
(@robbiemcintyre_) reported
@lildusle Vpn + bbc iplayer (I used speedvpn to watch BBC in Portugal so I'm sure it would work for you)
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🐌🧋🧊
(@MoneySluggy) reported
Why ******** does bbc iPlayer have the quality of ******* minecraft. It’s actually distracting watching pesky blinders
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damiaan
(@damiaanw) reported
@DigibitVPN @Charles80109007 pretty sure he means the uk on demand servers, which dont work for me for itv player or iplayer.
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𝓑𝓻𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓽𝓢𝓮𝓪𝓷™️🇮🇪
(@BrexitSeanDyche) reported
Wish bbc iplayer actually had good quality
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Grizza Rizza
(@IamGregP) reported
@sil @wikitecture Yeah I agree it is a problem, and the pressure they are put under now is making them take steps which I'm sure they never wanted to (I think soon you'll have to prove you have a license to get iPlayer?) but I think they're pragmatic steps in the face of extreme threat!
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Barry Johnson
(@MplsBarry) reported
@DrScottJames Would love to watch, but instead I'm reminded again that instead of whingeing about license fee issues, the BBC could offer global iPlayer subscriptions.