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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 (42%)
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Sign in (26%)
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Playback Issues (24%)
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Crashing (8%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Haverfordwest |
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| Towcester |
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| Luton |
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| Dorchester |
Playback Issues | |
| Huddersfield |
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| Stockton-on-Tees |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Josie
(@JosieIshbel) reported
@knifesquid haha no worries! yeah I mean it could be an awful film I have no idea, but it did look nice. and it's on iplayer!
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Ciara Clancy
(@Seesee96) reported
@RTEplayer No the issue was with the iplayer on the On Demand service on VM box.
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Annemarie Allan
(@aldhammer) reported
@JessCAlex tell me about it. I search iplayer for things I wouldn't have looked twice at before. Every. Single. Episode of The Worst Witch. Same old plotlines over and over...
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Rosie Beasley
(@articlequeen) reported
@BBC it's Chinese New year starting Friday. Wouldn't it be great if you could make some programmes available on iplayer that help to celebrate this? I looked for last year's A Very British History about the British Chinese but it's not available
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Carl
(@PooWithEyes) reported
Just saw an advert on TV for Pretty Little Liars being on iPlayer now (why though) and how I'm tempted to watch it all again just to see that ******* stupid awful laughable ending again
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Nicholas Roberts
(@TheNDRoberts) reported
@jasoncartwright @tdp_org @TheRealNooshu I don't know about how content caches work to be able to comment on that. But, interestingly, I suppose due to our physical location, iPlayer doesn't recognise the Falklands for use.
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Jamie Bätch
(@TheJamJarJamie) reported
I really regret wasting my money on @CyberGhost_EN The main reason I wanted a VPN was for BBC iplayer and 80% of the time it just doesn't work. Can anyone recommend a decent VPN?
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Lukey 🌈
(@ItsLukeReid) reported
I'm behind on drag race UK and EastEnders due to BBC iPlayer sound not working on Xbox. 😔
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traciehenn@gmail.com
(@traciehenn) reported
@bbc please fix iplayer. It constantly buffers and is often unwatchable. I only persevere for #dragraceuk and #DeathInParadise i can't be bothered to attempt to watch anything else, its too frustrating. Thanks
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MD
(@Manning1985) reported
@NOWTV Same problem after resetting it unfortunately, works fine for all other things such as netflix and iplayer etc, just that issue with the sports through it
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Madeleina Kay 🦋🌠
(@MadeleinaKay) reported
@_chrisyates I hope you enjoyed! I made the mistake of watching the BBC iplayer documentary on take-aways... Pizza came out the worst of all of them 😬
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♡𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓿 ♡
(@xmisspatsx) reported
My iPad is so old ( 12 years old) that I can’t watch iplayer, itv or channel 4 app to catch up on. 🙁 the browser doesn’t even work. I give up.
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maddie 🎲🎸 posted a cover 🕳🚶♀️
(@bestboyjoj) reported
@fuhmacca I CANT WAYCH IT BECAUSE IM AN IDIOT AND CANT MAKE BBC IPLAYER WORK PROPERLY😭
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Gareth Roberts would love to be vaccinated
(@garicgymro) reported
@johnsemlak Yeah, it's hard to find a VPN that works with iPlayer. Though I could watch the Welsh games on S4C. The main problem is demand on the servers. I don't think I've ever managed to watch a Six Nations match over VPN without frustratingly losing connection several times.
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Karen Frances
(@bristolboudicca) reported
@RevRichardColes I’ve just finished watching the excellent Valhalla murders on Iplayer and was having the same problem 🤔
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victoria nicholson
(@bicovico) reported
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Solihull, England
@virginmedia got kicked off the call after an hour waiting for the technical team. Apps like iPlayer do not work properly and they said on the phone they would send someone out. Then they put me through after an hour they cleared
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J o e l
(@inkdvillain) reported
from
Norwich, England
@paulrreed He is a play right famous for really realistic monologues just about normal people talking. Theres a remake of his work on iPlayer now called Talking Heads. Its just one person and the camera and it's so interesting to watch and becomes so entertaining.
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SmokyandI 🇪🇺
(@ISmokyand) reported
@simonblackwell and this is blatantly obvious when searching for comedy on iplayer. Quality of comedy is driven down - Mrs B Boys as an example. Bit like Men B Badly in the 90s - BBC losing creative risk?
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Syenta
(@Syenta1) reported
@SRWare Why is Iron Browser starting to have so many issues when trying to access sites like the BBC Iplayer and play videos? This didn't happen yesterday. I am using the latest version 87.0.4450.0 official build (64-bit)
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Nationalism for dummies
(@nationalismfor1) reported
STV Player, the low rent version of BBC IPlayer that doesn’t even work. Why the hell the 6 nations would let you morons open a market stall let alone broadcast a major sporting event is beyond reason. Love to watch the Scotland game, but apparently it’s not available.
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Linda Wharton
(@thewharto) reported
@JuliaRobertsTV @presentinglee Watched it on iPlayer, so didn’t have to wait , very clever police work without today’s tech’....I am very relieved I didn’t know about this BEFORE we walked the coastal path during our visit to Pembrokeshire!🙀
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J o e l
(@inkdvillain) reported
from
Norwich, England
@paulrreed He is a play wright famous for really realistic monologues just about normal people just talking. Theres a remake of his work on iPlayer now called Talking Heads. Its just one person and the camera and it's so interesting to watch and becomes so entertaining.
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megs 🇮🇪🇵🇸
(@megs_hannigan) reported
Where can I watch This Country other than BBC iplayer? In south so it doesn’t work 😓😓
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teamonkey
(@herbalbug) reported
What I really want to do is pour a large glass of wine and watch stuff on the iPlayer or something. Instead I am going to do some study because there's a thing I want to make happen and it's going to be a long, difficult journey and will need hard work.
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Agbor babe
(@Ije_Chuks) reported
BBC produce such amazing shows but the design of BBC IPlayer could do with so much more work, browsing for shows feels to taxing and they don’t even have a categories section
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Nigley123
(@Nigley123) reported
@BBCiPlayer Why has my TV logged out of BBC iPlayer? All the other subscribions still work?
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klbacon77@gmail.com
(@B4ac1234) reported
@BBCiPlayer I've been having issues with BBC Iplayer on the Xbox One. I can only hear adequate volume with the TV on full blast
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Nick
(@flyingmonkeyuk) reported
Does anyone else watch iPlayer live on a Fire TV Cube? The picture quality on ours has gone to ****, really notice it when watching MoTD.
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(@taebonga) reported
@korigaming Also first time you find something has blocked their servers (like BBC iPlayer) and go to customer service they'll give you another free month to apologise while they get around to changing servers lol. They offered it quick without me asking so I assume it's policy.
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Horatio Jwaimie b
(@jwaimie) reported
@PaddyShanks @UinsionnMac @nornirishfella There were 3 on BBC ni news last night. Just watch on iPlayer if you know how to work it.