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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 (38%)
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Buffering (23%)
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Playback Issues (23%)
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Crashing (16%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Dagenham |
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| Witney |
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| Poole |
Playback Issues | |
| Carmarthen |
Playback Issues | |
| Exmouth |
Buffering | |
 Toronto |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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opinion8ed_dyke
(@opinion8ed_dyke) reported
Iplayer is awful. Audio out of sync
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Phil Crawley
(@IsItBroke) reported
@Stephen_Neal @tristansummers I rarely watch the BBC local news which is a shame because when I do I enjoy it and feel a bit more connected to the city. The problem is I always watch the ten o’clock, but never live, always at twenty-past’ish after whatever drama I’ve watched on iPlayer/Netflix/Amazon…
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Sam
(@Samwell19909090) reported
@Georgio73143554 BBC iPlayer only 2 episodes but another 3 being released this summer, quality
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John_Lee
(@JohnLee206) reported
@getyourgoals16 @imlovinjustinbe Cancelled mine a while ago. No problems as I don’t watch live tv from terrestrial channels or use their catch up service. Just don’t log in to BBC iplayer etc.
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Donna Knight-Olds
(@donnako1) reported
@daraobriain With my #11yo & #7yo just finished The Worst Witch (iPlayer & Netflix). Looking for something to fill that gap...
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Jayfuz (Say it like Rufus, but Jay)🏴
(@Jayfuz) reported
It's still knackered and now iPlayer doesn't work am gonna eat the TV Smart TVs are such bollocks. They're clearly 3 things that weren't made to work with each other but have just been sellotaped together to form a somewhat functional technical homunculus
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Ian Cann 🏳️🌈
(@thebeercolonel) reported
Watching Wonder Boys on the iplayer for some quality cinematic hijinks.
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Iolo Jones
(@ioloj) reported
@4Viewers A combination of Roku, latest Chromecast and Fire TV. Main problem is that you do not seem to poll usage like iPlayer or Netflix do, ie the resume function is dreadful and usually wrong plus there are issues with the failover from your ad serving (eg when an ad fails to play)
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𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚢_𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 🌼
(@Scots_Bluebell) reported
@tgreig76 I missed all these great documentaries on Saturday! I’m going to work my way through them, hopefully they will stay on iplayer for a while
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Sophie Kirk
(@SophieKirk19) reported
@bbciplayer @rktecture Iplayer was perfect until autoplay was suddenly removed from tablets & phones last week. Now you have to click "play next episode" every 3 to 5 minutes on cbeebies. It is so frustrating for both parents and children. Please urgently fix this issue! Thanks.
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Joe Pendlebury
(@itsjoep) reported
@rainie1410 Despite the error code, it's unlikely to be connectivity related as all other Virgin TV apps, like iPlayer, seem to be working fine.
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Sam Murray
(@CommunityWinger) reported
So I’m flicking through iplayer and see #bellator259 is on so I give it a go. The women on wrestling hit harder than the women are hitting on this fight... awful.
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Gary Chiles
(@testtubeone) reported
"BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues. In the UK? Here's some advice." BBC advice does not contain any instructions for breaking the region locking for those who don't know how, it is a complete waste of space.
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Alex Mansell
(@al3xmansell) reported
@getyourgoals16 Cancel it. I did and it’s been fine. They sent me a letter in error. I complained on Twitter and they sorted it and apologised. I unplugged my aerial booster in the loft so no chance of getting in trouble. Don’t use iplayer.
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The Copping Mechanism
(@coppingmech) reported
Todays episode of bargain hunt was an absolute car crash. Would recommend watching if you have access to iplayer
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AllWeHaveIsNow
(@EuropeanCannon_) reported
@BarryWilllow @LozzaFox @BBC iPlayer looks like Heat magazine these days, quality millions obviously.
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Flag *******
(@santasboyfriend) reported
If you ever want to see how out of tune the BBC is just look at the documentary section in IPlayer......its mostly woke campaign issues. Dreadful.
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David Wilson #FBPE
(@DAWilson246) reported
@Roku hi, both my roku 2's now crash when trying to load apps after the mid-May s/w update. Tried it with youtube, nowtv, Netflix and bbc iplayer, so likely all the apps. Any ideas how to soet this out or revert to an older s/w version. Tried resetting without any luck.
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Andrew Denny
(@albiondumsday) reported
@4mole93 @tomhfh You have to sign in to iplayer to watch BBC streams, so they can tell if you are watching. However, TV Licensing would need to be able to monitor your broadband to know if you were watching other channels. Do they? Are they allowed to, under GDPR?
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John O'Shea
(@politicalhackuk) reported
@dazwright IPlayer isn’t bad. Amazon is awful, Netflix and Now TV merely poor
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The Englishman
(@TheEngl1) reported
@Bangkokaddick @Ajarncom Why not use a VPN and download all the players. ITV hub, iPlayer, discovery +, 4 play etc. All good quality and free. Paid for is netflix but log in with a USA server and you get the full catalogue, 3 times the size of the UK one.
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(@Crwblyth) reported
@buzzbar28 My 2021 ATV arrives tomorrow so I’ll keep an eye out for iPlayer updates over the next few weeks and see if there’s any mention. Worst case I can always use the app built into the TV. Looking forward to more live UHD Content!
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Cj
(@cjprimmer) reported
@stefanovicdave The issue is I have virgin tv & devices that have the iPlayer on them like PS4’s etc. If I cancelled virgin tv could I cancel tv tax?
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Rob 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 🇮🇪
(@Browbar1) reported
@niallhoran Due to iPlayer issues I can’t see it so....🙁🙈😢🤬
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lyne⁷
(@sugasmixtapes) reported
@raemiemi thank you, em !! i’ve just been told about iplayer’s app as well 🤩 i’m really hoping i’ll be off of work by then to watch it
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Tony Maguire
(@antomaguire) reported
@DigibitVPN problems getting Bbc iplayer to work...what server do you recommend
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Sophie Kirk
(@SophieKirk19) reported
@bbciplayer @rktecture Iplayer was perfect until autoplay was suddenly removed from tablets & phones last week. Now you have to click "play next episode" every 3 to 5 minutes on cbeebies. It is so frustrating for both parents and children. Please urgently fix this issue! Thanks.
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al🏴
(@imbuggerlugs) reported
One hour of unfunny 'comedy' on main BBC tv channel. Partridge and hignfy were quality back in the day. Think it's time to go back to watching Gimme Gimme Gimme on iPlayer, which pisses all over these two turds. #hignfy #ThisTime #ThisTimeWithAlanPartridge
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Look at the Stats on That #NoVaccinePassports
(@fight_lies) reported
@Nick_Pye Don't watch live TV or BBC iPlayer. If you like watching football for example, "Watch from the beginning" 5 minutes after the start. You don't need to pay it unless you love BBC programs. In which case, you have a much bigger problem.
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@Gary Fowlie
(@garyf4075) reported
@Slavender14 @DigibitVPN The UK On Demand servers aren’t working again so can’t access BBC iPlayer. Only reason for me using this VPN. Any updates?