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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 (29%)
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Sign in (29%)
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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:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Sheffield |
Sign in | |
| Reading |
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| Hackney |
Playback Issues | |
| Poplar |
Sign in | |
| Horncastle |
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| Leicester |
Crashing |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Crystal Tipps
(@sparkybakewell) reported
@JamesMelville Not as horrific as having to listen to awful music on iPlayer waiting for Murray match to start 😱
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Joseph
(@josephfelldown) reported
My new tv only seems to have issues when it's on the iPlayer app. Good thing that the app I use the most...
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🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Will🏴🇪🇺
(@MrBarberella) reported
@cumrolad I use mine for iPlayer and Netflix on turnarounds at work. Twitter. No surprise there. I’m sure there’s more exciting things to use it for.
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Andrew Boycott
(@Droop69) reported
from
Huntington, England
Anyone else with @freesat_tv and #iplayer not working ?
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Jo Malley 🇪🇺
(@marciehatter) reported
Andy Murray about to play in the final in Sydney (Women's final over ran) if a) you can find it on the BBC iPlayer (as usual they haven't made it easy) and b) you can put up with the 'pages from Ceefax' awful music looping over and over 🙉
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Phil Newman 🌈🎭♎
(@philnewmandsign) reported
@AndrewOnSeeAIR @TheCyberdevil No, because then they'd have been free for everyone on iplayer and fewer people would have bought them. They cost a lot of money to produce, so the only way to recoup costs, and help fund future releases, is to release commercially. It creates demand and interest
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Dougkins
(@dougkins) reported
Anyone getting problems accessing bbc iPlayer tonight?
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Nforce Pics
(@NforcePics) reported
@GetflixAU ITV Hub and BBC iPlayer not working in Ireland. Can you confirm? Thanks
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Saul Fowler
(@IMightBeDruv) reported
@AshteadDad @brianmoore666 The introduction of iPlayer was a massive innovation and its recent redesign a nod to how people now consume online content. The problem here is that without the licence, programming quality will be a race to the bottom as it competes with advertising buckets or subscriptions
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Chris Stanley
(@chrisstanley1) reported
@VillanK7R Okay, where do you get your news? Your Test Match Special? Your BBC Bitesize or your iPlayer archive? Ah yes, you pay for it all over the dozen streaming platforms that you pay more for. Can you tell me, honestly, what your problem is with the Beeb? What don't you get from it?
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Post Brexit Foxy 🦊
(@DeusFoxy) reported
@PCarmichaelVO @NadineDorries That's where the iPlayer sub comes in. Can also give access to full BBC archive content, box sets, old documentaries etc. The BBC has decades-worth begging for monetisation. Whack it all up on the servers and charge a fair monthly access price.
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Catherine Edgson (they/them)
(@cedgson91) reported
Now a couple minutes behind cos iplayer decided to crash 😬 #Casualty
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JK1
(@jk1_jk0100) reported
A pity @BBC is only licensed to work with Apple,.. everything about them is in the I,..me,.me,.me,..only me alone,..#Iplayer
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Alexis Hall 🦄
(@quicunquevult) reported
Idly turning on BBC iPlayer I have just discovered that H has somehow, over the past month or so, watched 15 Seasons of Silent Witness without my knowledge. I'm like, ARE YOU OKAY? DO YOU NEED MEDICAL HELP? IS THE PANDEMIC HURTING YOU?
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Andrew Boycott
(@Droop69) reported
from
Huntington, England
@freesat_tv It's 1gb hd (new model) it's a @SkyHelpTeam problem as phones won't play iPlayer either but that can't/won't help as it all works when not connected to there network
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WilliamWho
(@BBCWilliamWho) reported
@WhoPotterVian The only problem with that model is the lack of traditional news anymore. We all know what it’s like in America... we really do need a free-to-air news network and that wouldn’t really be the case anymore if you needed to have a iPlayer subscription.
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Mike Higham
(@MikeHigham7) reported
Settled down to watch Man Utd v Birmingham WSL on iPlayer 12 kick off. Stream started at 12.23, and by then Man Utd were three up! I think the FA player is the very worst platform, they just can’t get their act together! Won’t use it again! Rant over 🙄
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Norrie Nicholson
(@Norrien) reported
@GetflixAU @mike_editor_ BBC iPlayer still not working. Any updates on fixing it?
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Jeff Laing 🇯🇲🏴🏴☠️🇬🇧
(@elovabloke) reported
@Hyther12 @Wrexham_AFC Should work straight from the account you set up via iPlayer I believe
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Mary 💙 #RecoveringWokeaholic
(@MaryMinifie) reported
@teresadg0 @jay_fennmcr @CaptainLimey They're being very widely reported by all the news agencies, Teresa. In fact, the Prime Minister himself even apologised for some of his errors of judgement during this week's PMQs. You can watch them for yourself, anytime you want - if you can bear to use the BBC's iPlayer.
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BOBBY JAY
(@ThorbornJ) reported
Can someone, perhaps @GaryLineker, tell the camera people to get new cameras, because when watching on the iPlayer, as I do, 40% of the show (MOTD) is blurry and awful. My peepers are bad enough, without that. Just saying... 😳👓😢😱😒
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Dan Grey
(@dan_grey) reported
@jimwaterson @adamcobb Personally I like it. I know one person who disconnected their aerial and never watches iPlayer in order not to pay the license fee. Everyone else has no problem with it. It's a bit of a London/medjia thing to think there's a problem with it
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Michael T 🔶#FBPE
(@michael_tarling) reported
from
Christchurch, England
There's not a better work of Music than La Bohemé, Just watched on iPlayer. A story about love and loss, fuel and food poverty, a terrible disease and the lack of decent housing, poor insulation and access to medical help. I wonder if Puccini knew.
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Ray
(@social_construc) reported
@BBCSport @BBCiPlayer is there a glitch on the iplayer? It's linking to Scottish Parliament not the match? Frustrating.
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Andrew Boycott
(@Droop69) reported
@SkyHelpTeam Tried on multiple devices both WiFi and wired, both ondemands won't play, iPlayer days try restart and itv says not in UK.... All devices work if not connected to sky router
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Kieffer Moore for Ballon D'or
(@KieffersWhore) reported
@BBCSport Snooker stream not working on Iplayer?
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ABABCABradabra
(@ohmyliver) reported
@SpaJw @dan_grey @jimwaterson The app is also terrible, where as iPlayer isn’t.
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Connor Cain
(@TheConnorCain) reported
@HighRollerRadio Would a VPN and BBC iPlayer work?
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Sohail Shah
(@KingOfSunshine) reported
@ianeditz That’s the issue. It will have to scrap stuff. I don’t have a problem with the licence fee when you consider just exactly how many different services it pays for. TV, radio, iPlayer, online news and mobile. A multi screen sub to Netflix is roughly the same per month for one thing
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Martin Cowles
(@martincowles) reported
The problem with watching the #MastersSnooker on iPlayer is that if it starts buffering, it takes a very long time for me to realise it