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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 (43%)
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Sign in (24%)
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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:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Haverfordwest |
Buffering | |
| Towcester |
Playback Issues | |
| Luton |
Crashing | |
| Dorchester |
Playback Issues | |
| Huddersfield |
Playback Issues | |
| Stockton-on-Tees |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Evan Davis
(@EvanD) reported
from
Solihull, England
@latikambourke If you have roaming data, BBC iPlayer might still work (as the IP address used makes the app think you are still in the UK). It’ll stop if you switch to wifi.
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Cal
(@badtoilet) reported
@GaryLineker Imagine if #iplayer had served everyone! And not gone down. Considering there is now enforced login.
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Gary Lineker 💙💛
(@GaryLineker) reported
England’s World Cup 2022 lunchtime opener against Iran was watched by 8.1 million and was streamed an incredible 8 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, making it the largest live streamed event on the BBC over a 24 hour period ever. Watching at work eh?
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Robinson Crusoe 🏝️
(@Prof_Pun) reported
iplayer picture quality... what a joke #DefundtheBBC
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kristina
(@mudkri) reported
@KalDravenGaming Yes, I'm sure I'll come across it as the day goes on. The bbc iplayer is the worst for blocking anything.
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Fred
(@frederickwatson) reported
from
Brentford, England
@BBCiPlayer TV licence paid up but the most important sporting event, The World Cup, isn't watchable in UHD through the iplayer. Every game just periodically freezes throughout. Hope you fix this soon.
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darryl
(@ItsDarryl) reported
Wow. I'm really impressed at the quality of the iPlayer UHD stream
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うりぼう
(@bukmopuaa) reported
@ishikawa_yougo England’s World Cup 2022 lunchtime opener against Iran was watched by 8.1 million and was streamed an incredible 8 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, making it the largest live streamed event on the BBC over a 24 hour period ever. Watching at work eh?
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Bill Marston
(@BillMarston14) reported
@GaryLineker except the iplayer crashed and didnt work
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Joseph Jack Fitzsimmons
(@JoeJackFitz) reported
@GaryLineker If I can get iplayer to work again, maybe.
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FRED
(@FredDibnah1938) reported
One of the true constants in life is the BBC iPlayer picture quality been absolute dog s**t...
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K3v8az
(@K3v8az) reported
@HicksoFactor The picture quality on iPlayer is *chefs kiss*
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i like football
(@FootbAlly96) reported
The new ITV hub is dreadful, haven’t been able to watch a match on it yet, no issues with the BBC iPlayer, or any other streaming service etc.
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CaeK
(@CaeKx) reported
BBC coverage been awful, ITV are miles clear, BBC iplayer keeps crashing.
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Dona Artemis 🦉🇪🇺🐙
(@Marmoset_Jones) reported
@PeterGrayArts Love it! I though there was going to be a episode in Liguria… apparently it has aired in the US but I can’t find it on iPlayer! Help!!
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Ben Davis
(@BDavis197) reported
@Ricaldos40 @ITVXhelp Completely awful isn’t it! Considering BBC are offering 4K HDR via iPlayer…
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Luca
(@0x2c_Luke) reported
@GaryLineker why is the iplayer app so low quality on apple tv ... come on gary sort it out ..
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guy
(@G_Sahota_) reported
iPlayer mini player is goated for watching the footy at work
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Gary Davison
(@gazzatrek) reported
from
Standon, England
@ITVXhelp still no joy. I thought I’d just uninstall and reinstall the App but now it’s saying it’s not available in my country(!?) definitely in the U.K., don’t have a VPN running and other apps like BBC iPlayer still working with no issues. very frustrating.
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⛷
(@smn___67) reported
@Ciaranb_2006 At work and it didn’t even occur to me to watch on iPlayer
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Way-Out Is The Way Out
(@sumlin) reported
How is it possible that ITV hub is so glitchy and dim-witted on the same Internet connection that iPlayer and Netflix work perfectly on? That's if it launches at all. @itvhub
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lummy316
(@lummy316) reported
@SkyHelpTeam *** gon on wi the sound on bbc one? Tested working fine using iplayer etc, but on sky q boxes and mini boxes it’s stuttering and cutting out. Only channel doing it. Seems you had this issue yesterday with sky glass. Shambles.
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Paul James Oliver
(@pauljamesoliver) reported
@randomstuffxzxz Someone needs to do an BBC iplayer drama with Sheridan starring as Alex Scott and her one woman stand in the World Cup against Fifa and Qatars human rights issues. (Although still got a few pages to write) #AlexScott #Qatar2022 #FIFAWorldCup
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Richard Adams
(@frankiboy76) reported
@BBCSport terrible effort tonight for the #WorldcupQatar2022 NO HIGHLIGHTS of any game and just 10 total minutes covering 3 games on iplayer!! Pathetic not everyone can take a whole day off for every game 🤬🤬
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mads 🏴
(@madsroeb) reported
iplayer why don’t you work.
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Molly Sellars
(@Ollymurspri) reported
Is baby one having issues watching bbc iPlayer? #FIFAWorldCup
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John Scott McGregor
(@Babayaga791) reported
@itvhub having some issues with the stream quality whilst trying to watch the @FIFAWorldCup , keeps stuttering, buffering or complete lose of service, then I have to watch adverts before it comes back on? No issues when streaming via Iplayer? Is this just me?
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K.
(@KayethenLFC) reported
I’ve had to switch to watching on my iPad for a bit and iPlayer is such **** quality cba
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sl1kr1ky
(@sl1kr1ky) reported
@GaryLineker Yes, but iplayer live stream quality is poor
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Andy
(@Apwhite1402) reported
So managed a solution... ITV hub app on firestick can do LIVE TV, stupid ITV hub app on actual TV doesn't. Now testing to see if iPlayer and All4 work the same.