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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 (17%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Epsom |
Sign in | |
| Chatham |
Crashing | |
| Sheffield |
Sign in | |
| Reading |
Sign in | |
| Hackney |
Playback Issues | |
| Poplar |
Sign in |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Røxy H
(@RoxyD27) reported
@The0riginalJC No problem. So do I at this rate. I think it's on BBC1 and iplayer but I'm not 100% on that.
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Hannah Jayne
(@HannahJayne_B) reported
3 weeks ago I finished watching Motherland and iPlayer auto-played the pilot of Call The Midwife. With absolute horror I’ve just realised I’ve now watched all 10 series. In other news, no I’m still not working…
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Eddie ⚽️🇬🇧🇦🇪
(@E_Sure91) reported
@fergie84 Yeh I've got similar already, as well as my V P N but a bit unreliable. I used DNS servers for 2018 WC and they were great. Just used iPlayer and itv player without losing any quality or getting any buffering or lag.
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EmmaDent76
(@EmmaDent76) reported
@RiverWyrd @BBCTheArchers The server at work had something done to it and I can no longer get iplayer. Sob!
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Hardwood Babylon
(@hardwoodbabylon) reported
@HenkPoley @wongmjane Ah. So this wouldn’t help an American who was interested in accessing, say, BBC iPlayer as if they were in the UK, I imagine
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Paul
(@pdwyer1987) reported
Recommend the Time on iplayer. Loads of decent scouse actors, makes me annoyed even more when you see other shows *cough* Line of Duty *cough* with actors playing a scouser with the worst accent 🤔
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Elizabeth Agnew
(@Elizzle_beth) reported
@_vickyhen The worst! The perfectionists is on iPlayer too, i think it was cut after the first season.
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nan
(@nanite53) reported
@racheltucker1 @BBCHolbyCity Some of the saddest words I know: BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues.
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Mr F1Cowboyman
(@f1cowboyman) reported
@BigJohnnyArcher It looks great but the 2-3 min delay makes it unwatchable for those chatting to friends online or noisy neighbours. Until they fix the live delay on iPlayer it's not worth it.
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Aschenputtel
(@KatySAFC) reported
@madebygoogle Hi, thanks for your message. I don't know if it's a Chromecast issue. The device works great when I'm streaming TV from other apps, just the iPlayer is not working as it should. Is there anything that you would recommend to do, or is it likely to be this particular app? Thanks!
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Fiona Cee
(@quirkygrin) reported
@PeeGeeTweets @shockproofbeats IPlayer is definitely the worst!
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Maysie in the Glitter “shid” bug 🌙✨🐞🔮
(@Maysiebug) reported
@bt_uk help I’ve got the blame for mums computer not connecting to the wi-fi it seems to boot her computer off when I watch something on iplayer or live tv and now she can’t get online I can’t explain to her what’s gone wrong any ideas?
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opinion8ed_dyke
(@opinion8ed_dyke) reported
1155 Want to watch bbcsport on ps4 (tv). *Sport App no longer works* *go via iplayer* *to use this device sign in with this code on a different device* Ack
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LSP ✨
(@BlobWithAGob) reported
Watching this drama on iPlayer. Gambling addiction is awful, I don't know how I'd cope if my long term partner had gambled away all our money and assets away.
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Hannah Walters
(@HannahWalters74) reported
@martynemery Iplayer? Does that work? X
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jamescoldicott
(@jamescoldicott) reported
@zuffle @UHD4k @BigJohnnyArcher Does the skyq hlg work? Would IPlayer this way work?
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Niamh Blane
(@niamh_blane) reported
Does anyone know why the league of gentlemen has disappeared from bbc iplayer, I was watching it the other day. Does anyone know if its been taken down or if this is just an error?
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Jeremiah Savant 🕯️ 🦠
(@Jpofgwynedd) reported
@Stayathomemum6 @Hello_2022 Shouldn't be a problem. You only need a licence to watch TV live or use the BBC iPlayer as far as I understand. So watching it on demand is fine.
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judehanlon
(@judehanlon) reported
Watched TIME on the iPlayer this week. Very high quality telly, if a bit of a downer.
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High Julie
(@viola_lee_blues) reported
@jvc1231 Have you tried clearing all your browser history and then logging back into your VPN. I had a similar problem with BBC Iplayer and this solved my problem.
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(@RoboHickmans) reported
@TeamKnowhowUK Hi, I've got an issue with my Sony Bravia 4K UR3 TV. Apps such as iPlayer, 4oD etc have all vanished and can't be found on the Play Store to redownload. Location on TV is still UK, so not sure why they have disappeared. Only brought last week. Can you help? Thanks
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Harry Holmwood
(@Hholmwood) reported
@Doctoe @abbieheppe I watched a couple of episodes of a thing on iPlayer of a guy who is on a canal boat and it does look like hard work. I think I like the idea of it a lot more than the reality.
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𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚕𝚕 💙
(@helbo1) reported
from
Ponteland, England
Too tired to watch the last episode of #Time on the iPlayer last night. Absolutely brilliant. My god, what performances throughout from the entire cast. Stay out of trouble, kids.
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tina byrne
(@teenysparkle) reported
@michaelcunneen @Terri_White I watched all 3 episodes on iplayer last night. Can't work out if I enjoyed it or not... It's was definitely a hard watch..
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Sarah Parks
(@goldfinchgazer) reported
@BBCiPlayer I watch live TV via the iPad iPlayer app. I (today) suddenly can no longer rewind - something I often want to do on the News channel - and ‘Restart Programme’ button which has appeared instead takes me back about eight minutes!! Is there an error?
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halz✨HUSBAND ERA🥰
(@mitchellmulti) reported
ngl i will probably binge all ee eps when they come out on iplayer cos i wont be able to help myself 😩 i obvs wont tweet about it tho besties cos i know most people will watch it live :)
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Dean
(@deanhoadley) reported
@BBCiPlayer @SophieKirk19 I have now lost access to iPlayer as my iPad won't update to the latest software which iPlayer now suddenly needs for some reason, this is awful as it was my only way of accessing this!
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John McCormack
(@recoveryjohn1) reported
@ripx4nutmeg On the iplayer radio 4 it starts at 1hour 49 mins. It's a car crash for Benjamin.
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minxnicki
(@minxnicki) reported
Anyone unaware of how stretched our NHS is & how incredible the work all the staff are doing needs to watch #hospital #bbc2 #iplayer
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Ben
(@zuffle) reported
@UHD4k @jamescoldicott @BigJohnnyArcher If you've got an HLG TV, you already have an HDR iPlayer app on board. If you don't, Sky won't help you.