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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.
Problems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of iPlayer reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by iPlayer users through our website.
- Buffering (33%)
- Crashing (33%)
- Playback Issues (15%)
- Video Quality (11%)
- Sign in (7%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Brighton
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Buffering | 8 days ago |
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London
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Playback Issues | 14 days ago |
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York
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Sign in | 23 days ago |
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Manchester
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Crashing | 1 month ago |
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London
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Buffering | 1 month ago |
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London
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Video Quality | 1 month ago |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Observer (@leftcoastobs) reported@bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer I’ve been watching since the beginning and have to say this is the worst it has ever been. Tick tock
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Graydispo (@graydispo) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews I don't feel the urge to listen to a pattern matchers idea of some of the worst people to live.
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Liam🗻🌸 (@LiamJM10TV) reported@tomgreat1990 @BBCiPlayer @BBCSport Ran into the same problem. They're going to have an awful lot of people watching on demand, majority will skip to kick off and end up with the forced spoilers in the marker boxes that appear forcibly.
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Daz 💯 Make Tweeting Great Again 💙 (@Daz_Gizmo) reported@bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Tonight has to be the worst ever episode, both in the script and acting.
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Peach pie (@C25802878) reported@bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Courtroom scenes were awful why is he not in the dock, he wouldn’t be standing next to his barrister, his solicitor is randomly at the back of the room addressing the Judge when he wouldn’t be allowed to as there’s a barrister.. definitely get a legal advisor to assist next time
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LondonGirl (@JenniferGa29345) reported@bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer This episode was absolutely shocking, I like Nicola but WTF is this god awful family about, dreadful
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The Wise Woman (@seeressofkell) reported@BBCBargainHunt @BBCiPlayer It was horrific, just awful
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C . A . T (@DeathUnicursal) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews Next time invite Ebola on and let it’s do its work on everyone involved in making this bullshit
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Dave M (@Sebby2067) reported@bbctms @thehundred @BBCiPlayer Terrible competition The Hundred this gimmick cricket is just garbage
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Matt Bunnell (@mattbun) reported@Giantdaz72 @1968Tv @BBCiPlayer A lot of the attraction of the old stuff is listening to Coleman/Motson/Davies commentating down a crackly phone line. Those recently re-voiced commentaries are terrible.
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Joe (@JoeyboiiWTM) reported@BBC @BBCiPlayer big man ting I have not sat up till 2am to watch the game buffer every 5 seconds on your ****** platform, pattern up ffs
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Brian Whelan (@brianwhelanhack) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews awful slop. but also, three of those guests would never have got onto a show like yours during their lifetimes
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Shannon 👩❤️💋👨💞 (@Shannon79053723) reported@bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Honestly, Ian has been a far better son to Kathy over the years than Ben ever was. Whatever Ian's faults, he's consistently been there for her. Ben turned out far more like Phil. A lot of his worst traits.
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BISONS (@BISONS1973) reported@bbclaurak @BBCiPlayer @BBCOne Awful interview
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Lee Millard (@onein300) reported@thelizcarr @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer We just need it regulated and the awful status quo rectified.
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Rebecca (@BeckRSaunders) reported@ottleyoconnor @BBCiPlayer @FIFAWorldCup It is the first day of term 3 for me... up at 5am to watch the game before I get ready to go to work
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Paul Duerinckx (@drinckx) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews Terrible, though they all Looked more realistic than Fiona Bruce.
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Joe Mcdonald (@JoeMcdonald1980) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews This might be the worst thing I have ever seen
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richard (@buckers772) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews The whole point that was largely missed (maybe deliberately) on this show is that there is one thing that AI needs and devours above all else. DATA. So the real problem we have now is who holds - or will hold - our data (NHS, digital ID etc). Corporations like Palantir. Oracle. They are not domestic companies and they are not interested in “solving our problems”. They exist to make more money for their owners and stakeholders. What do they do with our personal data? And whilst on the subject is it a coincidence that new UK GOV contracts are being awarded to those very companies who happen to be large clients of Mandelson, Blair etc? And that Blair has suddenly popped up to tell us the future is AI? And the chief AI officer of the Blair Institute was a guest on the panel? Some coincidence.
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Jason Moulton (@JasonMo95527460) reported@bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Ravi's car crash - rolled multiple times, all four occupants in and out of AE within an hour, with only a small plaster on Pryia's noggin. Ian reverses into a child at 0.000001 mph, boy is paralysed.
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Nathan Jarvis (@MrNJ39) reported@BBCiPlayer @BBC Can you watch World Cup football in UHD on the iPlayer using fire tv. It works via the iPlayer app on my Samsung TV but not my 4K Fire TV device? Is it broken? A lot of people are saying the same in forums
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Film Noir UK (@FilmNoirUK) reported@JoeFrady @BBCiPlayer So it wasn't just us with a terrible Blu-ray then?! This is the (what we call) the 'French Correction' edition; but it's the one which they cleaned up after the disastrous release.
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J's Us (@kellzik) reported@bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Josh is a terrible human being.
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LP (@____LP____) reportedBBC iPlayer again utter garbage. Just doesn't work when there's something on people want to watch @BBCiPlayer
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Sophie Glenister🦉🐈🌷🌸🍰⚽️ (@SophieAhmed2) reported@bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Nobody does any work there, it seems ! First they hang around Honey's house and then at the garden for a vigil.
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Daniel (@Dannyceres) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews You chickened out a bit there - no Hitler or Mussolini. Normally, you put on the worst right-wingers.
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HarperLou100 💙💛INVOKE THE 25TH NOW,🌊🌊 (@HarperLou100) reported@bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer He is a creep and a ****. with really bad hair, and she is dressing like trampy *********, another awful uncomfortable watch, from the most depressing soap on TV
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Mark Woody (@ipswoody) reportedWhen are the @BBC gonna fix the buffering issues of @BBCiPlayer tv app? During the World Cup and Wimbledon too 🙄🫣😔
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John Huyton (@JohnHuyton) reported@bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Probably the worst Question Time I’ve ever seen. Total trash 🧐
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Barry Wall (@HeadWarriorTWM) reported@sinton_alison @BBCiPlayer I did. It was like watching a car crash in slow motion