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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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 Chatham |
Crashing | |
| Sheffield |
Sign in | |
| Reading |
Sign in | |
| Hackney |
Playback Issues | |
| Poplar |
Sign in | |
| Horncastle |
Sign in |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Cornwall7000 ⛵️🐕
(@cornwall70001) reported
@getyourgoals16 I cancelled mine a year ago. As long as you don’t watch live tv or use BBC IPlayer there’s no problem.
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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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Team R.A.L.F.
(@Team_RALF) reported
@5liveSport @BBCSport Watched this on #iPlayer for 10 mins. #ScottishCup football is such a low quality
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stephen 💫
(@stephenmc811) reported
Does anyone know if you can watch Eurovision tonight live on BBC iPlayer? Moved out and have a new big 50” TV and yet cant find literally one channel, having issues eurghh but wanna see this. #Eurovision #iPlayer
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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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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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audrey bink
(@au3bink) reported
@bbceurovision How to watch the bbc commentary outside of the UK? iplayer does not work from the Netherlands....
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Lily Waite
(@LilyWaite_) reported
@PintsandPanels Would a VPN and BBC iPlayer work??
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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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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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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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Kkdubby
(@dinokovu) reported
@getyourgoals16 I cancelled mine, sent an email, said I didn’t watch live tv & didn’t have iplayer, no issues at all ...... got sent confirmation valid for 2 years 👍
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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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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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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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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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Team R.A.L.F.
(@Team_RALF) reported
@5liveSport @BBCSport Watched this on #iPlayer for 10 mins. #ScottishCup is such a low quality #football. Going for a walk
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AllWeHaveIsNow
(@EuropeanCannon_) reported
@BarryWilllow @LozzaFox @BBC iPlayer looks like Heat magazine these days, quality millions obviously.
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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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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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John O'Shea
(@politicalhackuk) reported
@dazwright IPlayer isn’t bad. Amazon is awful, Netflix and Now TV merely poor
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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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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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Audrey Johnson
(@AudreyJ29699857) reported
@getyourgoals16 1/ You will not get into trouble for cancelling your TV licence, I cancelled mine a while ago as did over 600,000 people, as long as you do not watch any BBC programmes, any live broadcasts across all channels and do not watch any BBC iPlayer, 👇
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Peta-Anne Baker
(@PA13Baker) reported
@BBC @BBCiPlayer It seems this film can only be seen in the UK. (iPlayer doesn't work outside of the country 🤨). #Subnormal
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tristansummers
(@tristansummers) reported
@IsItBroke @Stephen_Neal Oh. I see. There's just one bbc1hd. Maybe they should complete the 20 year transition to hd before wasting time on 4k sport. In other news HLG has began on iplayer so on demand exceeds broadcast quality. Is this the end of live?
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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?
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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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~Sam
(@approximate_sam) reported
@AdamCollyer2 @getyourgoals16 @Refusenik666 In terms of bbc iplayer, do they cross reference with people logging in as you need to sign in now ? (which presumably leaves a digital trail?) as opposed to actually catching in the act of watching it?
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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.