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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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Sign in (33%)
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Buffering (29%)
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Playback Issues (21%)
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Crashing (17%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Cardiff |
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| Chichester |
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| Poole |
Sign in | |
| Epsom |
Sign in | |
| Chatham |
Crashing | |
| Sheffield |
Sign in |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Paul Johnson Tog 📸
(@pauljohnsontog) reported
@BBCiPlayer has been the worst I’ve known it over this whole day of Glastonbury. Terrible. Iplayer constantly dropping. Feeds changing up etc.
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Doughnut Doney
(@DoughnutDoney) reported
@bbc @BBCiPlayer @bbcglasto you really need to sort the BBC iPlayer out, many glitches today especially this evening and its ruining the experience for everyone. Problems with bandwidth or something as it feels like we gone back to the modem days of the 90s :(
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Karl Ogden
(@Karl_Ogden) reported
@BBCiPlayer @glastonbury coverage used to be an unbelievably impressive set up. The best of any event by a mile. How has it gone so backwards. Almost unusable and sparsely populated. Ruined the Glastonbury at home experience. Also get @BiffyClyro on there immediately.
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🏴Crunchy 🏴
(@crunchybag3229) reported
Omg @BBCiPlayer please fix your Glastonbury stuff, it’s constantly stopping ect
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👮🏼♀️♡
(@FIOatHeart) reported
Erm @BBCiPlayer @glastonbury @bbcglasto help pls …. Want to watch the scissor sisters but we have a blank screen :( has it crashed?
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Greg
(@potatoe_greg) reported
@BBCiPlayer once again, awful coverage of Glastonbury! Nothing is live
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T
(@northtook) reported
The worst thing about the @glastonbury @BBCiPlayer coverage is while we’re forced to suffer presenters gushing about last night’s highlights we can hear @KaiserChiefs playing. A band celebrating 20 years and you show them this disregard? Look at the upset. You’ve misjudged this.
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Laura Bennett
(@LifeOverStrife) reported
What’s going on @bbcglasto ? - tech or rights issues?! You were able to play live all the acts on all the main stages yesterday but now nothing ?! - at least give us an explanation + for all the millions you spend on it every year , the @BBCiPlayer is still hard to navigate!!…
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Rich Hunter 💙
(@RichHunter1964) reported
Hey @BBCiPlayer your coverage of Glastonbury is ******* terrible. Much worse than previous year’s . It’s 2025 get your acts together.
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IO
(@NB64860608) reported
@GWandShows @BBCiPlayer Help Help Help Help Help. Dying dying dying dying dying below below below below poverty poverty poverty poverty in Australia.
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Probably Alreet
(@probablyalreet) reported
@KelloeCaroline @BBCiPlayer You're not missing anything apart from some truly awful songs and a guy coked up to his eyeballs.
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Sean
(@newtons1988) reported
@FrankieWard @BBCiPlayer The whole point of the bbc is they are supposed to be impartial. They have no issue having a disproportionate amount of reform and pro Israel coverage yet silence anything that is critical of Israel. The correct thing for them to do is publish the kneecap set
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Bruce The Fifer
(@BWMANUK) reported
Good ole BBC iPlayer.... @BBC @BBCiPlayer not working for Glastonbury... Glastonbury Channel.... failed !
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Doughnut Doney
(@DoughnutDoney) reported
@BBCiPlayer what's going on this evening, freezing, glitching very unpleasant experience. Please and try and sort it out for the rest of the weekend. Feels like we gone back to the old days of the modem with these problems :(
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lola ME DAY 🎱
(@wildlonglola) reported
@wildheartsarah @BBCiPlayer first they take normal people away from us then they crash every ******* song i’m SICK
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jedd whiteman
(@jeddywhiteman17) reported
@DavidJIPrice @BBCiPlayer He used to work for Daniel levy??
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Louise Wilson
(@loulou_wilson) reported
Trying to find the full set of @shedseven in Glastonbury but can only find 15 mins on @BBCiPlayer on Glastonbury channel:Friday can’t find anything else. Everyone keeps saying look for Woodside. There is no option! Can anyone help?
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beverley
(@Bevknight24) reported
What’s going on @BBCiPlayer Woodsies stage on iplayer is blank and not working? #gastonbury #woodsies
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Antony Attree ☘️
(@AntonyAttree) reported
@BBCiPlayer @BBC thanks for you terrible coverage from Glastonbury! Don’t know how many times @BBCiPlayer kicked me out with an error code! Knew there was a reason for paying my TV licence! 🤬🤬
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Denise Thomson
(@neicyj) reported
@BBCiPlayer has to be the worst streaming service around. Lost count of the amount of times it's closed down whilst trying to watch @glastonbury. Absolutely horrendous service
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CJ
(@KelloeCaroline) reported
You’re at it again!! @BBCiPlayer 😡 #Glastonbury2025 I’m entitled to compensation for this awful service!
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Laura Victoria Design
(@LVillustration) reported
@BBCNewsnight and @BBCiPlayer why did I click on Glastonbury live and get you all banging on about how terrible Starmer is? I just wanted to listen to some bands. It's all very suspicious. Remind me, how many Uturns did Boris Johnson make that Chris mason didn't report on?
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shy bald buddhist
(@cubandaddy2003) reported
@DavidJIPrice @BBCiPlayer He was just about to go over and help Palestine but now it looks like jail time
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JGM 0.5K
(@JaguarGuitarMan) reported
@wba_baz @BBCiPlayer * worst
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lindsay 👩🏼💫
(@lindsheartstayx) reported
@Clareybabes @BBCiPlayer The worst 😭
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Dan Thomas
(@DanShitehead) reported
@BBC your glastonbury coverage this year on @BBCiPlayer is bloody shite usually can watch whomever I want, not this year random bit part of stuff I don't want repeated. Terrible service 1 star 🌟 #bbcshite
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Rachel 💜🏳️🌈⚡
(@purplenoodlepie) reported
Anyone else think the #Glastonbury coverage on @BBCiPlayer is really poor? It's broken into categories but it's just the same artists over and over again. Really shite. #Glastonbury2025 #Glasto
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gabi
(@scottstreetsue) reported
.@BBCiPlayer fix up mate
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Teddy Edward
(@g_edwoods) reported
@BBCiPlayer is this what we pay our license for, technical issues?
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Ryan Aird
(@ryanjaird) reported
The @bbcglasto coverage on @BBCiPlayer is awful. Yesterday all stages were shown and you could pick between stages. Not that today ??