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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 (44%)
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Sign in (29%)
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Playback Issues (21%)
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Crashing (6%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Stockton-on-Tees |
Buffering | |
| Bristol |
Sign in | |
| Dunstable |
Playback Issues | |
| Croydon |
Sign in | |
| Leeds |
Buffering | |
| Edinburgh |
Playback Issues |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Cracker
(@CrackDiggy) reported
My stream just flopped and now I'm on BBC iPlayer cos its working, but the quality is worse?! Smh
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Dani :)🇳🇱
(@nxckdani) reported
watching on bbc iplayer but i’m really delayed and someone at work keeps checking their phone and telling everyone when there’s a goal and my god i’m getting annoyed
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Michael
(@Mike_S_31) reported
@ThreeUKSupport please help. For no reason at all I can't access anything except Twitter and my browser. Can't connect my ps4, and can't connect to bbc iplayer on my phone. It's the world Cup guys 😭 I'm missing it
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Mark H
(@neonbubble) reported
@TheShickle Yeah, he's just mentioned it now, but I haven't had iPlayer issues other than the horrible delay. When Truss resigned, the YouTube stream from the Daily Star with the lettuce covering the resignation was about 60 seconds ahead of the iPlayer/BBC news site as well. Very poor.
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🐺
(@danisawolf) reported
Why does BBC iPlayer not work on work wifi but itv hub does 🤔
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LouGuerin
(@ljguerin) reported
@louistheroux I’ve been watching IPlayer app quite happily for last hour ? Is it only live TV on it that’s an issue ?
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Nathan Shickle 🇺🇦 🇫🇰
(@TheShickle) reported
@neonbubble Although Lineker has just apologised for iPlayer issues.
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helgaPTYyeah
(@hga2704) reported
@DexterTempest @guardian It ‘was’ but it wasn’t later on. I recorded what should’ve been the opening ceremony as I was at work and by time I realised it had t been shown it wasn’t on iPlayer either
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Edward Boorman
(@boorman_edward) reported
@BBCOne why are you so quiet with the iPlayer issue #bbciplayer
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Paul Adamson
(@pauladamson_19) reported
@BBCSport Iplayer coverage is awful
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mufflrman
(@mufflrman) reported
If you are struggling to watch #FIFAWorldCup on Jio and can not convince yourself to watch on illegal streams. Here is a trick to watch legal and better stream. Use any VPN that has UK servers and watch it on BBC iPlayer.
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helgaPTYyeah
(@hga2704) reported
@RetroGamerDave @Midori_Magma @guardian But what if you are at work and record bbc1 to watch it later? No coverage on bbc1 and iPlayer was only available live. Ridiculous
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BBC Sport
(@BBCSport) reported
We’re aware of an issue affecting some users on BBC iPlayer. We’re trying to fix this ASAP. Coverage is also available on BBC One and the BBC Sport website and app 👇
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VoiceOfTheMysterons
(@Mysteron_Voice) reported
"Apologies to those of you having issues with the iPlayer, it seems that there are more than about twenty of you out there who want to watch the game on that particular platform ..." 😳😳😳 #BBCFootball #BBCWorldCup #ENGIRN
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Andrew Stephens
(@atstephens92) reported
IPlayer at work being 2 minutes behind twitter is a nightmare
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Nick Brett
(@Pickers06) reported
@BBCSport Absolutely shoddy connection on iPlayer for the @England game today! Seriously awful and makes you wonder why we bother with our tv licence!
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Pete Armstrong
(@PeteJArmstrong) reported
Last 10 mins of 1st half thru to the 80 mins mark was great quality (picture and no buffering) then suddenly back to unviewable. Studio said there were issues with iPlayer for 1st half. Speedtest shows my connection 15 to 20 Mbps. @BBCiPlayer
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Tim B.
(@The_Swell_Shark) reported
Gotta say @BBC kudos on your iPlayer. All the money you coin in from the enforced licence fee, this is the best you can do? It's either not working, buffering or so pixelated that I genuinely thought I was losing my eye sight... Well done chaps. 👏
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Matty Kay
(@MJKay87) reported
What a car crash this is trying to watch England on the bbc iplayer @BBCSport @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer
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Route 411
(@route411podcast) reported
So BBC apologising for users not being able to watch the game on iPlayer meanwhile they were interviewing fans outside the stadium having ticketing issues😭😭
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Bear ⭐️⭐️
(@danisburke) reported
The cheek of BBC making a big deal of the World Cup Ticket App when their own IPlayer App didn’t work for half the first half. #BBC #QatarWorldCup2022 #ENGIRN
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ʎllı⅁
(@lufcgilly) reported
@andysallwhite They’ve apologised for iplayer issues over half time
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Dr. Jami Rogers 🇺🇦
(@publicradionerd) reported
@PeterJDunn They were having trouble with the iPlayer during the first half of the game (so they said on TV; I seem to be fine with it on the web).
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StefanoF
(@StefF1990SA) reported
@GaryLineker iPlayer is rubbish. BBC is wasting money on your wages instead of making things work.
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Colin 💙
(@ColinHosie) reported
@SkyHelpTeam It seems to have resolved itself. There were many people (info from Twitter) who had the same problem and lost half of the first half sound and we had to watch the match on iplayer
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Simon Mumford
(@netster99) reported
Missed 3 goals trying to get the iPlayer to work. Ffs
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The Map enjoyer
(@300Zparta) reported
Dier on Iplayer underneath laptop so work don’t see off
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Kelli Barrett
(@kellibrrtt) reported
You charge us for the privilege of having your crap channel and when it matters the iplayer wont work! Absolute piss take! #bbc #shouldOFbeenONitv
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Efe
(@efesinterests) reported
Kmt freeview not working so I have to use iPlayer which is behind
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Dr Carol Baraniuk
(@carol_baraniuk) reported
Hi @bbc iplayer and bbc sounds apps not working.