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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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Playback Issues (61%)
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Buffering (25%)
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Crashing (11%)
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Sign in (3%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 City of London |
Crashing | |
| Newton-le-Willows |
Buffering | |
| City of London |
Buffering | |
| Manchester |
Sign in | |
| Oldbury |
Playback Issues | |
| Glasgow |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Glenys Taylour
(@GlenysTaylour1) reported
@Joyce_Smillie @GWandShows I'm ashamed of myself. Wanted to watch Gardener's World, but had to help my hubby with his washing up liquid experiment ( he has developed it as part of his job) . It took AGES, so I missed it😠😠 Thank goodness for BBC iPlayer!!!!
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Natasha🎗
(@AngilaaGray) reported
Why did no one tell me Good Trouble was on BBC IPLAYER?!
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Stuart Griffiths
(@stuart73g) reported
@mathewmogs ***** I’m up in work, prob be in iplayer il watch later
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Adam Davidson
(@A_d_a_m1) reported
@RicherSounds I bought a Philips 43 PUS 6754/12 TV off you and it has an intermittent flaky ability to play iplayer, Netflix etc. I contacted Philips and they say it is a known problem that is sometimes helped by doing a few things all of which I’ve done but the problem persists.
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RedScharlach
(@redfacts) reported
Finished watching #TheTerror on iPlayer: although not especially gripped by the first 2 episodes, by the third or fourth I was strapped in, in a grim-Arctic-car-crash-with-*****-knitwear way. I also found myself reccing it in a work meeting, so I hope @twirlynoodle is satisfied.
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Zoe South
(@EdibleDormouse) reported
@thoroughlygood 1. A concert fell into my diary. 2. No concerts fell out of my diary. 3. Managed to get iPad to work in Mum's lounge (bizarrely, iPlayer usually claims it's not in the UK) so that she could watch the finale of Drag Race on Thursday instead of having to wait until Monday.
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Kirsten🏴 is H
(@howveryarnott) reported
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Aberdeen, Scotland
@sunnyamazing Watch it on BBC iPlayer! Do you have a login for it? Happy to DM you mine if not
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Dave Taylor 🏴
(@thedavetaylor) reported
@Sian_Bantock hey Sian. I was hoping you could help me. I seem to have lost episodes 3 & 4 of the new season 7 of The Repair Shop. My Sky box didn’t record them & they aren’t on IPlayer. Have I missed them or is there a gap in the numbers? Thanks. 🙏
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Ben Craggs
(@bennymoon) reported
Looks like the BBC/World of Wonder fixed the sync issues with ‘A Little Bit of Love’. The iPlayer version seems much better now compared with the version tweeted out by @dragraceukbbc yesterday. Can anyone confirm this? #DragRaceUK
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marc course
(@coursey1988) reported
@munchinwords @BBCiPlayer I mean you think everyone with a phone and internet is elite? Also you don’t require a licence online you can state you only watch iPlayer and not have to pay. However the bbc is awful so I don’t really care
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Gavin Evans
(@Gavevans88) reported
@JlWill91 I watched the Scotland Italy game in work mate and I said the same. The iPlayer footage is great.
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richard cabut
(@richardcabut) reported
@rogerholdstock Wouldn't know - iplayer not working
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Ed Davies 💙
(@builtbyed) reported
Anyone else got poor quality iplayer stream for #WALvFRA ? Barely watchable 🥺
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Matthew Beddow 💙
(@ArthurBbeagle) reported
@thehistoryguy Hi Dan. Love your work. Was wondering if you know where I could find the documentary series Filthy Cities that you made in 2011? Tried iplayer, ebay and amazon with no luck.
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Fan of David Paisley
(@KarenKts11) reported
@vodkaangel22 There’s some of his stuff on Iplayer if you want a fix.
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Walked the league 2020
(@LFC6Times2019) reported
@virginmedia BBC iplayer buffers a hell of a lot and I’ve even turned down the image quality. Instagram shows blurry images when you scroll down for a good 45 seconds. Flip to 4G and it’s an instant HD image. Just not great at all. I could go on more really but already spoken to CC and tech.
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emaN
(@WhoKnkws) reported
@Thatsjustit2 @talkRADIO @iancollins If you try logging into bbc iplayer on your laptop it will ask if you have a TV licence. If you don't login there's proof you haven't used.
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IJMO
(@IJMO1) reported
@IanDunt There are two solutions here. 1. The highly paid BBC current affairs presenters go and work for Sky or ITV, where their wages are not paid by everyone. 2. The BBC introduces a pay as you watch service for the IPlayer, for viewers that don't want to buy a licence fee.
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Hannah Al-Othman 📝🗞
(@HannahAlOthman) reported
The internet is being switched over and so we have no Netflix or iplayer. The book that I’m currently reading is non-fiction that feels too much like work. My radio only works through the internet. It’s too late and cold to go for a run. Guess it’s bedtime then.
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Andrew Hodgson
(@adhodgson) reported
I'm having issues getting my Chromecast with Google TV to use BBC IPlayer or BBC sounds though I can cast from BBC Sounds using my iPhone to the Chromecast. Is there an issue with the app? I use NextDNS but don't block ad/tracking sites.
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Jonathan Tarplee
(@JonnieGitAhhr) reported
@csdriver All my viewing is through the iPlayer and I have no such problems.
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Ruth Collings
(@collingsruth) reported
@kiwinerd I already acquire all my movies/tv in an illegal fashion lol not shy about that. But I do have access to Netflix and can VPN into the BBC's awful iPlayer. It's actually that fact which makes keeping track of what's coming out when difficult.
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David
(@LdnGagaMonster) reported
@DarkGa2 This is the problem of it being on iplayer and not bbc1.. they totally should have shown the final live and then gone into this segment/miss congeniality announcement
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Sam Birdcage 🇧🇷
(@SamBirdyy) reported
Proper first world problem but my internet has been absolutely **** all day. Booted me out of Fifa games, won’t load owt on my phone and now can’t load iPlayer
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Rhombix
(@Rhombix) reported
Just watched #OurSilentEmergency on BBC iPlayer, v good to see sensitive and passionate coverage of this issue, if only more would talk about it. Most worrying part was Roman discussing with his mum - doesn't she seem irritated, even disappointed? Why has no-one mentioned this?
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IJMO
(@IJMO1) reported
@IanDunt The problem isn't that they are unpatriotic, it is that we all pay their wages and we don't have a choice. The debate is always about the licence fee vs subscription, but why not both? Why not allow people to buy programmes in the iPlayer as an alternative to buying a licence fee
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Richard Burgess
(@captain_planet8) reported
Hi @virginmedia I'm having problems with my Tivo box. Any programs I have recorded stutter and freeze when I watch them back. Also, on demand/Internet services such as iplayer etc are slow to load, and the TV guide just says "to be announced" on a good number of channels.
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Patrick Duffy
(@Patrick10041219) reported
Getting a little sentimental watching St. Patrick's Day at the BBC on iPlayer! The lip sync on top of the Pops was awful, but who cares!!
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Tristan Brookes
(@tristyb) reported
If I wanted to watch the 2019 Eurovision Final but the BBC version with Graham Norton commentating how would I go about this? Any help appreciated. It doesn’t appear to be on iPlayer.
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Andrew Hodgson
(@adhodgson) reported
So BBC IPlayer and BBC Sounds app on Google TV don't work if you block tracking websites, on NextDNS I had to untick the box for blocking disguised tracking websites.