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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 (41%)
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Sign in (26%)
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Playback Issues (26%)
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Crashing (8%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Southampton |
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| Turriff |
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| Haverfordwest |
Buffering | |
| Towcester |
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| Luton |
Crashing | |
| Dorchester |
Playback Issues |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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zagreus dot com
(@gwylock1) reported
Does anyone know of any good reliable decent quality livestreams for BBC One? I can't seem to get a VPN to work with iPlayer lol
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✨Amy✨
(@AmyWonderland92) reported
@robgprice What about a vpn or does that not work for iplayer?
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Sabrina 💙💙
(@how_to_sit_gay) reported
@kunzio iplayer is either telling me that I don't have enough bandwidth or that the content doesnt work
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lissy ⎊ DW SPOILERS
(@tencrowlcy) reported
@MuppetSilas oh no :( but i totally feel you, so many vpns cost so much and don’t even work. i use an app called “free vpn” on my phone, you just need to watch a few ads and it gives you free watch hours. i would really recommend it if you want to watch things on iplayer !
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MrsM 💙
(@oldpoyntz) reported
@Stellabranch I'm really gutted my series link didn't work. I'll have to watch tomorrow on iplayer.
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Nogodsorkings
(@NamedMunn) reported
@SFXmagazine thanks for ruining that. Some of us had to work and were watching it on iplayer
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Kirsty
(@weekir) reported
It makes me want to cry @Channel4 4od is terrible. Dialogue cuts out. Programmes stop mid way. Please be more like iPlayer. I love the content but so many tech issues…
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John Murphy
(@John_murphy1) reported
Turns out iPlayer doesn’t work with a VPN abroad so I can’t watch Doctor Who before bed.
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Jacob Norman-Reeve
(@TheTerrawr) reported
@wiccanstardis Episode might go FULLY live on IPlayer all 90 minutes at 7:30 so, this might not work 😭😭😭
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emma five ☂︎
(@wynsummers) reported
i ******* hate my life the tv in the lounge doesn't ******* work, i cant get iplayer to look past the stupid vpn, so i have no way to watch the episode
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CyberDeicide
(@Snydercut15) reported
@WilliamBibbiani The BBC iPlayer app should work
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•ryan• 📌
(@pxnk_skxes) reported
@LiverpoolGirl72 @georgiaEtennant bbc iplayer on one screen, itv on the other. he’ll definitely be able to understand everything that’s happening all at once and the problem is solved
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Stu
(@stuartprophet1) reported
@GoogleUK hi, have you had any reports of problems with chrome cast recently? Mine keep stopping and starting. Worst on Disney plus. Keeps putting up the loading wheel and stuttering. I have very reliable and fast broadband and iplayer works ok. Thanks Stu
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Harry Robins
(@HjRobins) reported
@TheCyberdevil I’ve tried before, but there isn’t a way sadly. I wish ‘get iplayer’ would work with it but it’s a new system that’s used to show it and only to select devices as well.
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Jo Pellereau 🦭
(@PhysicsJo) reported
Friend: I really want to watch Dr Who but how can I without using iPlayer Friend 2: Are you abroad? Use a VPN F1: No, but I refuse to pay the licence fee so I can’t have a BBC account and they need you to login F2: So basically you’re asking how to steal it? F1: … 😳
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Atlas | in a mourning period
(@kidasingoat) reported
I FORGOT MY IPLAYER LOGIN THIS IS BAD
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Cat 🎧 🌌 🗺 🏉 📝
(@l1lly_c) reported
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Aberdeen, Scotland
Less than 2 mins in and iPlayer is buffering and has crashed. Awful choice for showing #RLWC2021 games.
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Autumn 🎃🍂
(@4utumnHarvest) reported
I have spend the past 50 minutes been the opening 5 minutes of the new Doctor Who episode because the ******* BBC iPlayer is so dogshit that it can’t ******* play 5 seconds worth of video on the lowest quality possible without buffering and restarting
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Redfan1892
(@Kloopslads) reported
@LFC__Missy Iplayer doesn’t work over here geo blocked🙄🙄🙄
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Elizabeth Piner-Francis
(@SweatyBetty1976) reported
@Iromg “Do your own research” and watch the clip on iPlayer, they had technical issues. Honestly, who’d have thought you just believe something on SM?
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jack thomas
(@jacktho17364212) reported
@IpswichTown Some horrible distances that night then. Fleetwood to us, Exeter to Morecambe, Port Vale to Plymouth to name a few. Hopefully these games will be available on iplayer to help out the fans that can't make the games now.
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Cha 달 ☾ 🦋
(@beautyfailed) reported
help :( iplayer isn't working for me does anyone got a link to watch tonight episode???
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ClaraZorEl
(@GoodGirlGoneGay) reported
Tried watching PotD last night but iplayer kept on buffering so I couldn't and I was so annoyed I barely slept 😭 Now I have to make it through work and a dentist appointment with significantly less sleep than I need while avoiding spoilers until I can watch the episode 🥲
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Mary Wombat 🐝💙😷
(@little_mavis) reported
We just watched Doctor Who on iPlayer & had to have the volume up full because there was a problem with the sound and one of the characters kept whispering. When it had finished we tried the traditional "turning it off & on again"
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Harry Robins
(@HjRobins) reported
I used iPlayer, and it wasn't great quality. My TV is in my dad's garage anyway so I wouldn't have been able to see it in 4K when that came out on iPlayer anyway.
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Soph🎃🕸
(@lunarlightsoph) reported
@Gruntwill I’m just about watching on iPlayer but it’s **** quality😭 worst timing
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linda mather
(@250460) reported
@ManningOfficial I've not got cable provider,so can't watch on BBC America app & the iPlayer not work across the pond 😭,they should've livestreamed as they did with 50th, but then I was still 🏠'd & could watch it so might not've unless they'd live stream it 2 FB
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💙💙 THASMIN FOREVER ✨️🌍
(@bluthetimelord) reported
Has anyone got a link so I can watch POTD just BBC Iplayer the quality isn't great
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DRRViníciusRM
(@TopNotchVini) reported
I luv to watch Doctor Who on pirate low quality streams because the BBC iPlayer decides to stop working.
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Dramatic Elves
(@dpmcalister) reported
@carriejaynee I stopped halfway through the Christmas series a couple of years ago. Couldn't work out what was going on. Shame as I really liked Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. I'll watch tonight's episode on iPlayer tomorrow as I, too, like to see the regeneration.