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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.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of iPlayer reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by iPlayer users through our website.

  • 29% Sign in (29%)
  • 27% Playback Issues (27%)
  • 24% Buffering (24%)
  • 20% Crashing (20%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Blackpool Buffering 2 days ago
Cambridge Buffering 11 days ago
Edinburgh Sign in 13 days ago
City of London Playback Issues 13 days ago
Nice Crashing 18 days ago
Wirral Playback Issues 21 days ago
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • TraceyW83194634
    TJW (@TraceyW83194634) reported

    @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer God help this country really hope reform can save it

  • TomTomlewis063
    Tom (@TomTomlewis063) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Please get rid of Johnny, the actor is terrible.

  • kath46blue
    Sheila Hounslow (@kath46blue) reported

    @CliveMyrieBBC @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Oh no Clive . I can’t stand tea . The smell makes me feel sick . I have to stand at arms length when making my husbands tea ! I haven’t had a cup since I was 5 years old . And when I left school and started work . They made me tea Girl . Making 15 cups at break time !

  • achetcase
    Dave (@achetcase) reported

    @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer Turning off again now. Can not stand this stats and club history fanatic who just doesn’t commentate on the actual game. Worst football commentator I’ve ever heard.

  • elsalioncub
    Elsa lion cub (@elsalioncub) reported

    @AmandaHolden @chattyman @BBCiPlayer Worst program on tele

  • TomTomlewis063
    Tom (@TomTomlewis063) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer No one likes Johnny and the actor is terrible. Axe him now.

  • PSlatraigh
    Pól Míchéal O'Slatraigh (@PSlatraigh) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer I predict both will vomit when they realise what they've done, but Patrick did say to Oscar in the flashforward that he was with a Truman now, so unless he and Jasmine somehow manage to reconcile, maybe this pair manages to work it out?

  • gallonupper
    Siobhan Mc Dermott (@gallonupper) reported

    @StephenNolan @BBCiPlayer Loads??? No it's about 10 people. Distraction bs as usual. This issue is simply not affecting the majority of us. Your childish antics and your same callers day in day out! Norman & Brian 🙄 impossible to listen to for anyone with a bit of common sense

  • sc_tinkerbell
    ScottieTinkerbell (@sc_tinkerbell) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer My thought wow nobody was actually hurt in that. Minor injuries only. But nobody really trapped, no broken bones. Everyone just walked out. Ravi the acting is fantastic!

  • LORRAIN25481106
    Lorraine (@LORRAIN25481106) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Awful storyline and writing = awful acting from everyone involved.

  • NTilley21717
    Nigel Charles (@NTilley21717) reported

    @CliveMyrieBBC @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Because I go to work

  • msloobylou
    Lucinda Tobyjug (@msloobylou) reported

    @Lowlandslady @BBCiPlayer That show is AWFUL!

  • benapologist
    lisa 🥀 • ben mitchell loml (@benapologist) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer callum and johnny are abysmal together and this tim storyline which deals with a serious issue deserved actual build-up and care. whoever came up with this storyline needs to be fired asap

  • Bekola1975
    LouBen 🎀 (@Bekola1975) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Surprised there's no STD problems in EE. So much bed hopping!

  • T1999Mc
    T (@T1999Mc) reported

    @StephenNolan @gordonlyons1 @BBCiPlayer As a rule of thumb it’s probably best to not help the minister make his own point.

  • martyep74
    Martyep74 (@martyep74) reported

    @StephenNolan @nipsa @BBCiPlayer P/1 👉 She is correct, amazes me ppl speaking about this yet haven't a clue what's happening 👉 the name and shame happened at same time as UC migration which is full of errors and untrained staff, a lot of people are getting done on benefit fraud through no fault of theirs and

  • BennyH391512
    Benny H (@BennyH391512) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Perhaps making it clear what conditions it does and doesn’t treat would help And having a 🇫🇷 style insurance system

  • MCeltmick
    Champions 67 (@MCeltmick) reported

    @BBCSportScot @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Can't help yourselves. pundits either current or ex Sevco. Every week.

  • doffcocker
    doffcocker (@doffcocker) reported

    @BBCArchive @BBCiPlayer the phrase “eclectic collection” is doing a lot of work in that sentence and i need to know more

  • PatelShant84519
    Shantilal Patel (@PatelShant84519) reported

    @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer I get my present and I still could not get a place the council wouldn’t help me. I was on road for two weeks, but yet these people come in and they get a nice four star hotel three 3 meal a day what a ******* joke

  • Loretta37311
    Loretta (@Loretta37311) reported

    @o_charmian29763 @bbcpress @BBCiPlayer Each to their own but I find her awful, totally unwatchable… those facial expressions. A terrible over-actor.

  • RyanSoapKing25
    Ryan Glendenning ✨ (@RyanSoapKing25) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer (2/2) #EastEnders I wish Nicola took the opportunity to be honest with George - not just about her financial problems with the businesses but also about Eddie's money when she had a chance 😬 Now this will drive tensions between her and George and this isn't good for Ivy.

  • adeduntan
    Ogbeni D (@adeduntan) reported

    @ifeelflames It’s even worse in Ireland where the @BBCiPlayer doesn’t work This means you can’t record or pause @deathinparadise

  • Andy63473458597
    Andy (@Andy63473458597) reported

    @BBCSportScot @BBCScotland @BBCiPlayer What a poor game, Ross County proving they are worst team in the division and Colin Steven proving he is worst ref in Scotland.

  • lickle_monster
    Saor Alba (@lickle_monster) reported

    @ITVX fancy getting the Ireland v Scotland 6 nations match up on replay or something so folk can watch it that couldn’t see it live? Don’t have these issues with @BBCiPlayer when they show the matches. Just saying.

  • WarriorWheeled
    Wheeled Warrior (@WarriorWheeled) reported

    @PaulaRossi47 @BBCPanorama @BBCiPlayer I will trade with you Paula…. You can take my 24/7 pain, my inability to walk, my fatigue and my other issues all whilst working about 50 hours a week and living on about 3hrs sleep a night. Be no problem for you will it??

  • lyncey_gilbe
    lyncey 🇬🇧 yorkshire 💋 (@lyncey_gilbe) reported

    @RyanSoapKing25 @BBCiPlayer Definitely Kim! Westbrook is awful

  • SophieAhmed2
    Sophie Glenister🦉🐈🌷🌸🍰⚽️ (@SophieAhmed2) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Priya is a big part of his problems because she is enabling him, always playing down his bad behaviour etc. as just now. Neither of them seem to get that actions have consequences.

  • RyanSoapKing25
    Ryan Glendenning ✨ (@RyanSoapKing25) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Nicola took a massive risk going behind George's back like that to see Eddie when if he wants to see him that's her decision. As parents to Ivy - George and Nicola have built that strong level of trust and now it's broken between them. #EastEnders (1/2)

  • RThorn1
    Roy Thornton (@RThorn1) reported

    @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer Pity this is going. The people on just have not been the quality needed to watch. Alex is ok but some of the others have been poor.