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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 (58%)
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Buffering (30%)
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Crashing (8%)
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Sign in (5%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Swindon |
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| Yarm |
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| Treharris |
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| Manchester |
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| Inverurie |
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| City of London |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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ad clarke
(@ad_clarke75) reported
Watching fever pitch on iplayer once again proves tabloid journalists / paps are proper terrible people 😡
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Janjon
(@NotOverAfterAll) reported
Watching 99 Homes on Iplayer......set in the crash of 2010 the cynicism & corruption of property development is better shown here than even the Big Short, which I thought did it well.
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Cameron Yarde Jnr
(@CameronYardeJnr) reported
@marciehatter @ChorleyRobbie @HylandIan Ghosts has been wasted opposite Corrie? That entire BBC1 schedule is toilet bar a few bright sparks. Half the programmes are already on iPlayer & provide no help to surrounding shows that aren't. BBC1 doesn't need commissioners it needs a radical Michael Grade type Controller.
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Je m'appelle Ally 🏴
(@AllyRdr) reported
@AmazonHelp Don't worry, the issue isn't with the firestick. Eurosport app, BBC iPlayer app all stream live tv absolutely fine over it and perfect picture quality. This one's all on the NFL's shoddy app
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Evan Powell
(@EvanPowell03) reported
@rochejarNcafc The BBC one from a few years ago was quality to be fair, shame it’s not on the iPlayer still
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@Gary Fowlie
(@garyf4075) reported
@DigibitVPN Are the UK On Demand servers down? Can’t get BBC iPlayer to work
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Neth 🌹🇪🇺
(@neth_dugan) reported
@keith_167 @jimalkhalili @BBC I’ve referenced the series when talking to folk at work but they can’t see it even when interested. And shows are more accessible for many than books. If it were on iPlayer that’s be useful. It hasn’t got anything else on the topic there.
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Michael
(@mikjmay) reported
@IpswichTown IPlayer not working again 🙄
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teddie/arie ☾
(@qhostvamp) reported
WHY IS THE ******* QUALITY SO BAD !!! I GOT IT STRAIGHT OFF IPLAYER!! GRR. whatever. ill make a better/longer one for these gays next.
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Aron Roach
(@Boweavel) reported
@SimonWatmo @MWGoneFishing BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues
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lex
(@helloitsdimpy) reported
@signalMsg4 @rosecoloredchar What VPN are you using and what issue have you run into? The one I use works for iPlayer
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wayne renshaw6
(@WRenshaw6) reported
@7clarkyred Superb m8! There’s one on the iplayer called cardinal! It’s quality pal
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Ian McClellan
(@ianmac67_SE) reported
@polyexna @PolygoniaSpec I’m going to watch on iPlayer. I just caught the bilge that was the first scene during an ad break on Endeavour. I’d have broken Suranne Jones’s jaw for even approaching the Captain during a Launch.
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Patron 🤠
(@ZeeMufc) reported
So now Ron’s only gone and broken the MOTD and BBC IPlayer Record too. Anything else fella? May as well get him in parliament break a few records there too..
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Mat Greener
(@matt_greener) reported
@brokenbottleboy I think there are legal issues with this. Vaguely remember the subscription service providers complaining of unfair competition - very worried what iPlayer could achieve.
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Ong王- The King of Nothing
(@freedomisgold2) reported
The North Water on iplayer. Want to binge watch but too much work and home schooling at stake tomorrow. This shall have to wait.
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Jonny Morris
(@jonnymorris1973) reported
@markclapham They wouldn't be able to put them on iPlayer if that was an issue.
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Michael Donaghue
(@mdonaghue75) reported
@TheCyberdevil I'd go for the communal screening and use iplayer for new series (I don't often watch live because I work every other weekend)
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Sonic Spoons
(@dwsonicspoons) reported
@TharriesYT The problem with releasing on Halloween is that kids will be out. The time slot of Doctor Who isn’t like EastEnders either, which often has Halloween-y episodes. It’s right at the time when kids are outside. So either they’re dropping the whole series on iPlayer or taking a risk
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Eliot Cole
(@cole_eliot) reported
iPlayer and Prime actually do this okayishly ... but they're still lacking ... I mean, searching by quality can't be a thing that only I want to do ... can it?
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Brainphrozen The Second Coming 💙
(@BrainphrozenC) reported
@BBCiPlayer @bryangsharp @neilhall77 While your at it can you fix IPlayer for Samsung Smart 📺 it is constantly logging me out at the moment
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Chris Thompson
(@scouttrooper) reported
@LouD74 I don't know if it is too close to work (hopefully not) but I recommend watching The Cleaner on iplayer/BBC
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Gibbo2 💙🔸🇪🇺🇬🇧🌈
(@Lynn_GT) reported
@beauchamp45 I only watched the start as I had an early night, but catching up on iPlayer, it was really heartening to see all the EU hats and flags. Did you hear Stuart Skelton- he seemed to have some problems at the end of his piece then went straight off. I hope he was ok.
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reniform p(a)uls
(@paulSDMCR) reported
@wotsits4lyf I do end up using the built-in iplayer or downloading a series to the sky+ box. It’s a shame because I like the Apple TV box as an all-in-one thing but apparently the BBC’s devs can’t fix the app for reasons beyond me
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mel
(@evelyncelia4eva) reported
@adherentbodhi i can't watch on iplayer. it geotags. it doesn't work for americans. i have to wait for someone to put it up on soap2day or some other site. 😢
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Huw V Williams
(@HuwVWilliams) reported
Here's a first world problem, forgot to log myself out of iPlayer at an airbnb last year, now my algorithm thinks I'm really into Silent Witness and waking the dead.
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FPLGrinchnaldo
(@FPLGrinch) reported
@FPLKSI That makes sense! Would that work with BBC iPlayer too? I think MOTD is on there and could watch at my own leisure
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reniform p(a)uls
(@paulSDMCR) reported
@wotsits4lyf Yeah, it’s a ****** because I tend to watch stuff at night and don’t want my TV blaring out. Same issue with Prime and the iplayer app on Apple TV. Like you say, not a deal breaker, but certainly an option I’d prefer
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Helen
(@chronicknitting) reported
@Ita99 I finished watching the BBC4 Scandi thing on iPlayer last night. What a lot of awful people there were in such a small area, so many possible candidates for suspicion. The police don’t come out of it too well either, with notable exceptions, but there’s some
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Craig Naples
(@crgn) reported
I really miss the way that a year ago I could watch an ep of one of many UK sitcoms on Netflix or iPlayer before bed. Now there's not much left. I'd consider Britbox but: i) awful interface; ii) they give money to the Spitting Image people; iii) same as ii, just louder.