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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 (42%)
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Sign in (28%)
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Playback Issues (25%)
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Crashing (6%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Dorchester |
Playback Issues | |
| Huddersfield |
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| Stockton-on-Tees |
Buffering | |
| Bristol |
Sign in | |
| Dunstable |
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| Croydon |
Sign in |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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rosie b
(@RosiesetaB) reported
Started watching the new #TracyBeaker on iplayer. I have been crying for the last half an hour. Help me.
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Dani
(@beer_everywhere) reported
@operacat It’s on iPlayer, would have missed it if it didn’t pop up as a “you may also be interested in” - some folk were actually homeless - I kind of wish the show gave them a grant or something to help. I dunno.
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Stuart Dunning
(@Rock_Avalanches) reported
@bt_uk Today. Presume you went for a millisecond after midnight? Work I can pause, 2yr year old with no access to iPlayer, not so good at 5am.
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Terry Mac
(@terrymccorry) reported
from
Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
@samrenke Sam, the abuse is awful at the minute. Did you see Targeted on BBC in January or on iPlayer?
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Tom Gara
(@tomgara) reported
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Brooklyn, New York
@NathanTankus How did you watch it? I’ve been trying to figure out how to make the BBC iPlayer thing work and keep failing
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DUMB-fan
(@Dummyfann) reported
@whyisaacmusic It really is, I'm so happy I don't have to use the god awful bbc iplayer for it anymore
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🦇 Tiny Troublesome Witch ✨
(@bruitist) reported
Netflix had an error, so I checked out what iPlayer had to offer and I've ended up watching Sliding Doors for the millionth time. How has it taken me this long to realise Aveline's VA is in it??
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Hilary Foster
(@hilaryrfoster) reported
@AmazonHelp We don’t have the same problem on other services eg Netflix or iPlayer. Those freeze sometimes, but Prime does a very irritating little ‘hiccup’ in picture & sound every few seconds.
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august 🥀 thirteen's gf
(@dykemaclay) reported
imagine if my wifi wasn't so ****** so iplayer would actually load in high quality and I could get good screencaps,,,,
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Neil Brown
(@neil_neilzone) reported
@EmilyBarwell And it isn’t an effective control, as I’ve never had a problem accessing iPlayer from outside the U.K.!
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James Elder
(@jamesofputney) reported
More and more I think a big problem with the BBC is that all their effort is put into promoting just a small fraction of their output. If you dig around in Sounds and iPlayer, you find that there is loads of great, niche content that they didn’t think to tell anyone about.
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James Elder
(@jamesofputney) reported
More and more I think a big problem with the BBC is that all their promotion is put into promoting just a small fraction of their output. If you dig around in Sounds and iPlayer, you find that there is loads of great, niche content that they didn’t think to tell anyone about.
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Martin Smith
(@Martintastic) reported
@Medic_Russell I became obsessed with murder in paradise on iplayer. It’s terrible but there are hundreds of episodes....
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Lewis Haywood
(@lewlewhazy) reported
Work at 7 am, just waking up on the sofa after falling asleep watching Eastenders episodes from 2008 on iplayer. Golden era of the square for sure starting with Frank Butchers funeral #patpatpatpatpat
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Jim
(@NeophyteJim) reported
@simon_reeve I have been binge watching your travel shows in iPlayer and have had my eyes opened wide. I am astonished by the issues that you have highlighted: over-fishing, deforestation, child slave labour, poverty, coral erosion, corporate greed, animal trade, pollution
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Mariaaaa
(@MariaAnderson21) reported
@protectyrbubble I love that I can watch something on iplayer but also I can do spreadsheets for work at the same time! #LoveyourGadgets2
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𝐓🔮𝐌
(@MrTomStamp) reported
@BBCiPlayer @bbcthree why is the stream quality so bad on iplayer? Just tuned in to drag race on BBC 2 HD and the DIFFERENCE! Your streaming quality is TERRIBLE
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✨isobel harrop✨
(@hispersonfriday) reported
@createdbyjazz Annoying!! If you can find a way to access iPlayer, just make an account and when it asks you about a TV license just say yes, don’t worry it shouldn’t be a problem !!
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Lucy Corrander
(@LucyCorrander) reported
@John1954Moi @NetflixUK Thanks. I will have to explore that on Netflix. The switch which stops the iPlayer doing this doesn't work. On Netflix you even get a noisy trailer upon arriving on site. I have to remember to mute first or I slam 'escape' and run away! I don't want to see bits of things!
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Gaz Hogan
(@GazHogan1) reported
No sound BBC iPLAYER XBOX ONE,,,Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated thanks 🙏
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Allan Moore. jw.org. insults are only opinions.💙
(@MadCornishBiker) reported
@wroetoshaw @BBCiPlayer I don't understand it either. I tried to get iplayer on my TV, followed the sign in instructions onscreen, but all I get are help screens telling me to do exactly what only brings up help screens. I can still get iplayer on my tablet, so what's gone wrong?
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Luke Thoday
(@ThodayDesigns) reported
@charliepart2 In my personal opinion he’s the only player I can visibly see actually get angry when we concede always gives his all and is a quality player on top of that he was the one telling Morris to cover when Watson pushed forward and you could hear him on Iplayer making demands
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Rebecca Handford
(@Mappede) reported
@NickJWReilly @mralistairgreen iPlayer’s search function is awful though. My dog is more intuitive (and he’s an idiot)
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Lauren
(@GreenBitterfly) reported
@mralistairgreen Yes, picture constantly pixilated, I must have watched the same bit of It's a Sin about five times before I got a clear picture. iPlayer works fine but 4od is terrible quality.
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august 🥀 thirteen's gf
(@dykemaclay) reported
god gave me ****** wifi because she knew I'd be too powerful if I could take high quality screencaps from iplayer 🙏
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talking bullocks, or an unblemished red heifer?
(@thatbleepystuff) reported
@davidgerard They don't archive most news to the iPlayer. If I had to guess it's because old news might be wrong or misleading. Also probably something to do with news being live and having poor quality subtitles.
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Mark's Tweets
(@tweets_marks) reported
@AlStewartOBE Had to binge it on iPlayer...what a piece of work
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Amy Flora
(@littlestmy) reported
Really disappointed with the quality of the subtitles on @BBCMOTD. There is definitely time to check the quality before it goes up in iplayer. Really poor for a public broadcaster to fail #accessibility
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Stevie J Jones
(@Stevie_J_Jones) reported
@DavidTughanjazz I think ours is the same one - I bought it in 2019. It's fine on everything else, just iPlayer is dodgy. Everything's up to date - firmware, settings etc. First world problems, eh?
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David Robjant
(@DavidRobjant) reported
@andymacmichael @PaulWrightFilm 3/ these days he is not sponsored by the BBC but tolerated and indulged on the fringe: on iplayer for a cult audience, but no longer expected to trouble the intellects of hoi polloi. This comes out in the running times, too.