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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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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.

  • 31% Sign in (31%)
  • 25% Buffering (25%)
  • 25% Playback Issues (25%)
  • 19% Crashing (19%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Didcot Playback Issues 3 days ago
Southampton Playback Issues 4 days ago
Cheltenham Buffering 7 days ago
Aberdeen Sign in 11 days ago
Cardiff Buffering 11 days ago
Chichester Sign in 11 days ago
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • pegg97
    Mike pegg (Joenus) (@pegg97) reported

    @rhipratchett just caught the watch on bbc3 via the iplayer. I know I'm coming in late here, but seriously. What have they done with the city watch? I just can't get my head around the changes they've made to Terry's work.

  • CountingSheep5
    Darren Jalland (@CountingSheep5) reported from Falkirk, Scotland

    @michaelglasper A couple of days ago after watching God's Of Snooker on iPlayer. Steve Davis was the only one who didn't need to be double tracked in order to sound slightly less awful, apparently.

  • heartofsmine
    bex 💓 (@heartofsmine) reported from Monachil, Andalusia

    how does one watch druk vs the world if you arent in the uk and iplayer wont work xx

  • ScottyDshaw90
    Scott Shaw (@ScottyDshaw90) reported

    Anyone else got sound issues on BBC iPlayer for the seniors darts?

  • leeharris85
    lee harris (@leeharris85) reported

    @virginmedia any chance of sorting the on demand apps out put the monthly bill up but iplayer itv hub all 4 etc not working!!

  • LostInS35354108
    LostInSpace (@LostInS35354108) reported

    @shortword @elonmusk @nurodev I collected my M3LR 4/12/21. Kpn seemed to have resolved the uk location issue then my connectivity board was swapped out on 14/1. Since then I can’t access iPlayer on lte in the uk and have NL ads in YouTube. Any ideas?

  • WineInWales
    Simon Awdry (@WineInWales) reported

    @freesat_tv Is there an issue with the BBC iPlayer app. Getting an "Invalid Link" when trying to launch it on my Humax HB 1109

  • power_mccann
    Sheenagh McCann 🇮🇪 💙 (@power_mccann) reported

    @TinypootIta Our issue is the access to WiFi and bbc iplayer unfortunately and the two hour drive. We have booked to stay in Enniskillen for 3 nights in July to see if we can push him a little further to Donegal on a day trip. It will depend if that works or not. This is the first year 1/

  • Go_SYH_In_A_Pig
    Share & 🅴njoy (@Go_SYH_In_A_Pig) reported

    @SebastianEPayne I want to watch this car crash later. Is it available on iPlayer?

  • Karl_Downey
    PoliticsForMuppets🐸🐷 (@Karl_Downey) reported from Milton Keynes, England

    They should have just added a live scheduled broadcast to #BBCThree's page on iPlayer. Bringing it back as a main channel in 2022 doesn't work.

  • StephenCVGraham
    Stephen Graham (@StephenCVGraham) reported

    I didn't have any issues with BBC3 coming back, but I'm not seeing the point if the shows it's putting out are already on iPlayer in their entirety.

  • MarkLane1965
    Mark Lane 🇪🇺 (@MarkLane1965) reported

    @wmarybeard At work, but definitely will on iplayer

  • pitchfork_ritch
    Ritch (@pitchfork_ritch) reported

    @SeniorsDarts Sorry @BBCSport the sound and feed is just terrible. Gonna watch @OfficialPDC instead and hope iPlayer has a worthy version in the morning

  • poddys
    Tony Payne 🌊🌊 (@poddys) reported

    @AidWarwickshire There are, but it doesn't seem to work with the ITV Hub unfortunately. If only it was that simple. By the time we kept going in and out of Corrie last night, the episode ended and then it wasn't available. iPlayer works ok, as do other apps.

  • BenColeyGolf
    Ben Coley (@BenColeyGolf) reported

    @TomJCarlisle I wasn’t watching but was he asked about the allegation that the Labour front bench has a drugs problem? If so, I will fire up iplayer.

  • rider45
    Brian O'Keefe (@rider45) reported

    @icod There’s a great documentary on the iPlayer called Why Ships Crash, about that ship, didn’t realise how a pile up accident was narrowly avoided.

  • Littlemissred14
    Littlemissred1983 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈wear a mask (@Littlemissred14) reported

    Trying to watch the senior darts on iplayer dear god the sound awful @BBCSport sort it out...

  • MagichaeI
    MW 🥛 (@MagichaeI) reported

    Just watched 'The Decade the Rich Won' on iPlayer. The QE and Help to Buy explanations were good, as was the context for Coalition austerity, but overall there was not a huge amount of educational value - lacking much actual analysis. 🙃 #edutwitter #EconTwitter #econ2

  • Jakey_Wakie
    Jakey Wakey (@Jakey_Wakie) reported

    @virginmedia Not sn area issue. I have spinning wheel on BBC iplayer on my 2nd virgin box. I have 1G broadband, speed test via email is 1bms to 30bms

  • ScotchTaakin
    Nae Twittér Ava (@ScotchTaakin) reported

    @SeawrightDaniel @BBCiPlayer shame tho: (BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues.)

  • drum_puppy
    Mike Ellis (@drum_puppy) reported

    I've become a bit enthralled by a car crash investigation series on iPlayer, tragedy, mystery, intrigue, investigation, conclusion. Great stuff, but I'm a bit concerned that quite a lot of drivers involved are not only pissed at the point of impact, but off their tits on coke.

  • AlexAgnewAA
    Alex Agnew (@AlexAgnewAA) reported

    @Comqton IPlayer? Or does that not work

  • TrussyPaul
    Paul Truswell (@TrussyPaul) reported

    @rogers_soro @Dej_joy @ManUtdWomen ...and BBC iPlayer but FA Player is better quality (HD).

  • Jeff95838825
    Jeff (@Jeff95838825) reported

    @JackieSharpe1 Yes over a year ago. We only watch programmes on catchup services excluding iPlayer. It is much better watching our choice of quality programmes at times which suit us. I don’t miss being brainwashed by the gutter media. Try it for a month.

  • Autisticosaurus
    James | #StayAtHome Is Optional;Please Be Sensible (@Autisticosaurus) reported

    @Metro_Ents It honestly was such a moronic move by the @BBC - they seemed to just want to push the iPlayer and used that as it, iirc they used some weird 3 strip/Wi-Fi hybrid as the logo Issue was bluntly, the UK has **** Wi-Fi

  • pitchfork_ritch
    Ritch (@pitchfork_ritch) reported

    Sorry @BBCSport the sound and feed is just terrible. Gonna watch @OfficialPDC instead and hope iPlayer has a worthy version in the morning

  • Peely1973
    Peely (@Peely1973) reported

    @greybrow53 @BBCWales @BBCXRay So it might be on BBC iPlayer … I’ll have a look tomorrow. I’m interested, as I had an issue last year that was only noticed by luck. I was shocked that Companies House let it happen. Although lady I spoke to there, helped sort it very quickly.

  • Marshallmedia
    Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Marshallmedia) reported

    Taking "BBC 3" content online was the correct decision. The trouble was viewing that content was only possible via the iplayer, which on many devices is a terrible experience.

  • Nipper100
    Iain (@Nipper100) reported

    @ITV Don’t normally get the chance to listen to you with work apart from iPlayer you have made me laugh 1) worst school punishment put a circle in every other box on the smallest graph paper 2) re pens the lady in the bikini although wrong on every level 3) I would 1/2

  • A_Devonshire180
    Andrew Devonshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@A_Devonshire180) reported

    @SeniorsDarts Sound problem on iplayer ?