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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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Sign in (34%)
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Playback Issues (27%)
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Crashing (25%)
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Buffering (14%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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| Bath |
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| Aberdeen |
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| London |
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 Hedensted |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Paul Brannigan
(@proactivepaul) reported
@BBCRosAtkins it would be nice if kids could access this without having to sign in to an iplayer account
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Geoff Poole
(@happyplunderer) reported
Finally saw Dr Who finale. Wow, did the iPlayer just send me a different episode from everybody else? I thought it was spectacularly terrible. Too much wrong to list - the "I forced a bot to watch 1000 NuWho episodes" plot, endless dei ex machinīs, The Master is not the Joker....
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Hanna🪩 ⚭ no1 iaqwitia fan
(@01hanna14) reported
does anyone know how can i watch bbc2 outside of the uk???😭😭😭😭😭😭i tried the bbc iplayer with vpn but it doesnt work😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
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Little Wonder 🇪🇺🇬🇷
(@Little_WonderUK) reported
I've complained about this before. Like iPlayer or the All4 app, these controls need to be in the middle of the screen. It's not rocket science, surely it's an easy fix? Spend some money, get your developers on this easy fix. A child could do it... 🤬
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Martin Sawyer
(@kaiserbears) reported
@EvelynSawyer Ok. BBC has now ****** up iPlayer by requiring a new sign in and it looks like I can’t get the activation code because you are the registered user. I assume it is linked to your phone account. I can’t even get it to go back so I can start as a new user.
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Dee🏴Mort
(@Giant_Jouster) reported
@sartomutiny Have you watched "VAR: Friend or Foe" on the BBC iPlayer? Frightening. Utterly frightening. The ref Greg Aitken literally sees what happens. Speaks about it. Then gives the opposite decision. I'm surprised no-one is speaking about it. It's Operator Error ad infinitum....
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JennieSin
(@JennieSin_) reported
@VodafoneUK Getting beyond a joke now, can't even load up iPlayer on the TV.. Never mind play anything. Not only is my broadband screwed but the fiber I pay for at my parents is useless too. Not to mention the thousands of others having issues commenting about it online. Need to up your game
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Dave 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🖖
(@M0YAA) reported
@mikesmithM7 @ian4downton @andycomfort Again, another error, you can watch non BBC TV without a licence, just not as it is being broadcast. Catch up is licence free, unless it's iplayer. So yes, you are still being simple.
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kingsrecognisekings
(@Idontenjoynowt) reported
@nickmurftweets Hope it's on iPlayer though so I can get double fix 🙏
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lyns tempo
(@greenrocklt) reported
@TheWidowmakerX Sweet, the are some cases trying to criminalise and prosecute this. Watch the BBC iplayer docu on deepfakes maybe it will help? There are women working against this. All my love x
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Martin Sawyer
(@kaiserbears) reported
@EvelynSawyer Now got iPlayer working. Apparently an issue with their system requiring you to go to a different account link to get it to work!
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Geoff Poole
(@happyplunderer) reported
Finally Dr Who finale and, wow, did the iPlayer just send me a different episode from everybody else? I thought it was spectacularly terrible. Too much wrong to list - the "I forced a bot to watch 1000 NuWho episodes" plot, endless dei ex machinīs, The Master is not the Joker....
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Sir Gareth 🏴 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
(@GarethTM) reported
@birstallboi @Mellor76 I’m in USA and iPlayer won’t work!!! Any screen shots to help on old friend out, please Dave?
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Lee
(@H86ewey) reported
@yorston_chelsea @StephenLightley @SouthShieldsFC BBC iPlayer will be geo locked.. so overseas won't work
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Jay
(@l3tt3rj) reported
@mikesmithM7 @andycomfort You do realise you don’t have to pay it if you don’t watch live tv or iplayer right?? So that argument doesn’t work - and you still pay for a sky subscription so there are programmes that you don’t watch yet you still contribute towards
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Troy/Red Archer Live
(@RedArcherLive) reported
@Tardis_Central The 4k quality is disgustingly good I hate that 4K isn't easily accessible anywhere - supposedly iPlayer has 4K enabled but it looks rubbish compared to that VFX upload
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ROCKVATO ERA POSTPONED
(@katycorfish) reported
@dlopunchfront how are you watching the international feed? I can't get the BBC iPlayer to work
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Aar Jae Williams
(@AarJaeWilliams) reported
@MattZeeMiller I know it’s stupid. Think they creating more problems. I atleast BBC iPlayer or simply iPlayer has always been iPlayer and never gone for something else
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wow
(@wow36932525) reported
@Z00KY If your power comes back on you can log into iplayer & rewind live tv If that does not work I will post a link later 👍
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Norman Macleod
(@NormanMacleod14) reported
Anyone else watching ‘Our Friends in the North’ on BBC iPlayer with an awful sense of deja vu?
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Ann In Wonderland
(@AnnTheGamer) reported
It makes me unreasonably angry that the volume in BBC iPlayer goes to 11. What ********? Why 11? Why is the bar 0 to 11? That's not how numbers work. I'm doing some VPN shenanigans to watch stuff other people paid for and I get weird numbers? The audacity!
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Stephen🥉
(@tweedy151) reported
@bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCOne I don’t understand how to watch this early on iplayer. It doesn’t work for me.
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Janjon
(@RagingAnecdotes) reported
Anybody know who the half dressed ***** on the Iplayer login page is? Not really in tune with the times BBC - and she irritates the *** out of me..............
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Regina Erich
(@ReginaErich) reported
@bbcdebatenight Just watched the last show on the iplayer. How about having one - just for once - with no tedious repeat questions about the constitution or indyref2 + instead focus on bread & butter issues concerning the ppl in this country? And no distractions, be it from the Yes or No side?
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Gerard Mackay
(@Gmackematix) reported
@caroldoesbaking @richardosman Would Nord VPN give you access to British iPlayer? I don't know how these things work?
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Zoe Hamilton
(@zoechamilton) reported
@duffaSteve @CBeebiesHQ Thanks Steve, I'll give that a try. @CBeebiesHQ can you update please - is this an iplayer error or is it by design?
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Brian Holmes
(@MrBrianHolmes) reported
Worth a look in on iPlayer or when it replays on BBC News. Interesting since so much of the discussion is about Americans like Alex Jones. It's a problem in the UK as well.
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lancashire lad 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿️
(@punkbunny8) reported
@Sameno_REL Alright it help there on iplayer
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Amelia
(@roqueandrolle) reported
@JeniferCaniston It’s breaking my heart missus. I was so happy when her and Jay got back together. Doesn’t help that I’m after starting a rewatch of Eastenders from 2008 on iPlayer and Jase is just after being killed so poor Jay is suffering there too 😭
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pussinboots 🌸Parler @2papil5
(@pussinb79432400) reported
@H25864990Jolene @AndrewF27693292 The ability to watch is not the issue.that of itself does not identify you as needing a licence. only if you in fact DO watch live TV or iPlayer do you become liable to pay the licence fee. Great thread on MSE ABOUT the niceties.