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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 (26%)
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Playback Issues (24%)
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Crashing (8%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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| Towcester |
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| Luton |
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| Dorchester |
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| Huddersfield |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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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Michael
(@mikjmay) reported
@IpswichTown IPlayer not working again 🙄
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Alice 🌙
(@alicespake) reported
The quality of Pose on iPlayer is crap compared to Netflix but they don't have season three loaded yet 😌
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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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Phil's Train and Retro Life
(@FactsStomp) reported
@woodg31 @htwcentral On the rare occasion I watch any live TV (work 3on3 off days/nights) I often wonder what channels the BBC are trying to promote as the service seems to consist of iPlayer & Sounds according to the promos. I don't understand why the BBC seem hellbent on killing off linear viewing
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Aaron H. Ellis
(@aaronhughellis) reported
@Sulaco__ Ah! The documentary about him on iPlayer was kinda vague on how much work he did - just that he was asked to work on Connery’s dialogue, then Harrison Ford asked for him to work on his too
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Bearded-Blue ⭐⭐
(@BeardedBlue20) reported
Watching fever pitch on bbc iplayer. Quality👍
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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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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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lyra
(@nightdissolves) reported
HELP i meant to search for iplayer but instead typed playing the angel hshsh
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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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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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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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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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Mr Dobbs
(@MrDobbs2) reported
@Lad45Mark That’s great but the iPlayer excuse doesn’t really work because the consolidated ratings for Enders (including on demand) is still 2 M behind Corrie’s consolidated ratings ad 1 begin E’dale.
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Ruth Davies
(@RuthDavies40) reported
@JasonManford Definitely Vigil on iPlayer. I’m catching up on Help on C4 now.
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Philip Orafferty
(@OraffertyPhilip) reported
@hedgessdd @GBNEWS Yes. The BBC can be summed up with ... EastEnders... not the 10ks of hours of drama/doc/comedy/music/news freely available on sounds app. iPlayer is also great I hear , not that I watch TV much. If you're judging the BBC by a soap I'd suggest you have bigger issues
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Air VPN
(@airvpn) reported
@s0yl0pe0r ... BUT you must be aware that services which block streaming to IP addresses not assigned to residential ISPs will be inaccessible. For example BBC iPlayer doesn't work. Ask for a free trial and also check the pertaining db for direct tests with no commitments. (2/2)
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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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Paweł Kraszewski
(@pkraszewski) reported
@Amy__Macdonald "BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues." 😭
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Chris Woods
(@christopherw) reported
@SonyUK I've noticed it with iPlayer too. Prime Video and Netflix seem unaffected. Incidentally the display also shows a slight grey point shift when you switch between 60 and 120 Hz, is that a known issue?
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OlwenMcG
(@olwenmcg) reported
@agrandadathome @DalgetySusan @Leadinglady0609 Yes, I am about to watch the episode of Ambulance on iplayer where army help is needed. Even Laura Kuenssberg pointed out they have been used in England already.
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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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Nikolaj Hansen-Turton
(@nikolajht) reported
@scuttster @BBCiPlayer @NOW NOW has issues but sometimes work. However I wouldn’t be so confident in BBC iPlayer because they haven’t even updated the app at all since June 2020.
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Nigel Le Gin
(@scampimancha) reported
@BBCiPlayer why have you buggered around with #iPlayer and given it a tiny unreadable sidebar and search function. Current interface great - beta is unusable Cc: @RNIB @bbcfeedback
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Sarah
(@SarahFallows82) reported
@itvhub First time for ages trying to use via my fire stick. Still awful. iplayer, my5 and all4 all work so it’s not the stick.
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Glenn Cook
(@gxcook) reported
@DigibitVPN UK On-demand servers not working with iPlayer, ITV Hub etc?
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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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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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john bethell
(@johnbethell9) reported
Dear BBC I have just gone on to BBC iplayer and couldn’t help noticing that under the comedy category there is something called Citizen Khan and another program called Mrs Browns boys??? Please rectify ASAP. Thanks