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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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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.
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Playback Issues (56%)
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Buffering (29%)
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Sign in (7%)
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Crashing (7%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Swindon |
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| Yarm |
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| Treharris |
Buffering | |
| Manchester |
Playback Issues | |
| Inverurie |
Buffering | |
| City of London |
Crashing |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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alan b. 🌙
(@beatleebum) reported
@PHlLWANG me sending "i despise iplayer with my whole being" to someone the second you replied this HELP
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Sir Greasy Thumb MBE
(@The_GreasyThumb) reported
@BBCSounds BBC Sounds is awful. I used to listen to the radio on the iPlayer, but now it's impossible to find anything. It's destroyed the BBC's best output.
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Meg 🌙ᴱᴺ
(@britishinferno) reported
I WASTED TWO HOURS OF MY LIFE TO WATCH JOE LOCKE AT THE BAFTAS AND BBC IPLAYER DIDN'T EVEN SHOW HIM THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVERRRRRRR
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Richard Hind
(@titchard) reported
A question: Is @BBCiPlayer on xbox series x really temperamental for you since the big UI update? We often have to restart the app 4 to 5 times before a show will play when it's having issues - it plays sound bit with a white screen. Reinstalled app, same issues. #iplayer
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mimeArtist
(@mimeartist) reported
@DanWiseCreative @skytv I thinking more and more that I’d like to ditch Sky - trouble is iPlayer on apple tv looks soft as it’s possibly not hi-res enough, I also like the rewind stuff… but not sure what I actually watch that is unique to Sky
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alice 🍂🦋
(@filmsofchalamet) reported
@wearefallingnow idk if it’ll work for u but try bbc iplayer!!
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Jonathan
(@jblundell1) reported
@shhduff Speedtest thought was in USA and bbc iPlayer wouldn’t work just f1 tv was playing up
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fooly
(@mashcore4mums) reported
Hammering the BBC iPlayer servers on the night the episode premieres so I can download it, clip it and post it on here with the caption "middle class white women with blue checkmarks when they get called a '*****' on twitter once"
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Joel Beckett
(@JoelBeckett93) reported
Crazy how illegal streams have better video quality than BBC iplayer
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Banjo Kazooie
(@Banjokazooiee) reported
@sportbible @GaryLineker I watch motd after work on IPlayer and fast forward and only watch the matches. I think a show that is only the highlights of every match played on the day would pull in more viewers than a bunch of guys giving there own options.
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brooke
(@always_t1red_) reported
Imagining if bbc iPlayer just like crashed on Sunday. I’d actually jump off a cliff. And I can’t even watch cwf until I come home from work 😭
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Scott Reid
(@ascottreid) reported
Due to an internal misunderstanding involving some work in the living room the roof aerial is out of commission and I’m furiously trying to get an indoor aerial going. Otherwise, look forward to my Eurovision thoughts five minutes behind everyone else via the iPlayer. 😭
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Dr. Benjamin Caradoc 🇺🇦
(@BongoDawson) reported
@ScrtDrugAddict I heard Lean on Me by Bill Withers on the radio earlier and thought "I can play that". I got home from work and went in the shower, put on iPlayer and the first podcast that came on was how to play Lean on me. Spooky. I then learnt it. Nothing to do with your comment. Carry on.
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Claire Phillips
(@DocClaireP) reported
@aelbroon Well bbc iplayer, website and the sounds app seem to have been rendered absolutely unusable. With multiple sign ins required etc... we'll keep you signed in... yeah right. 😡
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john miller
(@johnmiller1948) reported
Watching 'The Responder' on #iPlayer. good to see #RitaTushingham still working. Quality doesn't go away. It lingers just like a taste of honey.
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Trump won by a lot
(@suchwinningwow) reported
@danidotx The beeb let me register a TV license from a random address I visited in Thornton Heath, so I can watch stuff on the iPlayer now. Didn't think it would work but it did, lol.
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Dei Hughes
(@hughesdei) reported
@alexa_chung "EPISODIC MOBILITY PROBLEMS" SOUNDS A LOT LIKE A EUPHEMISM FOR WHEN IT TAKES EIGHT PHONE CALLS TO BOOK AN AMBULANCE ON FRIDAY THE 13TH, BECAUSE "A TECHNICAL REASON" FORCES SIGNUP TO IPLAYER TWICE AND SERIES LINKS "THE TERROR" ON BBC N. IRELAND. DELTA FORCE FAILS PSYCHOPATHY TEST.
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(@f4gr1d) reported
@BBCiPlayer @xboxuk why does bbc iPlayer not work on any of my Xbox’s?
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allanrob
(@allanrob) reported
@DoctorWhoHugh @tvukzone iPlayer website though a UK based VPN. Might work.
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Ewan McFadden
(@ewanmcfadden) reported
@BBCSPORTNI Been enjoying great NW200 coverage on iplayer this morning, but it seems to have disappeared now! Can you help?
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Lauren 🇳🇱🇸🇪🇮🇹
(@Lauren140601) reported
@jenjencatcat It should work on iPlayer for you, they stream it on the BBC Three channel online
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queeninthenørth
(@Queen_int_North) reported
Been watching the series on iPlayer about Ernest Hemingway. What an absolute horror of a man. What is it about creative people that they get away with being so awful?
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Navaleye
(@Navaleye1) reported
@toryboypierce @BBC I don't watch the BBC as I've detuned my TV and deleted iPlayer. Next month, I will watch only catch up programmes and if it's practical I will cancel my TV licence. Goodbye truly awful BBC
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Crash
(@CrashFan03) reported
@NoContextBrits I'm pretty sure this warning either isn't real or might have been an error. I just looked on iplayer and got no such warning
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huw
(@jonsie) reported
As much as I love the BBC, iPlayer is terrible and it's annoying they keep comedy podcasts on their app for a month, restricting my favourite player
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Lee_sk
(@Leejp03) reported
@WorldSeniors The sound on Bbc iplayer is awful. Commentators are loud and the crucible is muffled.
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Blot
(@TJA_evonet) reported
@SkyHelpTeam Hi Michelle, I only have the app loaded on one iPad in the whole house. Even when switching off WiFi on all other devices, Sky go drops out or freezes all the time. I don’t have any problems watching other platforms such as BBC Iplayer 🤷🏼
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Hannah McLachlan
(@Angel_McLachlan) reported
Anyone else having problems on the iPlayer with clips of Its A Sin’s sound just randomly cutting out 🤔
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name
(@lefunnylol) reported
@loverneIson strange. i havent noticed much errors on the iplayer stream. im not paying attention to it very much though lol
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lars / kit !! 🫧
(@FE4RorL0VE) reported
why are bbc iplayer’s subtitles so ****,, they’re literally the worst subtitles i’ve ever seen what.