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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 (30%)
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Sign in (29%)
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Playback Issues (22%)
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Crashing (19%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Norwich |
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| Ilford |
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| Gloucester |
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| Oakham |
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| London |
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| London |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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GGZii Social
(@GGZiiSocial) reported
BBC Iplayer is such poor quality.
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NP Loyal
(@np_loyal) reported
@Buddymk11 Got this afternoons games on iplayer now but just seen ee having issues with Amazon devices maybe
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Freesat
(@freesat_tv) reported
@quotesuk Hi, many apologies but there is an on going issue with BBC iPlayer not currently working on some of the Humax boxes. We are working closely with the BBC to identify the cause of the issue and to get this resolved as quickly as possible.
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Vicky
(@VoCoch) reported
Just finished work and I forgot to record the football so I've missed the first half and you can only watch live on iPlayer, not from the start, so I'm not happy about this. But that scoreline is a beauty! Come on, Redmen! #LFC #FACupSemiFinal
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Morgan Dalton
(@Mog666) reported
It's a good job I have plenty of devices available to me because iplayer tends to be broken on most of them.
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Peter Cryptocherty 🆙
(@jackdirect244) reported
@ANerdNamedJerry A tv license is from the BBC. To watch any broadcast tv (from an aerial) or to watch streaming from bbc Iplayer. This is 2022 so nobody under 50 even uses that ****. But the issue is that….
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Freesat
(@freesat_tv) reported
@ianrobertsLLB Hi, many apologies for the on going BBC iPlayer issue that is currently affecting a number of Humax boxes. We are working closely with the BBC to identify the cause of the issue and to get this resolved as quickly as possible.
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mikkel(retired)🏴☠️
(@boctorgel) reported
does vpn on the bbc iplayer actually work or
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Lou
(@littlestshowkid) reported
from
Bolton, England
Watching Anything Goes before work (thank you BBC Iplayer) & managed to time it so the act 1 finale tap number ended as I had to leave for work. Now for an 8 hr 'interval' & then act 2.
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Jonathan Melia
(@JonathanMelia1) reported
@EE Zoom not working. Amazon Firestick not working. Can get BBC iplayer and Netflix on my tablet as well as Spotify, but had to cancel three online tutorials I was scheduled to give. Not happy...
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Amber Wilkinson
(@NinjaWorrier) reported
Anyone else having BBC iPlayer problems recently? Mine stalling like mad on my LGTV at the mo. Took the app off and put it back on again, which seemed to work but now it's at it again.
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🌻 💙🌻💙🌻
(@SaekoKiller) reported
@callikitson @MetroUK It also doesn’t help that the BBC never seem to settle on a regular time for it. Yes, I know ppl can catch up on iplayer, but some of us quite like watching at the same time once a week.
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Dene91
(@91denec) reported
the #gazza documentary on iplayer is so crazy to think how talented he was, injuries to personal problems to that **** head piers morgan.sad really.....
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marco
(@marconftw) reported
BBC iplayer got better movies than Netflix. How does that even work?
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ness
(@loguevanessa) reported
i’ve been watching a series called couples therapy on iplayer. i really really wonder why some of these couples haven’t broken up already, they are soooo sick of each other
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EmmaLovesLFC 🔴⚪️
(@ForeverLFC1892) reported
@KarlThyer Having the same issue with iPlayer
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ValeryP
(@ValeryP) reported
@HumaxUK Still no resolution to the recent issue of iPlayer not working on my Humax box - error code 02001. When trying to follow this up via BBC iPlayer, their webform does not even include Humax boxes as a method of watching their service??
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ahmed
(@ahmxyd) reported
@Tayybs21 s6 isn’t on netflix and iPlayer doesn’t work in Pakistan 😭
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𝓑𝓻𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓽𝓢𝓮𝓪𝓷™️🇮🇪
(@BrexitSeanDyche) reported
The quality of bbc iplayer is ****** horrendous
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Cretaceous Dave 🦖 | #JusticeForWu
(@Cretaceous_Dave) reported
US folks. In order to use BBC One or iPlayer, even if you have a VPN (which works), you need to buy a UK TV License. And I’m not sure if that will work with a mailing address outside the UK. So we’re going to have to wait for the Last Day of Dinosaurs. Bummer.
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tøby 🇷🇸
(@sfctoby) reported
Is the BBC iplayer stream poor quality for anyone else?
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Robert Austin
(@robertaustin96) reported
BBC iPlayer app on Apple TV is ****, shoddy, and buggy to ****. It’s almost as if the license fee doesn’t cover all bases. The worst app I have on my Apple TV.
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Purdy
(@AnthonyPurdy30) reported
Just watched the Gazza doc on iPlayer @BBCMOTD. And just want to say how disgusted I am at how Gazza was destroyed by the media in this country, you lot a the worst scum on the earth. I hope @piersmorgan watches this documentary and actually thinks yeah I am a c**t.
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Stuart Eaton
(@StuartE75) reported
@stream_locator @Nick_Wiggins Any chance of actually fixing this. BBC iPlayer, channel 4 etc all not working.
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Randall Northam
(@RandallNortham) reported
.@bbc and @freesat When are you going to fix iPlayer@?
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Chris Monk
(@ChrisMonk) reported
Gazza on iPlayer. V good documentary but so depressing. It'll cure you of any 90s nostalgia. The football is turgid. Everyone and everything looks terrible. Parasitic characters everywhere.
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mark
(@londoncabbie1) reported
House of maxwell on the iplayer is worth a watch..what an awful family they all were
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Yasmin Syed
(@yasminstefsyed) reported
@underarm_ace God I completely forgot about that nightmare of trying to watch all the courts on iPlayer because it’s such a non-issue on Prime for the rest of the year. I never understand how they’re always so behind on EVERYTHING online
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John Boy
(@JohnCam91195800) reported
from
Glasgow, Scotland
Just watched the Gazza docu on Iplayer. Really sad and maddening to see the impact a lack of loyalty and trust has had on the man. He has his problems, but until you see what he had to put up with, there were definitely hugely contributing outside factors. 😥🤬😤
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DBentoBox
(@D_BentoBox) reported
@CliveMyrieBBC @BBCOne 😢 link is broken and interview not available on iPlayer or BBC Sounds. Pls reinstate.