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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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Playback Issues (63%)
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Buffering (26%)
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Crashing (9%)
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Sign in (3%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 City of London |
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| Manchester |
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| Oldbury |
Playback Issues | |
| Glasgow |
Buffering | |
| Slough |
Playback Issues | |
| Feltham |
Playback Issues |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Joseph Jack Fitzsimmons
(@JoeJackFitz) reported
Hurts me to say it but BBC iPlayer has better quality films than Netflix.
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NiamhsDaddy🎅🏻⛄🎄🏴
(@NiamhsDaddy) reported
@fiona_wyse It's on iPlayer if you want better quality (they showed it a few weeks ago as part of the UC birthday night)
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lucy
(@svtsIjh) reported
home from work and the match isn’t on iplayer or FAplayer yet going to cry
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Enough
(@Enough2766) reported
@Reblou3Rebecca 1/2 Why not re-watch Ellie on the iPlayer, I just have I think that being fair, there is a total lack of fluidity, little movement Nowhere near what she produced last week Was she the very worst of the Night, then again in fairness, no she wasn't .....
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James Gosnold and 3198 others
(@JamesGoz) reported
@markwilsonit @SamsungUK Yeah they are really dodgy with that. I remember some years back & one evening I had some trouble reaching BBC iPlayer & Netflix apps - but when I tried from laptop etc those services were fine. Turns out Samsung had the outage and all your viewing is routed through them 👍
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Shoe Bill
(@ShoeBil11417412) reported
@BBCSpringwatch @BBCTwo Missed the latest round of Autumn Watch due to having to work. Tried to get it on iPlayer but only 2 episodes available. Were there only 2 episodes? if not, where are the rest?
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gurpreet 🫧
(@grprtrl) reported
i’m logged into my bbc iplayer on my sisters telly and she tends to put on my niece’s baby shows on there and so to not make it disturb my feed she made a profile for the baby on my account so whenever i login it shows a separate profile for her and it makes me wanna cry
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J E N N A 🇺🇦
(@In_Tents) reported
I need to go back to work. I’ve fallen down a BBC iPlayer rabbit hole and I can’t climb out
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David Goodhart
(@David_Goodhart) reported
from
Camden Town, England
Always a mistake engaging with @DenisMacShane he comes with a trail of weepy remainers telling you how much better France is! Ok then please help me improve my French by telling me how I can turn off the subtitles on the French cop show Spiral on BBC iPlayer
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GinhawkNo1
(@GinHawkNo1) reported
@kejamieson_ watched the whole thing on iplayer...ACDC and Desert Warfare...awesome mix that shouldn't work but i bloody loved it!!
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Robbo
(@Robbo130) reported
@RTS_media @BBCRosAtkins @BBCOne Thank goodness for the iPlayer. Awful they don’t show it at an earlier time.
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Creative Wales
(@CreativeWales) reported
Six new trainees have been given an opportunity to work with @SevernScreen on this project which airs on BBC One & iPlayer in 2023.
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Arabella Weir 💙
(@ArabellaWeir) reported
So, we - Two Doors Down, BBC2, 9th Nov 10pm - ARE back I am NOT able to share a clip because I am too old to work out how...it would appear. Maybe you can see it on @iplayer - the BBC know what they're doing despite being older than me...just.
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Jamie Yates
(@mrjamieyates) reported
Watch episode 1 of the Wales doc on iPlayer. I think we all need to buy in to a long hard overhaul like they did. Work bloody hard together and rebuild from scratch. *spoiler but have tissues to hand for the end. #GarySpeed💙
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Ria's version 🧣🇰🇪
(@14thGunner) reported
@ArsenalWFC @BarclaysWSL THE FACT THAT IM MISSING THIS WHOLE MATCH SINCE I CAN'T FIND A DAMN STREAM 😭😭😭😭😭 BBC iPlayer and FA Player doesn't work cause I'm not in the UK and i don't have a VPN
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Raymond Russell 2000
(@raymierussell) reported
Dislike stuff that seems arbitrary in tech. ITV Hub is no longer supported on my Smart TV. However STV Player, YouTube 4K, Netflix 4K, All4, MY5, UKTVPlay, iPlayer (which I don't use for license reasons) all still work. STV player doesn't give access to ITV2,ITV3 & ITV4 catchup.
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Gareth Remblance
(@megabreakfast) reported
@BBC @BBCOne @bbcstrictly How come when we stream BBC One online it looks awful? But if we watch a program back on iPlayer after, we get it in HD. Why can't we stream live the same quality as watching BBC One HD?
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Liam BHC/EST
(@Yungliam_5) reported
@sarahxbhc BBC IPlayer should work if it’s not accessible in your country just use a VPN
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K.J. Pomfret
(@KJPomfret) reported
@sunnyright @IMAO_ I can never get my damn VPN to work so I can watch BBC iPlayer. Wish they did a subscription for international users…I would pay way too much for that
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PARODY Elon PARODY Musk PARODY Blood PARODY Money
(@KittyCatOfBorg) reported
@waddy246 @MartinSLewis @Investment4Adam The adverts work if you engage with the product, but they can't tell if I have watched, or listened to an ad. The TV licence also only applies for live TV, and iPlayer. So if you never watch/record live TV, you don't need a licence.
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JK
(@tea_dregs) reported
Shame #itv Hub (and presumably "ITVX") player has been deprecated on some TVs and PVRs. Oddly, BBC iPlayer and several others still manage to work just fine.
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Jason Gorman
(@jasongorman) reported
@ArabellaWeir @iplayer I'll be watching regardless, even if I have to crawl over broken glass. Or jelly. Preferably jelly.
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Gavin
(@GavinAXYZ) reported
@kasey__moore It is absolutely crazy that I need 3-4 different devices to watch all the apps I want in the UK! I think only Netflix and iPlayer seem to have figured out that you need to be everywhere to be successful. I’d have added YouTube to the list but they have had issues with Amazon.
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Martin
(@bovybadlad1) reported
iPlayer you really are rubbish. If i could watch one episode of anything with sound all the way through or without the " there seems to be an issue please try later" it would be amazing. Netflix Prime no issues just the BBC who take money and give rubbish in return
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Ali llama
(@ahllamallama) reported
@RokuSupport Hi, it’s just the all4 app. Iplayer and Netflix both working ok. Just checked again and it still has the same error for all4. Thanks!
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matt smith emmy campaigner
(@wenbbilliams) reported
This is the only quality version I can find without going directly on iPlayer why is "YOU CAN'T EVEN SINK THE TITANIC" not a HD meme reaction?
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David Goodhart
(@David_Goodhart) reported
from
Camden Town, England
@olliedewis Incredibly thoughtful of you thanks v much. It is annoying that you can’t do anything about subtitles on iPlayer, I also tried reducing them in size so they are too small to read but that doesn’t work either!
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JK
(@tea_dregs) reported
@itvhubhelp how come iPlayer and others still manage to work OK on older kit? Aren't your software devs as good as theirs?
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Greg Gibbs
(@Gibbo1888) reported
@BBCiPlayer @virginmedia is there an issue as I can't get the iplayer to work on our TV via the app on the virgin box? Thanks
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Ciaran McGhie
(@ciaran128) reported
Every time I try to catch motd when I'm not at a TV I get mad at the iPlayer's streaming quality all over again. It's always fine on TV apps but on desktop/mobile apps it's just appalling. ...why?