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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.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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.

  • 29% Sign in (29%)
  • 29% Playback Issues (29%)
  • 23% Buffering (23%)
  • 19% Crashing (19%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Manchester Buffering 15 hours ago
Cheltenham Sign in 1 day ago
Truro Playback Issues 1 day ago
London Playback Issues 2 days ago
Croydon Buffering 2 days ago
Wrexham Buffering 9 days ago
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Wee_Westie29
    Westie (@Wee_Westie29) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Alfie leaving to visit Spencer. Hopefully he brings him back with him. As for Jake, he can’t keep hiding what he did to Danny forever. Also it looks like Jake maybe getting cold feet about Chrissie. But he wants to fix things #Eastenders

  • DGroundhopper
    Drunken Groundhopper (@DGroundhopper) reported

    @liam_barnett @BBCiPlayer Yeh im with you on this, cut the fighting out and we have a safe environment, but unfortunately people see the ultra culture as the problem, I know lots of folk that hate what they do, like I say, cut the trouble out and it'll ve fantastic

  • TomTomlewis063
    Tom (@TomTomlewis063) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Please get rid of Johnny, the actor is terrible.

  • lyncey_gilbe
    lyncey 🇬🇧 yorkshire 💋 (@lyncey_gilbe) reported

    @RyanSoapKing25 @BBCiPlayer Definitely Kim! Westbrook is awful

  • joanne_sansome
    Joanne Sansome (@joanne_sansome) reported

    @StephenNolan @JonBurrowsMLA @BBCiPlayer I thought the graphic design animation was a good piece, nice work …poorly insulted imo

  • chazul11
    wbd (@chazul11) reported

    @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer What we’re dealing with is a woke academic who is again using this falsehood toxic masculinity! These are yobs and the problem is ultras and the entitlement of Celtic football club who due to victimhood believe they can do what they want and the issue is the reaction only

  • RebekahWM
    Rebekah (@RebekahWM) reported

    Making us miss seeing our Ilia live in the figure skating! BBC is the worst service on tv!! 😡 @BBCiPlayer #BBC @BBCSport

  • oldschool454
    Tom Parker (@oldschool454) reported

    @SamsungUK Please can you tell my why I keep getting error code 02100 when trying to play @BBCiPlayer on my Samsung TV? I have googled problem and done every suggested fix with no success. Please help!!

  • takethe_highway
    BrummieGirl (@takethe_highway) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Its soap. Actors leave, characters move on etc. But if you want this pair to work these guys and the writing are gonna have to work on selling it a lot better than is currently happening.

  • _lg_1972
    .. (@_lg_1972) reported

    @EnglandRugby @BBCiPlayer We are terrible. What do we practice aside from kick chase ? Our passing is atrocious

  • TheeTayRiahStan
    𝓚𝓿𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓱 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓮𝔂🦋✨️ (@TheeTayRiahStan) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Worst storyline of all time

  • ItsKempy_
    𝕀𝕥𝕤𝕂𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕪! (@ItsKempy_) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer He is an awful character already! Can't stand him

  • FIWCHAMP09
    Adam (@FIWCHAMP09) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Ravi and Mark could work together to take them down, Why does Mark want to be involved in dealing? Need to meet their boss soon Vincent or Fatboy

  • PaulaRossi47
    Paula m (@PaulaRossi47) reported

    @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer I don't watch @BBCMOTD any more it's awful

  • BennyH391512
    Benny H (@BennyH391512) reported

    @bbcquestiontime @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Perhaps making it clear what conditions it does and doesn’t treat would help And having a 🇫🇷 style insurance system

  • martyep74
    Martyep74 (@martyep74) reported

    @StephenNolan @nipsa @BBCiPlayer P/2 👉 people getting into debt because of errors, cases of people having to pay back housing benefit because mysteriously the HB money disappeared during the migration, so SOMEONE or some landlord/gvrmt body has got extra money by forcing the Tennant to pay instead of

  • Angusrockstar1
    Andymacc26 (@Angusrockstar1) reported

    @StephenNolan @DHamill2004 @BBCiPlayer The problem is in their own community.

  • TraceyW83194634
    TJW (@TraceyW83194634) reported

    @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer God help this country really hope reform can save it

  • SilentHitoshura
    Paul R (@SilentHitoshura) reported

    @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer Invading the pitch isn’t the issue, the retaliation from Huns was the issue. 100% of the blame like with the Ibrox club and they need to do better in the future

  • georgespence1
    George Spence (@georgespence1) reported

    @BBCMOTD @BBCiPlayer That screeching woman commentator on Arsenal game would do your ears in. Had to turn the sound off. Terrible from @BBCSport women are not compatible with the men's game.

  • RonanGKelly
    Ronan Kelly (@RonanGKelly) reported

    @bbcnipress @StephenNolan @BBCiPlayer I have no problem with this new series being promoted. However, it is grossly unfair that most independent productions don’t get the same level of promotion either online or on-air. So why they don’t speak out? Well, it’s probably because they fear the consequences of doing so.

  • thenightswstch
    Will (@thenightswstch) reported

    @StephenNolan @DHamill2004 @BBCiPlayer Dermot just summed up the problem quite clearly there without even realising what he just done.

  • musomusings
    Sara Foster (@musomusings) reported

    @EnarialP @Helen_Barnard @BBCiPlayer They do need to work on their algorithms though - if I’m about to watch a film about Emily Brontë, do I really want to see a trailer for FA Cup coverage?

  • RyanSoapKing25
    Ryan Glendenning ✨ (@RyanSoapKing25) reported

    @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer The Lauren and Penny scenes have been great recently. I hope Lauren does end up buying the Car Lot. Jay should've never have sold it in the first place and that's something he would never do if he was still here. Can't wait for Lauren & Priya to work together. #EastEnders

  • huttmore37
    lesley (@huttmore37) reported

    @StephenNolan @BBCiPlayer What’s even worse, our carers had their pay rise postponed yet expected to continue to work. Considering how broken the HSC is it would have been more appropriate that they were paid. More carers, better retention with better pay, fewer patients blocking beds unable to go home.

  • hellosunshine52
    Elle 🌸🗽 (@hellosunshine52) reported

    @BBCiPlayer could you please stop including the result in the headline of the Olympics segments on iPlayer? There is little point in watching after work when you spoil it. Please stop doing this urgently. It’s bad enough the way you edit the segments. Stop spoiling the events.

  • KevWrigley
    Kev Wrigley (@KevWrigley) reported

    @Woodarmyfc @I_amMukhtar @BBCiPlayer no mate, you're just being ridiculous. Not every person at the BBC is a scumbag **** apologist. But in taking that myopic attitude you've ended up making assumptions using the worst example, one of the key people in Savilles downfall. Stop being weird

  • BertSnazzle
    Ralph Snazzle (@BertSnazzle) reported

    Time for let’s see how many hours it takes @BBCiPlayer to sign in tonight 🙄

  • PatelShant84519
    Shantilal Patel (@PatelShant84519) reported

    @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer I get my present and I still could not get a place the council wouldn’t help me. I was on road for two weeks, but yet these people come in and they get a nice four star hotel three 3 meal a day what a ******* joke

  • Mill01234565
    Paul Miller (@Mill01234565) reported

    @bbcdebatenight @BBCSounds @BBCiPlayer No one, I saw, mentions the amount of people using their own money to go private. But governments UK and Scottish spend more time dealing with ideological or minority issues. Whether its SNP or Labour we are being let down and we seem happy to vote for the muppets letting us down