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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 (43%)
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Sign in (24%)
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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:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Haverfordwest |
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| Towcester |
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| Luton |
Crashing | |
| Dorchester |
Playback Issues | |
| Huddersfield |
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| Stockton-on-Tees |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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GG 🇾🇪🇾🇪 (what’s a final? 😁)
(@_gloryglory1) reported
@Manhattan_TV iPlayer still not working properly on the T3R
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Natalie Hargrave
(@nathargrave) reported
@S4C Should be fine then! No problem, will try directly through iPlayer. Diolch yn fawr iawn
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He had a health potion
(@therobotfrom94) reported
@vmprbt @unamipatch I think the issue is I filled in the no licence needed form when I moved in but then later on we watched iplayer so technically i did break the rules
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Paul Kesterton
(@PaulKesterton) reported
@itvhub Your streaming service via ITVHub is dreadful. Trying to watch the England - Poland game and it just keeps freezing. Never an issue with Netflix, Prime or iPlayer. It’s a good job the illegal stream works fine.
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Joanna
(@Joanna13071726) reported
@itsandrewhj BBC/iplayer's out, cancelled my TV licence last year. I'm retired from nursing but my family and some friends are all health professionals and I'm clued up on the whole situation, I believe Covid's serious and the gov. have done their best to safeguard us from the worst effects.
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WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
(@JANUSZCZAK) reported
@GingertrevTrev @sharonacross @tigerwa81 This is a big structural rebuild. Can't see them budging. BBC4 becomes a repeats channel. BBC3 gets the new lolly. BBC2 takes on the arts, and runs them down. IPlayer plays the old art films. The big problem here - no one at the BBC loves art.
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Ben Cropper
(@croppersports) reported
from
Leeds, England
@gelventri @BBCSounds Never really got to grips with @BBCSounds, much preferred the iPlayer Radio app, a lot more user friendly. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
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Dennis Cattell
(@DennisCattell) reported
@CuriousNat_ @redqueen76 @dieselkeds If you search on BBC iPlayer for 'Vincent And The Doctor' you shouldn't have any trouble in locating and watching it, and no, no knowledge of episodes before or after it would be required!
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darren rogers
(@dazmcrogers) reported
@itvhub quite simply does not work. Given up now. Sticking to Netflix and iplayer which work well. As does my5 and channel 4s.
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Harry The Whovian
(@harrythewhovian) reported
@jameswhovian The worst part is they're all on YouTube so you're just paying for the episodes (which are also on iplayer for free in the UK).
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amy✨🌹
(@amysxvxn) reported
who was gonna tell me good trouble was on iPlayer then
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Raffi
(@RaffiNoName) reported
@DrKevorkO Damn "BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it’s due to rights issues."
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S4C 🏴
(@S4C) reported
@nathargrave Hi Natalie, do you have a Sky Q or a Sky HD box? Subtitles are available, but there may be an issue with downloaded programmes on the iPlayer on the Sky platform. If you go to the iPlayer directly, rather than downloading the programme, then subtitles are available on the series.
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RobotEggman
(@robotmaths) reported
@PynchonInPublic On iPlayer for another week. Better quality and watch anytime.
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Pat Yale
(@patyale) reported
@paulclammer Sounds like complete muddle w/RT of BBC Three at same time! Yet STILL BBC won't allow Brits resident overseas to buy a licence to use iplayer citing ludicrous "rights" issues in what might look like obvious win-win situation.
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British Rowing
(@BritishRowing) reported
@KatB1978 No problem... 📺The semi-finals will be shown on the Red Button, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website on Saturday, 10 April and the finals on Sunday, 11 April on BBC2
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Harry The Whovian
(@harrythewhovian) reported
@jameswhovian The worst part is there all on YouTube so you're just paying for the episodes (which are also on iplayer for free in the UK).
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jamie Winter
(@jay_winter) reported
@SamsungUK just spent 1 hour on the phone to your tech team being passed around trying to remove the bbc iplayer app and others like Samsung health from my tv. They weren’t able to help so it would be great to speak to a developer that can. Thanks!
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Kriegler
(@shooterkriegler) reported
@TheWizardOfIce Never seen Third Man (but will this weekend on iPlayer)- obviously the other two are owned. It's not a problem for me, I don't watch live telly. But for some poor sod it would have been a real headscratcher. Can't you show a bit of empathy for others, you heartless ****?
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MYS
(@yasmuhammedh) reported
@virginmedia I'm unable to open YouTube application in TiVo box. Other applications (i.e. Netflix, iPlayer) are working fine. I tried the network reset as well. Can you pls help?
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Stephen Tilley
(@stephenrtilley) reported
@helenczerski I rarely watch “live” tele but BBC 4 is my main port of call on iPlayer and guide. Mainly have to use iPlayer because of endless totp. Hopefully the same quality of programming will continue
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Wendy
(@Wendy_PriEdu) reported
@deputygrocott Demon headmaster? Loose link but might work and the series is on iplayer at the moment x
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Dan Potter
(@Huffy1001) reported
HuffyTechStuff: If you have issues connectin’ to BBC iPlayer on your Mobile in the UK you don’t have to remove your VPN just press the i button next to your VPN and turn off Connect on Demand you then should be able to access BBC iPlayer👍
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Progressive Federalist Party #FBPA #FBPR
(@ProgFedParty) reported
@Zobyismyname If they made iPlayer work like Netflix in terms of payments/subscription, it would be as popular as anything else. Problem is keeping BBC tied to households/postcodes, with TV Licence payments being a massive pain to set up/change. Easy monthly payments, and hey presto
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Noel Currid
(@NoelCurrid) reported
@sbasdeo1 A few years ago, I read a Tory MP proposed that in exchange for the licence fee the BBC should put everything they had ever broadcast on iPlayer. However, I guess that would show how far standards and quality have fallen.
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Mark Egan 🇮🇪
(@EgoEire) reported
@KeithMillsD7 @willgoodbody I had the previous version of it, the RTE and Channel 4 players work grand on it as do most media apps installed on your phone but could never get the BBC iplayer to work when their geoblock was upped
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TheCat'sMother
(@Duchess_taylor) reported
@BigBenInLondon @ComicDaveSmith Yes, I use a vpn. Seems to work, as it thinks I'm in London. I'm not, and the BBC says I live abroad. It is irritating having to turn it off to watch iPlayer.
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Socrates1882
(@Socrates1882) reported
I feel like I have watched all the content. There is no film, no series that I want to watch. Netflix, Amazon, Disney, iPlayer, More 4 ..... I have considered everything on there and I have either watched it or don’t want to. I realise these are very much first world problems.
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Robert Frame
(@hiaw61) reported
@virginmedia Every evening I use streaming and it times out and I called Virgin to order a WiFi Pod but was unable to I was put through to the technical but no answer. Also when I go to use Netflix or iPlayer etc I says there is a problem so I have to turn off the box and then reboot
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Paigey
(@_bpaigeyu) reported
@SMSpursJL Women are way more likely to go to a doctors and seek help, or at least talk to their families about it. There is a really good documentary on BBC 1/iplayer called Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency which really shows the problem with it.