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iPlayer Outage Map

The map below depicts the most recent cities worldwide where iPlayer users have reported problems and outages. If you are having an issue with iPlayer, make sure to submit a report below

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The heatmap above shows where the most recent user-submitted and social media reports are geographically clustered. The density of these reports is depicted by the color scale as shown below.

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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 Affected Locations

Outage reports and issues in the past 15 days originated from:

Location Reports
London, England 8
Sheffield, England 3
Tower Hamlets, England 2
Southwark, England 2
Glasgow, Scotland 2
Bihać, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
Reykjavík, Höfuðborgarsvæði 2
Manchester, England 2
Hengoed, Wales 1
Poplar, England 1
York, England 1
Montrose, Scotland 1
Callington, England 1
Newquay, England 1
Aberystwyth, Wales 1
Cathedral City, CA 1
Kidderminster, England 1
Nottingham, England 1
Folkestone, England 1
Cardiff, Wales 1
Purley, England 1
Omagh, Northern Ireland 1
Glenealy, Leinster 1
Narni, Umbria 1
Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1
Dover, England 1
Birkenhead, England 1
Daventry, England 1
Birmingham, England 1
Liverpool, England 1

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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • lavo_afc meg (@lavo_afc) reported

    Where can I watch TV series for free online? Preferably The Apprentice but iPlayer doesn’t work in Ireland. 👀

  • thshksshkuhd Tyeoyeowgehe (@thshksshkuhd) reported

    @DrWhoSpace beating Shaun the Sheep, Michael McIntyre’s show, Blankety Blank, etc etc. i love doctor who but it’s iplayer streams really are quite terrible this festive period.

  • jthomaspolitics Jamie Thomas (@jthomaspolitics) reported

    Anyone else having trouble with Iplayer saying they're not in the UK? No VPN, have restarted computer, my IP is registered as being in the UK

  • AnaVK 𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝕮𝖚𝖓𝖙 ⎊ (@AnaVK) reported

    @eveningxlight Ffs I’ve missed it live again too! The iplayer app doesn’t work on my TV so imma have to go in the office and watch it, which means I have to get back to work 😤 imma be angry with you xoxo

  • cgm77 Chris Moar (@cgm77) reported

    Anyone else having problems getting the tennis through Iplayer ?

  • fjr271 Fraser Reid (@fjr271) reported

    @Dilog @BBCSport Am I missing something? I can't see it on iplayer and when you press the red button it doesn't work either..

  • tennisontelly Tennis on telly 🎾📺🇬🇧 (@tennisontelly) reported

    @mooney_angie My choice would be: BBC🔴 if you want the least delay but low picture quality. FreeSports for HD but will come with ads. BBC iPlayer for good picture quality but a delay. TennisOne if you're on the go, or want to support the new little fish in the big pond.

  • PPVLevi Levi (@PPVLevi) reported

    any good VPNs that work on iplayer.

  • DanH070192 Daniel H (@DanH070192) reported

    The tourist on iplayer was very very good. Wish I could be in a car crash and forget who I am and just start again ....haha.

  • mrdaztaylor Daz T💙 (@mrdaztaylor) reported

    @EarlyDoorsClips @jackstow Any idea where we can stream the full episodes? IPlayer link doesn’t work. @BritBox_UK do you have it?

  • SamanthaVNorman Samantha Norman (@SamanthaVNorman) reported from Sheringham, England

    @tennisontelly Iplayer stream not working currently, is anyone else having this issue?

  • AnnieEaves Annie Eaves (@AnnieEaves) reported

    Scratch that, thought it was on iPlayer, and it’s actually Sky Cinema, and we can’t get anytime on the box in this room because we have two Sky dishes and these are first world problems and I can’t be arsed moving rooms.

  • Jordi1954 Lynn Carter (@Jordi1954) reported

    @JudyMurray @BBCSport Having trouble getting it on BBC iplayer - so annoying!

  • SMctoot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿La Ragazza Scozzese🇮🇹 (@SMctoot) reported

    @the_LTA @andy_murray @BBCSport Except there’s a problem watching it on iplayer. Good grief

  • jonesy2506 Ian (@jonesy2506) reported

    Anyone else's bbc iplayer stopped working on there samsung phone, was ideal in work.

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