For more on this, check the How do I use Live Restart? Need more help? Contact us. Browse our help categories Getting Started. About BBC iPlayer and our policies. Getting started with BBC iPlayer. This lets you scroll back through the last seven days of television programmes that have been broadcast and catch-up on shows that you've missed.
Available programmes are highlighted in white text, just click on what you want and start watching. You can also download programmes in HD to watch offline, although if you're using your phone's 3G connection, be wary of exceeding your data allowance.
Live Restart : If streaming live channels, a neat feature of iPlayer is being able to restart most live programmes from the beginning by clicking 'Restart the current programme'. So, even if you come into a programme that's been on for half an hour, you can just reload it to the start.
Search and favourites : If you know the name of the show you want to watch, you can use the search bar to find it. If it's a programme in a series you know you'll want to keep watching, simply click the star icon to save it to your personalised favourites page. Enable subtitles : Most of the BBC's shows can be streamed with subtitles enabled.
However, as covered above, you can download programmes to your device and take them away with you. Downloads usually remain available to watch for 30 days depending on the content , so you can watch them at your leisure. While iPlayer used to hold both radio and televisual content, the two were split - the core iPlayer handles television and BBC Sounds became the place to find all of the BBC's radio channels and podcasts.
Along with streaming stations such as Radio 1 and Radio 2 live, you can dip into the archives to enjoy radio programmes on-demand. Sometimes, BBC iPlayer would have obtained rights for airing the program for only a set period of time like 30 days after it is initially broadcasted.
When it comes to the time at which programs are available on BBC iPlayer, the duration depends on whether the program is live broadcasted, or pre-recorded. In the case of pre-recorded programs such as soaps, dramas, and documentaries, these shows are available immediately after their broadcast comes to end. Rarely, it may take more time for the service to process the program and get it on to the BBC iPlayer platform.
If the program was live broadcasted, or close to being live broadcasted, BBC iPlayer takes a little more time to process the programs. This is because these programs need to be converted into a suitable format in order to be uploaded and publicly distributed on BBC iPlayer. Usually, the availability time for programs that fall under this category, is up to four times the duration of the live programs. Examples of programs like these are Question Time, Mock the Week, and sports programs.
The BBC will be allowed to keep programmes on its iPlayer service for up to a year after they are first broadcast rather than the current 30 days, in an attempt to help the corporation compete with Netflix. Under the current system, the first episode of a popular series often vanishes from iPlayer before the final programme has been shown, meaning there is no option to watch an entire series as a box set.
The availability of individual programmes on iPlayer may rely on negotiations with the independent production companies that make shows for the BBC.
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