BBC iPlayer Radio Reviews

by British Booklover

I wish the Radio 4 Extra app would tell me how many episodes there are in a series. I was listening to the eighth episode of The Wide Sargasso Sea, which is started thinking eight episodes would be all of them. Apparently not. But there's nothing to tell me when I can hear the others. I should have checked online where they say 4 out of 5, or whatever it is. Then I know not to start listening until they're all available. Can you do something about this?
Just listened to Billy Liar, which on auto play played episode 5 (the last) before episode 4. Since there's no intro to each episode, I didn't know until I'd already heard the end and episode 4 began. SO ANNOYING!!!

by MadCityJim

BBCiPlayerRadio works fine. You can set a series to auto play so books will play through all the episodes.

I listen to a variety of shows and I have to remember which shows I listen to and then search for them. BBCiPlayerRadio needs a favorites list(s) so you can save shows into playlists.

It would also be good to have automatic downloads of shows

by Harry MacGuffin

BBCiPlayerRadio is good and I'd like to use as my go-to for radio esp when driving, but how to I stop Welsh language progs from coming up when playing topics like "documentaries" etc?? I CANNOT understand a word of it and it almost causes a car crash every time I try to skip past these progs when driving.

by Llr1284

I wish the UK would just get it together and allow us Americans to have a TV license, at least some kind of license for web and app viewing and listening. I would happily pay to get the channels and full apps. This is a good app, and I’m really happy to have it, but I’d pay for the full app if they would let us have it.

by Franj1

Get app, great for catching up on shows from the US - really wish there was Chromecast functionality on iPhone - seems from the BBCs website that this should worth but the option never appears! Be great if it did!

by A77z99s409

Would be perfect if could work in picture in picture and alarm could be set by day without requiring to stay on the screen. Also consider moving screensaver for static screens when radio or clock is on.

by SxSzwast

Even though the US version of this only does radio (no TV) it is still a great app. It would be an fantastic app if it worked with CarPlay in the US the way it does in the UK. I’d even pay for this if it worked with CarPlay in the US.

by ❤ 

BBCiPlayerRadio is pretty good, but it’s missing some obvious features: for example, there’s no way to mark things you want to listen to later. So much good content though. I use it every night.

by Mr. Swerve On

Love it. Thank you so much. Would be great to be able to favorite shows for easier access and for song titles to display in car but otherwise it’s perfect.

by SenecaApplejuce

I want to be able to keep a list of my favorite shows instead of trying to remember all of them in my head.

by Rickfromearth

I love BBCiPlayerRadio, great for news, & music, but there are a few features that I think would make it better.
I wish you had the ability to follow shows, instead of having to search for the programs you like every time. I also wish that we could download their music programs for offline listening. I realize that could bring up copyright issues, but if they added DRM & made the downloads temporary like other services do, it would take BBCiPlayerRadio to another level

by William526375

In China, we can install BBCiPlayerRadio itself, while we can not make it play unless we resort to a proxy or a vpn, which is also made difficult for us to acquire by the Government.
I wish this issue would be sorted out in the future, cause it is a good service that you really want to keep.

by Burma Pig

Better than any other radio application. Work well in low signal strength and it no need to press play button. Other classified sections are useful for learning English and English as a second language countries.

by Krtunes

Like the design, most screens can be navigated with one hand. Would appreciate if the kill button on top right can be replaced with the regular left to right swipe gesture.

by No Problems.

Listening to real World News mornings and evenings in the car is a must for me.
On weekends, Billy Sloan on Radio Scotland is essential music listening.
Thanks Beeb, one of my favourite apps.