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  • Constant streaming glitches, including on live

    Watching ‘live’ the NY2020 Doctor Who right now, and the stream shifted back to the very beginning of the first episode of the 13th Doctor. This happens almost every single ad break on regular streaming, and it’s infuriating. In addition, every single time I open BBCA I’m forced to login, and sometimes I’ll be halfway though program and it will reset and force me to login again, even though I did 30 minutes before, Your app is practically useless. And it certainly was useless to watch the new Doctor Who this evening.
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  • Horrible

    Updating because 1. The chromecast option still isn’t working 2. The glitches in this thing are terrible. Watching an episode when all of a sudden it freezes and then re starts you from the beginning! And trying to fast forward to get back to where you were is frustrating when it only gives you the 15sec forward option. 3. If you leave the app and come back to it, it doesn’t let you start from where you left off. Although it does give you the option to, it still just starts you from the beginning again.
    This app is just frustrating and horrible to use overall
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  • Um, what?

    The app was working great for me, and I wanted to watch Doctor Who because I missed about 9 minutes of the first episode of season 11. I searched up Doctor Who (because it didn’t show up on the main page), and it only had extras. Maybe it’s because they just started season 11? If that’s the case, I’m willing to try it out, but I jut hope it doesn’t disappoint...
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  • Glitches galore

    Started off liking this app, but every single time I try logging in the app crashes. When I was able to log in and watch a show, if I tried fast forwarding the app would go backwards to the last commercial break. Also, when you want to watch something like Top Gear, you'd figure they'd list the most recent episode first...nope. "We figured we didn't make you work hard enough to get into the app...try finding the exact episode you want out of a messy drop down menu." Good luck to whoever tries this app out.
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  • Can’t even watch a show!

    When I try to watch Killing eve it just buffers. It never starts. Every other streaming app that I watch on my phone works just fine.

    Adding to my previous review with the fact that they remove their biggest show from the app. For real? Season 2 of killing eve is all “extras only.” Wow! I downloaded it again to give it a shot and try to watch it. And now all of the episodes are gone. Probably the worst app experience I have ever had.
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  • Apple TV App Crashes at Every Break

    I can’t speak to the other versions of this app, but the Apple TV version crashes at every ad break. On the plus side, I don’t have to see any ads, but that’s outweighed by the annoyance of having to restart my program all the time. It’s fine otherwise.
  • Dysfunctional

    I got this app to binge Killing Eve. If I’m lucky, it goes thru an entire episode without just spontaneously closing the app. I’m not particularly lucky. At the end of an episode, it doesn’t automatically load the next. It loads another random show instead. Why you would create such high quality entertainment and then tolerate such poor access is beyond me.
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  • Pay to Stream Option

    I never write reviews, but it’s quite frustrating that I am willing to pay for your app to be able to watch Doctor Who and Killing Eve, etc. However, there’s no option for streaming outside of a cable provider. I don’t want cable when everything else I watch is available via apps/streaming services. Please give us an option for streaming at a fair price.
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  • App is ok but needs subscription option

    I’m a little puzzled when cable channels require a cable subscription to use their mobile app and not an option to subscribe directly to the channel through their app. I am not about to subscribe to cable just to watch one show. Give me an option to pay a fee bucks a month for BBCA and I’m almost definitely going to do it!
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  • Content issues

    The app works decently, but needs a better rewind feature. My issue is the content management. Often times it says full episodes are available only they are not available. Biggest frustration is I am paying for Graham Norton show by watching the ads and happy to do it. But they are not readily available for accessible.
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