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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.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of iPlayer reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

iPlayer Outage Chart 12/02/2025 19:25

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by iPlayer users through our website.

  1. Playback Issues (58%)

    Playback Issues (58%)

  2. Buffering (28%)

    Buffering (28%)

  3. Crashing (10%)

    Crashing (10%)

  4. Sign in (5%)

    Sign in (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomYarm Sign in
United KingdomTreharris Buffering
United KingdomManchester Playback Issues
United KingdomInverurie Buffering
United KingdomCity of London Crashing
United KingdomNewton-le-Willows Buffering
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • bradfordlad5 John, a modest genius 💙 (@bradfordlad5) reported

    @BritBox_UK Might be too little too late. Terrible interface, competition from brilliant iPlayer and ch4. Old hackneyed content. Where’s the bite, plays for today? Even Elizabeth R is on mainstream. Less dross more highbrow is the way forward. Needle in a haystack springs to mind.

  • LeftOverForEver Right Forward (@LeftOverForEver) reported

    @DominicFarrell @davidsritchie The problem is todays police have been trained to be gentle. They should watch Spiral on BBC iplayer, she would have kicked him in the nuts. Sorted.

  • ReginaldODonog1 Uncultured Peleset (@ReginaldODonog1) reported

    I saw the first episode of 'The Terror' on BBC iPlayer last night. Pretty good, but the religion nerd in me had some minor concerns over the fact that a character performed the sign of the cross at a funeral. Said character was British, and I'll assume, Protestant. Trouble is...

  • markwilsonit Mark Wilson 👨🏻‍💻 (@markwilsonit) reported

    Extended family IT support... OK, so you're having iPad Wi-Fi connection issues? Could you try turning the router on/off? It's working now? Good. iPlayer wasn't working on the TV either? Could you try again? Ah, it works! Fab. Sometimes turning it off/on really is the answer

  • Marirunriderow Mari Todd (@Marirunriderow) reported

    So iplayer still won’t work. Have switched to YouTube for episodes of Team Ingebrigtsen.

  • holmorton93 Holly Morton (@holmorton93) reported

    @BBCSport Tried to watch live/from start on 3 different devices on iPlayer....still not working

  • catgreenham Cat ⓥ🌿✨ (@catgreenham) reported

    Wanna watch drag race Uk but can’t use iplayer :((( someone help

  • alisdair_wood Alisdair Wood (@alisdair_wood) reported

    @RoguePrintCo Nothing great. Streaming quality on the iPlayer is pretty rank as well.

  • swvglord1 A(W)FC X SAN ANTONIO 🏀 🇨🇿 🇳🇬 (@swvglord1) reported

    @MK_AWFC Tbh iplayer is the worst always like 2-3 minutes behind plus so many technical issues and yh I get you the angles are so off

  • rahul_vaswani Rahul Vaswani (@rahul_vaswani) reported

    Is it possible to get BBC iPlayer to work here in India?

  • PurpleeileenE purple granny (@PurpleeileenE) reported

    @SonyUK when we purchased our Sony Bravia we were told it was future proofed sadly it isnt ! Not very happy as from 10th March we will no longer be able to receive BBC IPlayer this plus other apps no longer work. Thanks 😡

  • walls_ben Ben Walls (@walls_ben) reported

    Absolute winge. Amazing content but 4od is by far the worst out of iplayer etc for loading/buffering

  • Tregolwyn Paul Roberts (@Tregolwyn) reported

    @MintysGigGuide @BBCWales Still not working - is it just via BBC website or on iPlayer?

  • Georgialisa Georgia Lisa (@Georgialisa) reported

    @AmazonHelp Hi - my Amazon fire stick is connected to the internet and all my apps work and play content I.e Netflix, bbc iplayer etc but none of the Amazon video content works - it says the internet connection is not strong enough

  • NewWaveRave1 NewWave (@NewWaveRave1) reported

    @arisroussinos iPlayer is a terrible user experience in general. Needs major redesign

  • PaulFricker Paul Fricker (@PaulFricker) reported

    @ottomancer @theGROGNARDfile I have. Pretty much all of Curtis' work is there on iPlayer. I'm intended to work my way through it. There's a lot I've not seen.

  • UigFae Dovid fae Uig the real simple crofter (@UigFae) reported

    The incompetence of @theBBC....iPlayer needs a password thingy that does not work. Useless organisation.

  • raytor Ray #indyref2 (@raytor) reported

    @DaibhidhABEB If you only watch catch up/Internet TV (not BBC IPlayer) you are not legally required to buy a TV license. Login to bbc site and tell them.

  • mark_chitchat Mark Jones (@mark_chitchat) reported

    @daniellloyd1 @gcntweet I’ve been looking forward to this all week. If only the android GCN+ app was stable and reliable. It drops every few minutes. Not due to broadband as BBC iPlayer, Netflix etc work without any issue. I’ll be asking for a refund at this rate.

  • PoppyPennyPagan sally Crozier (@PoppyPennyPagan) reported

    @MaddestMa @nevervotedtory1 That's the trouble. Lose iplayer not paying license fee. Need to catch up on serials etc as cant watch when theyre scheduled. Used to wake up to #bbcr4today but too many leading questions

  • RonnyJacksons Ronny (@RonnyJacksons) reported

    @MGlobey @BBCiPlayer Hey Matt, I was having same issue watching an episode of The Planets - mine fixed itself when I downloaded the latest iPlayer update, may want to try that

  • ad_clarky Adam (@ad_clarky) reported

    @DisneyPlusUK constantly being logged out of app on smart tv, please resolve this issue on the app doesn’t happen on Netflix/prime/iplayer, can see many users experiencing this after a brief online search, when will this be addressed?

  • rochellebugg Rochelle Bugg (@rochellebugg) reported

    Excited to be on @BBCLookEast tonight talking about #handlewithcarebook. Now frantically messing around on iPlayer trying to work out if I can watch it in London.

  • TheTennisTalker Chris Goldsmith (@TheTennisTalker) reported

    Is there a problem with iPlayer? Can't seem to watch athletics?

  • EnglishRoses EnglishRoses (@EnglishRoses) reported

    @BBCRadio4 This had better be on iplayer/sounds or you're in trouble. Just saying.

  • inchesofsass louise (@inchesofsass) reported

    @uwustiel Theres a google chrome extension you can get for free, the bbc iplayer might work with that... 👀 this year is fab

  • cheneyheadshot Ian Thompson (@cheneyheadshot) reported

    @AJ03106446 @BBCiPlayer This in spades. I recall some BS back when Microsoft were ***** over allowing iPlayer on Xbox over the BBC rightly saying it should be freely accessible. Though why not make the PS4 app work on PS5 for now?

  • KatyBelize Katy Sealy (@KatyBelize) reported

    @SaraTetraDec If you can get bbc iplayer to work 🙄

  • nettybetty1970 Antoinette Peach (@nettybetty1970) reported

    @IanHodge7 @jfinchamdukes The bbc RB is dreadful quality and a iPlayer not showing it

  • cobeatty CelticPhysioClaire (@cobeatty) reported

    @BBCSport The iplayer is not working