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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 02/08/2026 18:40

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Buffering (42%)

    Buffering (42%)

  2. Sign in (26%)

    Sign in (26%)

  3. Playback Issues (24%)

    Playback Issues (24%)

  4. Crashing (8%)

    Crashing (8%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomTurriff Sign in
United KingdomHaverfordwest Buffering
United KingdomTowcester Playback Issues
United KingdomLuton Crashing
United KingdomDorchester Playback Issues
United KingdomHuddersfield Playback Issues
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • MartynRoberts67 Martyn Roberts🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧 (@MartynRoberts67) reported

    @BBCiPlayer There is still an issue trying to watch iPlayer through Humax, error 02001. The help page has not been updated for nearly 2 weeks. over a week. Your help page is anything but helpful. Perhaps I should just cancel my TV Licence???

  • frankmajor_ Frank Major (@frankmajor_) reported

    The Gazza documentary on BBC iplayer is uncomfortable to watch at times, the Mirror & the News Corporation completely destroyed his life! Murdoch & Maxwell & their minions all are responsible for his downfall, they literally went out of their way to kill him when he needed help.

  • patrburke Pat Burke 🇺🇦 (@patrburke) reported

    @WesleyDolan @tggleeson I’m starting to wonder if Britbox is a problem for them too. Platforming BBC programmes in countries where iplayer is inaccessible was a pretty handy model, but they’ve lost a huge number of those shows.

  • kristian_sims Kristian Sims #19 (@kristian_sims) reported

    Just finished the Gazza documentary on Iplayer. Such a complex story is his. Piers Morgan and that vile women Brooks are the absolute worst of humanity

  • quotesuk James (@quotesuk) reported

    @freesat_tv Please fix iPlayer for Humax. @freesat_tv

  • jsquires1990 Jay (@jsquires1990) reported

    @SkyHelpTeam play now rail has stopped tracking progress for content from apps only ie. Iplayer, all4, itv/stv. But on demand from skys servers is fine. What’s happening? Are the team working to fix the play now?

  • franciskerr Frank Kerr (@franciskerr) reported

    @BBCiPlayer How long is it going to take you to sort out the problem of not being able to view iPlayer on my Humax Freesat box. It was fine until your IT people started playing about with the software. Can you please roll back the software and install new software technicians.

  • PaulCEden Tankbuster (@PaulCEden) reported

    @virginmedia Tried that, no fix. Note that iPlayer on the STB and catch up all work. Recorded programs on the bad channels also play back bad.

  • MJohnA01 Michael Andrews (@MJohnA01) reported

    @BBCiPlayer Any update on Error code 02001? I have not been able to use BBC iplayer for over one week now.

  • sheffters Ian Bradshaw (@sheffters) reported

    @charlesarthur @TheOverspill I’d have thought very easy. Same way you login to iPlayer with a code from the website after logging in could easily be 2FA with standard methods. I can’t imagine it’s an insurmountable problem for a company the size of Netflix if they cared about account sharing.

  • wenbbilliams Ben Williams (@wenbbilliams) reported

    For real, my iPlayer was playing the episode on lower quality so I thought I saw a second created by credit and went "oh so that's Johnny Byrne's credit it was the Myrka" but it was the original Sea Devils' costume designer instead so it WASN'T the Myrka WHY?

  • BeffernieBlack Bethany Black twitch.tv/beffernieblack (@BeffernieBlack) reported

    Ah, this is shite, the BBC iplayer app is no longer compatible with my mum and dad’s TV and the apple TV version of the app the Subtitles don’t always work. Mum’s deaf and needs them so this is a disaster. :( I’m going to have to find a new TV for them

  • GFFurness GF Furness (@GFFurness) reported

    @Warblefly Can’t get it to work! I’ll try iplayer.

  • DoctorWhoHugh Doctor Hugh: Legend of the Sea Devils (@DoctorWhoHugh) reported

    @BBCWilliamWho I think we as a fandom should sort of... talk about it? Like to get the iplayer numbers up??? IDK, just thinking about ways to help the numbers, as it was hardly a fair timeslot.

  • gidster3000 Gideon Summerfield (@gidster3000) reported

    @NOWHelpTeam Downloaded a bunch of stuff to my Android tablet to watch on holiday but on plane app says "connection error" and no access to downloads. If you can't view offline what's the point. iPlayer, Netflix, Prime all work on plane.

  • FactsStomp Phil's Train and Retro Life (@FactsStomp) reported

    @DimensionsInJen I fully agree but I also wonder if it would help if those who watched or recorded on Freeview/satellite/cable shouldn't also stream it via the iPlayer to ensure it counts. You don't need to watch again, mute the tab and let it run. That's what I'm doing to ensure my view counts.

  • BeffernieBlack Bethany Black twitch.tv/beffernieblack (@BeffernieBlack) reported

    @danieljmckee I know the ITV Hub doesn’t have subtitles on almost anything, but this is the first I’ve seen of this. It’s a 2 year old Sony Bravia, and apparently iplayer doesn’t work with the Android OS

  • TheSophiePatrol Sophie ✨ (@TheSophiePatrol) reported

    Re: Viewing figure discourse - Strong iPlayer performance - International export - A lot of commercialisation of the brand - Already renewed for a series 14 anyway The show is fine and if it weren't it's not like you'd be able to do anything about it, that's the BBC's problem.

  • lewisgizmo1964 frazer penny (@lewisgizmo1964) reported

    @PaulCra33107260 @Pays2BaWinner @theJeremyVine All,but as any good driver and the police force there are blind spots check out the crash detectives on iplayer,woman got killed in Newport gwent, she was in the drivers blind spot for a split second

  • AndyLGAtkins Andy Atkins (@AndyLGAtkins) reported

    @hdoddema @BadWolfArchives Funny thing was, it made as much sense from the beginning as it did when an iPlayer error plopped me 10 minutes into the action.

  • podmayroon Peter Morton (@podmayroon) reported

    @freesat_tv Please fix the iPlayer issue on Humax: this really is not a priority for you, is it?

  • mojo_bee Jo Booker (@mojo_bee) reported

    @BBCiPlayer @HumaxUK please, is there any progress being made to resolve your issues. Very frustrating not to have access to iPlayer for weeks now. We're partway through @KillingEve!!

  • QTPiK8 ******* James Bond 🏳️‍🌈 (@QTPiK8) reported

    @Emilyorates If you have vpn and someone’s bbc iPlayer login, yes.

  • wineanddoritos jackie oneill 🥂 (@wineanddoritos) reported

    @MeNigeStew No problem, thanks Nigel. Don’t have iplayer so will have to wait until it pops up somewhere else. Love her!

  • ThinkingChimp Thinking Chimp (@ThinkingChimp) reported

    Dear, @BBCSport, your iPlayer is absolutely terrible. Loses where you are suddenly, stops playing by itself. Headline down the side give away scores if you haven’t watched it yet. So frustrating. All kind of negates the point of having the ability into watch things back.

  • Mike_J_Lord The Fourth Dimension (@Mike_J_Lord) reported

    @shinydh I think that’s always going to be a factor going forward but I hope it never comes to the point where they dump a whole series on Iplayer at once. That’s the worst thing that can happen to a show

  • osymandus Olethros (@osymandus) reported

    @lizo_mzimba Which was pretty bad, so no judging on quality. As usual we'll wait on the iPlayer.

  • simpingforhanne nikky 💗💜💙 (@simpingforhanne) reported

    @ViolettHunter @logolessdesires The problem with iPlayer is that I can only watch it with vpn (i think?) and i wanna watch it on my iPad. I’ll give that one a try, thanks!!

  • fwardrop Fionn Wardrop (@fwardrop) reported

    The #Gazza documentary on iPlayer is truly heartbreaking. Terrible media and appalling management made it impossible for a brilliant, vulnerable young genius to thrive. That some of these evil people still work in the press, while Gazza is all but broken, is repulsive.

  • Elisabe88429520 ElisabethMason👩‍🦽 (@Elisabe88429520) reported

    @JeremyVineOn5 The final episode if Killing Eve is on iPlayer. Watch that or this awful obsession with the royals I’m so bored of this, bye