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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 03/15/2026 18:30

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Buffering (29%)

    Buffering (29%)

  2. Sign in (29%)

    Sign in (29%)

  3. Playback Issues (25%)

    Playback Issues (25%)

  4. Crashing (17%)

    Crashing (17%)

Live Outage Map

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomEpsom Sign in
United KingdomChatham Crashing
United KingdomSheffield Sign in
United KingdomReading Sign in
United KingdomHackney Playback Issues
United KingdomPoplar Sign in
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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ElaineD93369957 Elaine Davies (@ElaineD93369957) reported

    @callikitson @MetroUK Eastenders is not on tonight & can't find it on iplayer? Help

  • shirbarbie shirbarbie (@shirbarbie) reported

    as if there isn’t so much on my plate at work i have realised gossip girl is on bbc iplayer so that is gonna take priority cos havnt watched it in yearsssss

  • rdavies6 Robin Davies (@rdavies6) reported

    😡Grrr…why oh why does DNSSec break my LG TV’s WiFi? It clearly still has a working connection (‘coz Netflix , iPlayer & YouTube work)…but the TV’s OS seems to think its WiFi link isn’t established, so app & OS updates + some other apps (like Amazon Prime & Disney+) fail…😕

  • WirlyGirly17 Jade🌙 (@WirlyGirly17) reported

    Will someone either send me clips of all this weeks Suki scenes and Evesuki scenes or tell me what’s happening, I’m not in the uk and bbc iplayer doesn’t work here!! It’s a disaster #EastEnders

  • Sue_Pook Sue (@Sue_Pook) reported

    @cherryaimless I’m a terrible one for blubbing at the best of times, but these games have tipped me right over the edge. Still got iPlayer coverage on to see the medal ceremony. Tissues at the ready!

  • arabforlife83 Chris🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@arabforlife83) reported from Mogán, Canary Islands

    Anyone for a stream for Az v Dundee utd thatll work in spain?. I was intending watching via iplayer and a van. But won't work for stream

  • ByrneLuc Lucie (@ByrneLuc) reported

    @0bj3ctivity @BBCOne I wasn't anticipating that they'd show the entire thing but they'd been dipping in at key moments. They could have easily left the hockey to show the last 2km live. iPlayer definitely needs work, other streaming services work here but iPlayer is so glitchy.

  • williamscraig85 Craig Williams (@williamscraig85) reported from Liverpool, England

    I am having trouble loading iplayer on @amazonfiretv

  • james28133117 james (@james28133117) reported

    @TheBarmyArmy Yes it has to be now I think it did really well at the games near sell out the only issue I had was how much cricket got shown on the tv I feel it was hidden away a bit not everyone can use the iPlayer

  • statsguyuk Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦 (@statsguyuk) reported

    @BBCSport It's all very well them saying "you can watch continuing coverage on iPlayer", but that doesn't really work so well if they then don't actually make it available on iPlayer. Really disappointing.

  • GBsBestElvis Mark ELVIS Goddard (@GBsBestElvis) reported

    @Valnoon13 Agreed, sometimes you get the same issue with football and turn it down, or have the radio commentary instead! But they obviously don’t care as neither the bronze playoff, or the final have been on the main channel, both on iPlayer!

  • RobL_L Rob (@RobL_L) reported

    @janinegibson We'd have never have had this issue with iPlayer radio.

  • romeo8800 Rohit (@romeo8800) reported

    @virginmedia okay sure, just seems strange, if its recording onto the box, but the recording hasnt finished, it doesnt let u play from what has been recording already. the issue is the bbc iplayer stream is not HD or 4K. depends on the amount of people streaming from bbc iplayer itself.

  • existingcarlos Carlos Camejo (@existingcarlos) reported

    Solution to fix BBC America: get rid of it and give US IP addresses access to iPlayer

  • MimiInternet Mimi Pinson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺🇨🇵 (@MimiInternet) reported

    Anybody else having trouble using the BBC IPlayer website ?

  • dianalethabys little ******* legend (@dianalethabys) reported

    bbc iplayer is both my bezzie for life and my actual worst enemy cause why isnt tipping the velvet or mapp & lucia on there...

  • fourtheclout s (@fourtheclout) reported

    @putasinghonit no honestly i stopped watching when i thought kheerat left but now he’s back and suki is gay. bbc iplayer is gonna be on all day at work x

  • ellie_enrose Ellie | Tosh’s Wife (@ellie_enrose) reported

    Iplayer is literally not working at all, fml

  • WakeArtisan Sys Reviewer 🔍📚✍️ (@WakeArtisan) reported

    @GorwayGlobal iPlayer doesn't work outside the UK. I did see someone had uploaded the matches to YouTube. They were in speeded up motion but I'll see if I can find it.

  • Aishamindmatte1 @AEmindmatters (@Aishamindmatte1) reported

    @SchizoMan09 Makes sense to get rid I guess. Unless you watch a lot of iplayer stuff as u still need it for that. Mind u that’s not too bad when u work it out weekly

  • HayleyNJones Hayley Jones (@HayleyNJones) reported

    @EricaCrompton @lifeinunreality Unfortunately it’s not currently available on the iPlayer, but from memory some found it revelatory & others didn’t find it helpful. The background discussions re ethical approval & procedures is fascinating. Participants had access to support & took it with people there to help.

  • Alibaabra Alison Stacey (@Alibaabra) reported

    @VJOsgood @birminghamcg22 I have been trying to work that out too. Think I'll have to iplayer. He was 🔥🔥

  • VLeggeri ViaggiareLeggeri (@VLeggeri) reported

    @djhenshall Watched. Great. Oh sh*t. Just discovered I will miss the last episode because of my holidays. Let’s hope iPlayer can help…

  • romeo8800 Rohit (@romeo8800) reported

    @virginmedia Yes I would expect a show that is recording to play from the beginning via the recording itself...not iPlayer at lower quality and reduced features...why would we do this? And exiting the iPlayer show keeps you in iPlayer, u need to click back/exit few times...sky Q don't do this

  • WakeArtisan Sys Reviewer 🔍📚✍️ (@WakeArtisan) reported

    @GorwayGlobal I've just realised the link you gave is not iplayer so it may work abroad!

  • skrokon Sheikh Rokon (@skrokon) reported

    @DrLouLavictoire Though BBC iPlayer only works in the UK, due to rights issues. Unfortunate we are.

  • the_sisu_one Snufkin (@the_sisu_one) reported

    I stopped being able to access @BBCiPlayer via my @RokuUK stick. I have no problem accessing every other channel so it can't be the stick. I have reported it several times to BBC iPlayer but several weeks later nothing has changed.

  • Izuvthesqrll Izuvthesqrll (@Izuvthesqrll) reported

    “The problem of _global_ climate change is one that effects us all. We _can’t_ just do nothing.” - Margaret Thatcher, *1989* 👈 Big Oil v the World, BBC iPlayer #ERG #TuftonStreet #ThirtyYearsGone @BBCJustinR

  • TCL_1995 TCL (@TCL_1995) reported

    @BBCiPlayer is the Xbox iPlayer app supposed to be crashing when trying to watch anything? It’s made it pretty much unusable

  • dibbersbakes Lucy D (@dibbersbakes) reported

    Just cancelled £30+ of monthly TV channel subscriptions to help finance a teeeeensy bit of heating this winter. Because books. And BBC iplayer. And doing something “less boring instead..” will do me just fine.