iPlayer status: streaming issues and outage reports

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.

Most Reported Problems

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

• Buffering (39%)
• Crashing (30%)
• Playback Issues (12%)
• Sign in (9%)
• Video Quality (9%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
London	Playback Issues	16 hours ago
York	Sign in	10 days ago
Manchester	Crashing	19 days ago
London	Buffering	22 days ago
London	Video Quality	22 days ago
Rochester	Playback Issues	24 days ago

Full Outage Map

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iPlayer Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Mark Woody (@ipswoody) reported 4 minutes ago

  When are the @BBC gonna fix the buffering issues of @BBCiPlayer tv app? During the World Cup and Wimbledon too 🙄🫣😔

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  Harumph 😾 (@lasagneinmyshoe) reported 4 minutes ago

  @BBCCasualty @BBCiPlayer This has been the worst box set - Dylan's the only thing saving it

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  Matthew Farris 🏳️‍🌈 (@mattFarris) reported 8 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Bea could drive that car straight through all the plot holes in this terrible story.

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  welcome to the Cool Zone🇵🇸 (@pabstblueskelly) reported 11 minutes ago

  @bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews really awful stuff, everyone involved should be embarrassed to have made this for the public

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  High-paid maid. (@No1denthygiene) reported 12 minutes ago

  @AnnaCollinson @BBCiPlayer The problem these parents will run into is when they signed the IVF consent form it stated that they allow the clinic to select the donor. The profiles shown to them were marketing material *only*. The policy of clinic-led selection was not made clear to them.

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  Paul Buckley (@inspiredlanky) reported 12 minutes ago

  @bbctms @thehundred @BBCiPlayer Awful competition. Are the BBC that desperate for sports content that it ends up showing this?

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  MyboyAustie🌟 (@AustinsSatnin) reported 13 minutes ago

  Elvis wasn't enlisted in the army after the trouble performance that didn't happen So thats another inaccuracy 4 years on @BBCiPlayer #AustinButler #Elvis2022

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  Vegcarium (@Vegcarium) reported 20 minutes ago

  @bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews This is awful

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  Tyke on a bike (@MelvinJCain) reported 24 minutes ago

  @BBCiPlayer U assume you don’t want you licence payers to use iplayer. I have watched it for years. Now it’s telling me to log in, log in. It’s not the correct password I create new password. Still cannot login The sooner the BBC loses its charter the better.

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  Scott | #81 #4 | (@ScottTHFC23) reported 26 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer awful

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  Shaun (@welsh_shaun) reported 27 minutes ago

  @BBCiPlayer coverage of world cup has had the awful idea of marking goals along the fast forward bar, ensuring anyone watching on catch up gets a spoiler. So annoying. Fix it! #wc2026

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  Daz 💯 Make Tweeting Great Again 💙 (@Daz_Gizmo) reported 27 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Tonight has to be the worst ever episode, both in the script and acting.

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  lee (@screensumup) reported 28 minutes ago

  @moviesinfocus Very fair! Watch The GOLD on bbciplayer. Better performance than Slow Horses (which is still good). He can do ruthless. As Bonds go, not the worst shout. Probably another decoy though.

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  sam oconnor (@Sweetpea_Babies) reported 30 minutes ago

  @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer Please can you do something about the Wimbledon coverage in the late evening. It's been the same every day around 9pm...the coverage disappears and we have to scramble around iPlayer trying to locate the match...tonight it's the turn of Dimitrov. Help!!

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  TV Fan (@BbukSave) reported 34 minutes ago

  @bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews What an awful use of the license fee

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  Bernadette Shaw (@bernadette67_a) reported 36 minutes ago

  @shellthestig @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer So is Oscar….definitely signs with him. Jean has behavioural issues in addition to bipolar. And Bert & Ernie act strangely but they might just be terribly bad actors! Not sure this is necessarily miles off for a Square of people.

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  Leon El ⚫️&⚪️ (@Leon88ElB) reported 37 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer The worst episode I've seen in years.

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  s h a b s 🌷 🦚 🫖 (@sukeve_xo) reported 37 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Obsessed with Eve protecting her family. This feud is iconic but I'm so confused with what Nicolas problem is. What a doof door

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  Steven Wilcox (@StevenWilc34988) reported 41 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Libby has been back for 5 minutes, and she has already brought trouble to Chelsea's door by convincing Chelsea to get involved with Grey's gran. Sheila is not going to tell Chelsea she's cut ties with her grandson, despite being in prison for murdering 3 people.

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  Sheila (@MrsLScotland) reported 43 minutes ago

  @BBCiPlayer Please help half way through New Tricks and it’s disappeared have you dropped off the programmes?

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  Cazzy Ford 🥦🥦🥕🥕 (@HolfordCarolyn) reported 44 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Awful awful episode and acting 😡

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  Tom (@tomwhujones) reported 45 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Well at least this storyline was consistent, consistently terrible, EE has had some bad storylines over the years but this one could be top of the pile, whoever wrote this should 1st in line at the job centre tomorrow morning.

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  Sophie Glenister🦉🐈🌷🌸🍰⚽️ (@SophieAhmed2) reported 47 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer As usual ,characters looking at a problem the wrong way. Penny worried about Gina having to move out while surely Vinny in his 30s with money etc should have his own place that they can move to ?

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  Iain From Argyll Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 (@BonnieScotland_) reported 51 minutes ago

  @bbclaurak @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer I suspect that both these women work for British intelligence agencies.

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  Sophie Glenister🦉🐈🌷🌸🍰⚽️ (@SophieAhmed2) reported 51 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Nobody does any work there, it seems ! First they hang around Honey's house and then at the garden for a vigil.

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  Socialism with Scottish Green Characteristics (@ABhratachDhubh) reported 51 minutes ago

  @bbcquestiontime @BBCiPlayer @BBCNews I hope terrible things happen to everyone involved in this.

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  BARTIERBARDI💋👠 (@superbardiuk) reported 52 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCiPlayer Tonight Eastenders honestly felt like a cheap Hollyoaks episode, awful

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  Peter Rossiter (@RosieandJim18) reported 52 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer Terrible episode, terrible acting and terrible storyline, not realistic and just plain boring !

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  Sarah Watts, the Dragon Princess (@SarahWatts51281) reported 56 minutes ago

  @BBCiPlayer Why are the Doctor who episodes going from the episode you started from then fine in the middle then go back to the start of that first one, fix it please

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  Sophie Glenister🦉🐈🌷🌸🍰⚽️ (@SophieAhmed2) reported 56 minutes ago

  @bbceastenders @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer So now Denise has told Jack quickly but there's still a problem of course. I expect she won't want chemo treatment but will go for it eventually.